A million flashes of light

Here's the "Bright Siren" music video for Japanese band androp:

250 Canon 60D DSLRs flashes were programmed to create this flashing light show.  Nice moment in the video is halfway when they do a bullet-time-esque 360-view of the band. 

Beastie Boys fun

Here is the second video directed by Spike Jonze for the single "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win," featuring special guest star Santigold:

Ha... did you check out the plastic bling on Santegold's fingers?   

Spike Jonze has done an amazing job in the 'Continuingly Ill Adventures of the Beastie Boys' in this video with the action figure replicas of the king Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D.  All the little touches are great, with sticks and strings visible in the shot, guiding these Beastie dolls and props around the miniature sets.

Action figures are perfect for the storyline of this video.  It would be too grotesque to have an actual human burnt alive, but the action in the story makes perfect sense in how children play, and adds a layer of nostalgia to the video.  I love it when hands move the figures into place!  

This eleven-minute video keeps the story moving along with a nice pace, with Yeti attacks, jetpacks and underwater submarine explorations, and the "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" is a far more entertaining video than the "Fight For Your Right (Revisted)," which is a shame since it was an star-studded vid.  Despite having all these stars, and with a cameo of the Beasties at the end, the story felt kind of ridiculously LONG, where some of the narrative felt largely unnecessary, as if they were creating scenarios so another celebrity could have their moment in the video. 

And here's one more video for Beastie Boys fun:

Sesame Street breaks it down on Vimeo.

Papercraft popup posters

To promote the indie London band Dry the River's new album, they created these outdoor papercraft posters:

Using Google Sketch, they mapped out 3D versions of the album cover.   The papercraft horses took 35 hours to make, and here is the making of video, which showcases the time-lapse construction, scored by Dry the River's single "No Rest."

Here is Dry the River's actual video for "No Rest."  If anyone knows, what exactly is going on this video, can you let me know.  Is this some kind of band hazing ceremony? 

  

Genki Sudo's Modern Civilization

Not neccesarily an advert... this is the new music video from Genki Sudo and the World Order:

"Machine Civilization" was written to help Japanese relief efforts.

World Order still continues to impress me with their simple yet stunning choreography.  Their timing is impeccable in creating some interesting visual tricks.

*Interestingly, one of the World Order dancers is holding a Dell Streak.