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2. Spiral Pitch Boards

by Matt Clark

2 years ago

1. Spiral

by Matt Clark

2 years ago

A man boards the tube late at night.
It is empty except for a woman he finds strangely alluring. She looks just like him.
His face grows towards hers, and hers to his.
Not a word is uttered, this is their moment to lose themselves in each other.
But ultimately they are just passing ships in the night.

Directed by Ross Neil and Matt Clark, with thanks to HSI London.

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Vytautas Alechnavicius 2 years ago

really nice one :]
bigu 2 years ago

Awesome
Sara Alonso 2 years ago

great work
Stefan Nikolovski 2 years ago

I liked it except the scenes when they look like intestine :)
Joe Moya 2 years ago

Nice work
ailatanotos 2 years ago

Perfect!!

I love it
Michael Yudchenko 2 years ago

Cool!
A boy with glasses 2 years ago

Great!
Alex Hamlin 2 years ago

Oh, that's so cool. Loved it; and it's kind of neat that we can now fingerprint you guys off their 'necks'...
Blake Whitman 2 years ago

you guys are very good at what you do.
eric alba 2 years ago

very very nice.
drgordis 2 years ago

I like the 1st one better... the cartoon version is so much original! :) this is freaking weird
Scherry Leslie 2 years ago

Hey Dude,
You'r "freaking weird"
Darren Dyk 2 years ago

Let me first point out that the animation was impecable. Its definitely a creative twist and to that extent it was very well done. However, and don't get me wrong, it just wierded me out a bit too much. The worm thing was just overtly strange and I didn't really think it did justice to the song. I'd like to hear a bit about your reasoning though. Why the strangeness?
Andy Wynn 2 years ago

Ditto. I feel like there's a tendency in motion design to say the weirder the better, and that people are less likely to critique something like this, especially with the amazing animation and design. But it seemed like this really didn't fit the tone of the song. I guess you could say it added and even changed the meaning of the song rather than communicating along with it. More of an abstract story set to music, rather than a music video.
Darren Dyk 2 years ago

Exactly. Well put. Its a very good piece of work, no doubt. But the song is adding to the story and not visa versa. Haha, for a bit I thought I was the only one seeing it that way.
Matt Clark 2 years ago

It may sound surprising, but it really isn't that uncommon to pitch for a music promo without even hearing the track. That's often part of the process, taking an existing idea to the commisioners and seeing where you can go with it, as happened here. We did spend a lot of time crafting it for the song, getting the pacing right. Why is the vid so strange? Well, we like strange things... it's just an odd little love story, which people tend to find either quite moving or completely revolting, which is what we expected really. I can think of plenty of music videos which are completely unrelated to the song, sometimes the incongruity is very powerful.
Ultimately this was an unsuccesful pitch, the official video is also animated, and equally surreal if not more so.
Andy Wynn 2 years ago

Thank you very much for your response. I agree that the incongruity can be very powerful, even taking a song to new heights beyond what you ever thought when just hearing it. I relate my experience to loving a book and then not relating to the movie. I already had a bias as I had already placed emotional meaning into the song myself. Your story doesn't fit that meaning, so I was put off by it. At any rate you did a fantastic job, and I appreciate you taking the time to let us in on a part of the process.
Xenofon Grigoriadis 1 year ago

To me it was great. It's a sweet story, which just happens in the imagination of two strangers. And when they separate again, you actually feel how cruel this is. Not so strange at all to me!
Laura 2 years ago

I wanted the woman to turn and go after the man. But the way it was fit in character and left me wanting more. Just great!
ryan smith 2 years ago

I'm not an animator, but I did an eerily similar video before I saw yours. But yours is amazing, and I don't find it strange at all.

Here's the vid I did.

youtube.com/watch?v=BjsycVxDm74
Antoine Guédès 2 years ago

Really nice.
Ham Liberation 2 years ago

NIce
Scott Michael Harris 2 years ago

this is fantastic. It's a neat concept and I really liked the characters features.
Mario Ucci 2 years ago

Hey Matt!!!! Great to see you directing man:)

This one is pure joy. editing is great, It keeps the mood and the mystery and fits the music so well. I loved it.

Hope ure well buddy

Mario
mpared 2 years ago

amazing posted at the curious brain well done
Jan-Hinrich Fehlis 2 years ago

Awesome! Thank you!

I love the fingerprints in the almost perfect animation. And the gentleness between the two people.

Such a nice symbolic story! Hope to see more!
MIchel 2 years ago

yeah, I also love the fingerprints
Kasra Design 2 years ago

Fantastic job.. 3d or stop motion? i'm a bit confused!
Hajime Chan 2 years ago

me2 lol
I think it is 3D, too difficult to set this scene I think

Nice MV, really awesome!
belvet 2 years ago

Great!!
Tyler Hayes 2 years ago

That is simply unbelievable animation, and equally great storytelling. No words necessary :)
Daniel Péger 2 years ago

gj but the orogi is a lot better
Alexandre Buhler 2 years ago

Ultra great :D better that the original
Mescaline Production 2 years ago

Ultra great! What a work !
Last_Knight 2 years ago

Amazing...Great work

Good Luck
Nacho el Nacho 2 years ago

I got goose bumps, it's so much awesome
Beau Chevassus ✞ 2 years ago

Very creative!

Face to face now carries a different meaning for me.
Top Hat Indexer 2 years ago

Great job...you just added a creative and fantastic dimension to a Coldplay classic!
Stan C. 2 years ago

this is pure gold
Faux Real Crew 2 years ago

Great Job! Its really creative and the craftsmanship is absolutely superb. And I love the strangeness of the of video. I think it fits it well and its so innovative (especially with the lack of a happy ending).

I sincerely wish you guys the best in your endeavors.
Marcus Lindgren 2 years ago

How was this made? It seems to advanced to be made in clay, but to well done to be made in 3d.
James Atilano 2 years ago

creepy creepy creepy. i love it!
mike. moger. 2 years ago

I found this sadly romantic.
Mehmet Kozal 2 years ago

great work :)
Scott Jorgensen 2 years ago

Wow. Very nice.
wik 2 years ago

pretending plasticine in 3d, hehe
Leslie 2 years ago

so sweet........
Radosąłw 2 years ago

Nice
Paxson Woelber 2 years ago

This is ludicrously perfect. It matches the music, in terms of mood, tone, pacing, etc. - in a way that so few music videos ever do.
Adam Temple 2 years ago

One of the best music videos I've ever seen. Bar none.
Skater Svin 2 years ago

I Like..
Sarah Phillips 2 years ago

i thought it was interesting how they never kissed...
finasteride 2 years ago

just amazing
Chris McLaughlin 2 years ago

great video... love the fingerprints on the 'plasticine' - really great attention to detail.
Fabio Gobbo 2 years ago

Amazing idea!
Brandt Bethune 2 years ago

That was just such BEAUTIFUL stop motion work. Sometimes it seemed like an ad for the London metro tho haha. That aside, a real work of art.
Beatriz Jacques 2 years ago

I love it!
andbamnan 2 years ago

I'll always have respect for any animator, this is some great work. But I didn't like this, I don't think it worked with the song at all, and it just seemed to be weird for weird sake.
Lawrence Taylor 2 years ago

Fuck me, that's a vid
Thomas Tailford 2 years ago

Excellent animation...
Guy Martin 2 years ago

thats mad.
Alanedit 2 years ago

I like this very much.
Elias Glasch 2 years ago

Bravo! That was so great! You did an excellent job lighting and accomplishing the clay figure feel! I am very impressed and want to applaud you again.
Fahri Sarimese 2 years ago

This is so good! Great idea!
Bryce Wymer 2 years ago

LOVE THIS. Really Dig the finger print textures on the characters. Very nice!
Dave Goodall 2 years ago

Great video, didn't find it weird at all. Also loved the fingerprints.
Alex Dunford 2 years ago

Really nice. Prefered this to Shynola's original video.
Meinardas Animator 2 years ago

Great!!!
Chris Ullens 2 years ago

Is this stop-frame?

Camera moves, moves of the tube and the characters really slick and smooth... Almost too much.
Even smoother than Corpse Bride on which they spent a year and a half with a massive team and budget...

Can someone answer my question seriously, no guessing please? Thanks.
Chris Ullens 2 years ago

Sorry, me again...

I know there's loads of CG, but my question is, was there any stop-frame at all?

Cheers for helping.
Matt Clark 2 years ago

No, there was no stop frame used, it's all CG.
Chris Ullens 2 years ago

Thanks very much for replying Matt.

To be honest, i do a lot of stop-frame and i think i would've changed life if you had told me it was partially stop-frame...
Hehehe!

Very beautiful film, congratulations.
The textures, the animation, the sets, the storyline, the facial expressions and the character design...
I enjoyed your film a lot!

I hope and wish you we will soon see more of your work around, but with that quality, i would imagine so.

Bye
Jens Blank 2 years ago

hey matt, awesome video. Nice and strange. I'm really liking the stopframe look and feel.

cheers
spendolas 2 years ago

well, coldplay doesn't deserve this video anyway
Kevin Lee 2 years ago

Spectacular
Marisa Millerick 2 years ago

obsessed with this. seems like a fantastical dream. was it (a dream)?
No-Domain 2 years ago

Lovely! The song will never live up to this fantastic animation.
Nick Burstein 2 years ago

This is really amazing. The first time I watched it I had no sound on and I actually liked it more. I had never heard this song. I'm pretty sure they didn't use it for two reasons.

1. Chris Martin appears nowhere in the video
2. It doesn't fit the song well

But on its own its amazing.
Frederic Grasset 2 years ago

The intestine part gross me out but otherwise great work!
glass popcorn 2 years ago

I love this video! Especially the parts where it gets so close up on the characters that you can see the fingerprints in the clay
Som 2 years ago

authentically ))) with me too
Supreme 2 years ago

Beautiful
Erik Ferguson 2 years ago

It was weird yes, in a good and bad way at the same time, just the way I like it! Well done
Scott Barnes 2 years ago

Love it.. i mean.. wow..
shouldercat 1 year ago

Ew. Gross!
Ellie Hopkins 1 year ago

This is outstanding, perfectly weird and spectacularly animated.

I am very much a fan.
betdelmar 1 year ago

Muy Bueno!! ☺
Corax Incarna 1 year ago

Man thought I was going to be turned off by this after reading the comments, but once I watched it I found myself absolutely engrossed by it. Very endearing. :)

I really enjoyed it.

And another 1+ for those fingerprints.
kutti jems 1 year ago

High technology................So Unbelievable..
alhussien elakder 1 year ago

very nice
Oskar E 1 year ago

:)
Matt Duplessie - Motion & Sound 1 year ago

looks amazing but creepy
justin 1 year ago

everything looked sad and mundane until the face started extruding out and it brought forward a brilliant play of intermingling of the geometry. really liked the cut to 2d sequence of two trains running along like the DNA strand.. symbolizing the connection between the two characters.
Lorenzo Gianotti Pret 1 year ago

Amazing!
James Sharpe 1 year ago

Incredible, loved this so much.
romina 1 year ago

AWESOME! Me gusta mushísimo!
Lorenzo Velasquez Urbano 1 year ago

:) its a really nice video :)
nacho yague 1 year ago

i've watched it like 10 times. Beautiful work, and really cool details. ( that dna chain... different camera lens style, the soft movement of the metro...)

great
Álvaro Borja 1 year ago

Notable, thank you