23 Fears

I directed this music promo about a year ago. I thought it was worth revisiting.

This Vid was a good collaborative effort…

Shot in the church hall amidst building work - the band were super patient as were the builders with playback for the vid happening for 16 plus hours.

Hurt

One of my all time favourite music videos... ...powerful stuff

The video that was released for “Hurt”, a cover of the song by Nine Inch Nails, fit Cash’s view of his past and feelings of regret. The video for the song, from American IV, is now generally recognised as “his epitaph”.

More information about Johnny on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Cash.

Kuroshio Sea

Saw this video on Vimeo a while ago. Only just thought to post it...

Watching this full screen is amazing…

Taken from the Vimeo page…

The main tank called the “Kuroshio Sea” holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

Red

An abstract Video produced as a mini collaboration

I collaborated with Benjamin McAvoy on this film as a way to promote his Music Composition business to ad/production agencies. The film was also an opportunity to produce a concept film to which there where no set criteria.

The film is of four parts. Each section is layered on top of the first (but with a slight time delay) to create a sense of depth and slightly unnatural movement. The film is also designed to play as a loop for live projection. 

To Build a Home

The combination of composition, direction and difficult subject matter brings me close to tears everytime I watch this film...

The film is a combination of two tracks by Cinematic Orchestra, the video directed by Up The Resolution; a london based production company. An interview with the directors can be found here.

As David Knight from Promo News writes “It’s a beautiful, sedate 12-minute short film for two tracks, To Build A Home and Breathe, which chronicles the final hours of a dying woman with her devoted, loving husband”.

The reason I’ve posted this video up (other than the fact it’s an amazing short film) is that its a great example of narrative storytelling, collaboration and acheivement… 

Realising an idea/concept/dream into an end product rarely comes cheap; whether it’s time, money (or both) there is generally financial expense and risk involved in producing a personal or commercial, low budget piece of work.  If you feel like you have a creative talent/gifting or are a creative professional this can be a constant source of frustration and stress – we all have bills to pay and are also probably over committed in our personal/church lives too.

So… What to do? Easy…Collaborate! 

I see a huge number of talented individuals who are part of Mosaic (and beyond) but there doesn’t seem to be enough collaboration. Lets get some bands formed. Photographers working with Designers, Film makers collaborating with sound designers and musicians, writers working with web developers etc etc. The God given talent is there and he’s put us together in community but we are not going to see any major breakthrough unless we get together, start bashing ideas around and start making stuff.

So for the next couple of months the criteria for posting stuff up on this creative arts showcase is that it has to have a collaborative element and I for one am looking forward to seeing the results.

Screengrab

Often we mask our identities to keep parts of our lives separate from others.

Love Nations Motiongraphics

Video Teaser for Mosaic's Upcoming Mission Conference 'LOVE:NATIONS'

I shot the original footage for this back in January. Matt Jones risked repetitive strain injury ( God Video ) again to do some serious painting on three of mosaic’s stage panels.
Then with a little bit of jiggery pokery in post-production added some camera moves and motion graphics. 

Viv Thompson put together the score for the 60 second spot which highlights all the key moments amazingly well. We wanted to make sure it wasn’t just another grungy promo with a drum and bass track. 

Putting the ‘function’ first we wanted the video to reflect all the preparation and detail that goes into mission - Hopefully this comes across.

Creative Process

Zach Lind from 'Jimmy Eat World' Interviews Tim Foreman of 'Switchfoot'.

Tim and Zach discuss Switchfoot’s creative process and life as an independent band.

How Majestic is Your Name

Recorded one Monday morning in the Summer of 2008 with Jon Darby and Matt Jones...

Recorded one Monday morning in the Summer of 2008 with Jon Darby and Matt Jones. It’s pretty much a chorus that we played around with. As we were playing, a loose structure was formed that provided a gateway into some quality worship.

We recorded the session to document the process and ideas. So, the the quality isn’t that great and you get to hear the three of us giggling at the start of the track!