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This is one of the videos i made for my senior thesis project at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Last fall, I asked ten friends from various bands to each record a cover for a song of his or her choosing; i made videos for 3 of them.
Audrey Pic of Envelopes recorded this cover of the Mountain Goats' "No Children" and sent it from Paris. The video is a deconstruction of the landmark French New Wave film "Á Bout de Souffle (Breathless)" by Jean-Luc Godard.

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  • justin plus 1 year ago
    I like the concept, but the execution feels a bit jarring for me.

    I do particularly like the sequence around the 2:00 mark.
  • jacattack 1 year ago
    thanks, justin!
    the idea was to take godard's trademark use of jump cuts and then magnify it times one hundred. i approached this as an essentially conceptual project, as with all of the videos, so the form had to follow the content.
    making the video somewhat uncomfortable to watch was also a way of addressing the issue of passive accessibility in entertainment.
  • justin plus 1 year ago
    Very cool! It reminded me a bit of a clip a friend of mine made using algorithms in AFX several months ago ...

    youtube.com/watch?v=Duqet_xBXBY
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  • Thunderhead 1 year ago
    It reminds me of a doc of a filmmaker protegé and his hero. The student challenges the other to remake one of his the hero's own movie, but places 5 different obstructions; one of them being shot cannot last more then 12 frames, resulting in a very kinetic movie.

    imdb.com/title/tt0354575/
  • jacattack 1 year ago
    oh yes i have seen the Five Obstructions many times. i believe it should be required viewing for artists of all kinds.
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