Hey Charles, thanks for that, I love wondrous!
Party,
T

Yeah, I've been meaning to do urban now that I live in it. Streetlights are crazy to work with.
Thanks a bunch Caroline!
T

Yeah, those humans took a real beating having to hold still for extended periods in those brutally cumbersome costumes. Many thanks to Ali and Caleb, they rule!
Rock on,
Toby

Brilliantly odd is the only way to go! T

They could be both, I'm not sure yet. Over 3,000 pictures of wearing real heavy spine bending costumes I can tell that much!
Thanks,
Toby

to Ranju, your comment makes me wonder- how would the feeling or meaning of the video be different if they were aliens or robots or anything else? would it change anything for you? would it say something different or make a stronger impact depending on what they are?

Cheers to you as well! Many many pictures with long exposures and long nights.
T

Hey thanks guys, I really love yer last piece. Thanks for the kind words!
Best,
Toby

Hey Karen, good to hear from you again! Insane is what I become at 3 am, when trying to keep my camera dry from the rain and having my batteries run out in the middle of a shot, lol! T

Hey Greasy, thank for that, I can see where you are coming from with the wandering aspect. I had scripted it so they would be lost creatures searching for something but maybe I could have shown more of the characters personality. I wanted them to remain relatively mysterious as well so perhaps this is what conveyed the lack of depth you saw. The costumes took 2 weeks and the shooting was another 4. Thanks for the input! T

i think that by not having a complicated plot line the video emphasizes the atmosphere and allows people to look at the world around- it's beauty and it's mystery, through the light that is captured. it is more like a painting or a photograph in that way, telling a complex story through texture, light and style (and in this case a great song) rather than a character driven action packed plotline. it seems pretty clear that this is a music video afterall, not a short film. and music videos are fun to watch again and again because they give us many different things to look at within each frame; so the video offers something new each time, rather than delivering the same solid story over and over. To me, it is more important that a music video offer a solid world/atmosphere/vibe then a solid spoon-fed story/plotline that would be easy to understand and move on from after seeing once. besides, there are many shots that show interpersonal delema/conflict, they just don't explain what that conflict is. i like it. i like it the surreal way it is.

Thanks, I'm really getting into costume design now, check these creatures for my next vid:
web.mac.com/tobystretch/Site/Art/Pages/Creature_Costume.html
Thanks! T

Ya the head piece kept digging into her head though, which caused her some pain but "it's all for the art" I would say! T

flippin'-thanks-tastic to you Born Shorts!!!

I'll do my best Marcel, thanks! T

Ya this is the official video from them, they are really cool guys from Croatia!
Thanks!
T

Amazing avatar pic you got Andy! Thanks, party! T