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Sigur Rós: “Fjögur píanó”

Is it a brilliant modern dance work, a slo-mo piece of performance art or just another inscrutable music video? The "mystery film experiment" certainly takes the meditative music of Sigur Rós to a new level of complexity. It's also NSFW, … more »

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On Creativity: Al Jaffee Interview – Part 1

"In school you're satisfying yourself, but in the real world, you have to solve somebody else's problems with your work." The Mad magazine cartoonist talks about being a commercial artist first and a fine artist second in an interview for … more »

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Track Stars: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound

It's an oldie but a goodie: Foley artists Andy Malcom and Terry Burke made this 1979 film that highlights, via split-screen, all the work that goes on behind the scenes to create a dynamic sound landscape to support the action on … more »

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Passion Pit: “Take a Walk”

Unique perspectives are the driving force in this new music video for Passion Pit, featuring shots captured in and around Philadelphia with an aerial heli-cam system developed by SnapRoll Media. It was directed by David Wilson of Colonel Blimp through The … more »

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SPIKE Reel by The Marmalade

Ever think about the limitations imposed on a high-speed shoot by the typical locked-off camera set-up? The Marmalade has developed SPIKE, a high-speed motion-control system that allows super-slow-motion footage to be captured with a precise, repeatable camera move that's appropriate … more »

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: “Call Me Maybe”

Sometimes all you need to make great TV is a roomful of talent and the willingness to wing it. Jimmy Fallon, Carly Rae Jepsen, and The Roots surprised audiences last week with this cold open, featuring a live backstage performance … more »

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Beach House: “Lazuli”

This video for the dreamy "Lazuli" by Beach House exudes a garish retro-cool vibe with its saturated colors and gratuitous lens flares meshing with a gleaming graphic style to generate a glossy, unmistakably 21st-century look. It's directed and edited by … more »

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Manchester Orchestra: “Simple Math”

This dramatic music video from Manchester Orchestra took home last night's prize for best music video at the 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards. Though the video was directed by Daniels (Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan), the duo that recently brought … more »

Willie and Lukas Nelson, “Just Breathe”

Willie Nelson and his son Lukas cover Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" in their first father-son duet. The new music video, shot in Central Texas, ends with an electric guitar coda of sorts by the younger Nelson.

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Pine-Sol Pranked

Pine-Sol put the fright into its product testers with a little help from the Pine-Sol Lady. "Pine-Sol Pranked" is a savvy conversion of what could have been an ordinary TV spot into a viral video addressing a young male demographic.