Rad band, rad video.
Orson Welles directs Anthony Perkins on the set of The Trial (1962) Photo by Nicolas Tikhomiroff (via)
Q. A critic who admires your work very much said that, in The Trial, you were repeating yourself…
Welles: Exactly, I repeated myself. I believe we do it all the time. We always take up certain elements again. How can it be avoided? An actor’s voice always has the same timbre and, consequently, he repeats himself. It is the same for a singer, a painter…There are always certain things that come back, for they are part of one’s personality, of one’s style. If these things didn’t come into play, a personality would be so complex that it would become impossible to identify it.
It is not my intention to repeat myself, but in my work there should certainly be references to what I have done in the past. Say what you will, but The Trial is the best film I ever made…I have never been so happy as when I made this film.”
-excerpted from Orson Welles: Interviews
R U Mine (Live) by Arctic Monkeys. Film by Focus Creeps (http://friendlondon.tv/director/focus-creeps/)
A simple and fascinating music video for ‘The Last Goodbye’ by The Kills. Directed by Samantha Morton.
Just came across this excellent series of performance videos for The Wooden Sky directed by Scott Cudmore. These live performance videos have an extra dimension through use of a simple running narrative which enhances it’s cinematic qualities. Really nice work Scott!
Michael Kiwanuka - I’m Getting Ready
Some really enjoyable sequences in this music video, rendered in a stylish look, which feels very nostalgic.
Incredible illustrations by Matthew Lyons. We really admire his use of texture and his cinematic colour palettes.
Saw these guys at Manchester Apollo a few weeks ago and loved every minute, the lighting show was a personal highlight. The lighting was very bright and was designed very well. Clearly designed to look great on film as well as to the audience, hence the great looking gig footage here. Found myself feeling incredibly jealous of the camera operator I spotted at the side of the stage running around with a Red Scarlet or Epic, point the camera at anything and it’d have looked amazing.
The Director can be found here - http://reidlong.com/ - Good work sir.
The Staves are playing in Leeds tonight and we’re off down to say hello and take some snaps. This video is beautifully shot, and has a wonderfully executed projection element to it. Excellent band.
This is one of our favourite ever live performance videos! Shot on 35mm, ‘The Top’ by Francis and the Lights is a two and a half minute one-shot of a great solo performance. Camera movement, Lighting, Grain, High Speed Footage, Explosions! it has it all.
The Blind Club website has a blog, did you know? It’s from this moment forward going to become a platform for what inspires us. We intend for the blog to fulfil several desires of ours. First it will be a scrapbook for ourselves, a comunal space that the TBC team can use to store sources of inspiration. Second, and more importantly, it will inspire you, the viewers, and hopefully spark creative conversations amongst yourselves and with us.
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I’m going to get the ball rolling with a clip of my all time favourites.. From the Beatles movie ‘Help!’ - This is the song ‘You’re Gonna Lose That Girl’. Great lighting in this, heavy use of backlight and almost no fill, with a little bit of Ringo smoke make for a very good look..
