Friday 10 Oct 2008 - 14:32
The Wilderness has created a music video for Boston-based band, Passion Pit. The video is for the new single Sleepyhead from the EP Chunk of Change released on French Kiss Records.
The Wilderness began with the concept of creating a light space modulator -- a mechanical, kinetic sculpture that demonstrates and harbour movement and light. The production process to achieve this effect was involved, and each element was shot practically.
The first step was to shoot Passion Pit main member Michael Angelakos’s face, hands and eyes. Selects were then made of stills from that footage resulting in hundreds of images which were subsequently printed as photographs. These photos were glued onto approximately 70 clear plastic cubes which were shot on a rotating motorized table. The rotation of the stills on the cubes created the illusion of Michael’s mouth moving in sync with the lyrics and hands clapping in time.
Additional elements such as the lights and keyboards were shot stop-motion in order to emphasize a strobing effect that would compliment the strobing of the verses/vocals. Atmospheric elements including powder, dust and glitter were separately shot. All of the elements were then edited and composited together.
The Chunk of Change EP was originally put together as a (belated) Valentine’s Day present to Angelakos’ girlfriend. The production of the recording - brief, sporadic, and explosive - worked towards the development of Angelakos’ signature euphoric and blissfully melancholic sound.
The Wilderness is a partnership of directors, designers, animators, illustrators and editors that work together and independently.
The video can be downloaded from here.
Digital Arts Staff
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