The document summarizes 5 music videos: 1) "Boogie Doodle" by Norman McLaren which was scratched directly onto film stock. 2) "Ciba Matto" by Michel Gondry which uses 2 overlapping single-take shots. 3) "House of Cards" by James Frost which captures a crowd in 3D with no cameras or lights. 4) "Launching Of Big Face" by Bob Jaroc & Plaid which was made using a scanner, voltage, and drops of blood. 5) "The Sandpit" by Sam O'Hare which used 35,000 still photos and a tilt-shift effect to make scenes feel small.

1. 5 Music Videos
[obligatory slide deck]
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2. 5 Music Videos
• Good medium for experimentation, and
inspiration
• Vaguely related to design
• Not really related to the web, but...
• An easy way to fill 20 minutes!
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3. 1. Hacking the Format
Norman McLaren - Boogie Doodle
• www.nfb.ca/film/boogie-doodle/
• A contemporary of NZs Len Lye
• Drew/scratched directly onto film stock as
he didn’t have access to a camera
• A program of his work is showing at The
Paramount this coming Monday (10th)
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4. 2. Left Brain/Right Brain
Michel Gondry - Ciba Matto - Sugar
• www.director-file.com/gondry/cibo.html
• Inspired by a palindrome
• 2 overlapping single-take shots, played side
by side on screen
• Watch out for a black cat that jumps sides
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5. 3. Harness the Crowd
James Frost - Radiohead - House of Cards
• code.google.com/creative/radiohead/
• sleepeater.co.nz & oneframeoffame.com
• No cameras or lights
• Custom cameras used to capture 3d data
• Some of the the data open sourced
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6. 4. Keep it simple
Bob Jaroc & Plaid - Launching Of Big Face
• www.softloader.com/greedyb/greedyb.htm
• Apparently inspired by Quincy!
• Made using a scanner, some voltage, and
some drops of blood
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7. 5. See things differently
Sam O'Hare - Human - The Sandpit
• Shot in New York over 5 days
• 35,000 still photographs
• Tilt-Shift effect in post-production.
• Explanation of the process at bit.ly/aFmaPZ
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8. 5. See things differently
Sam O'Hare - Human - The Sandpit
"I have always loved time-lapse footage, and
films like Koyaanisqatsi especially, which allow
you to look at human spaces in different
ways, and draw comparisons between
patterns at differing scales. I also really liked
the tilt-shift look of making large scenes feel
small, and wanted to make a film using this
technique with New York as its subject."
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9. That’s all, folks!
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