quoted 5 lines The Autechre video (I saw AMP last night, wahoo) was composed of
>The Autechre video (I saw AMP last night, wahoo) was composed of
>generally low quality and confusing video of some sort of alien and
>nearer the end of the video a 4 legged robot which provided a lot of
>neato, mechanical action shots.. still in different varieties of
>low-quality video usually. Great video.
I wouldn't call it "low quality video". If you've heard the track then
you'll understand why all the video effects of "interference". Basically
the video consisted of shots of what was supposed to be an alien (actually
looked like it was in a Tube station) and others of a four legged robot or
something with a fifth leg/claw. It looked as though the stationary shots
of the robot were of a model and the action shots were DEFINATELY computer
animation (the action shots were of the claw and other parts opening or
coming out of the robot). Cut in with all of this were various shots of
machinery and shots of a possible London Underground station. What gave it
the possible "low quality" feel was the effect of video interference every
time that distorted noise in the track came in. It gave the effect that you
were watching some "discovered" video of an alien and it's space craft I
suppose.
My other feelings about the video's...
I know I'm going to piss off all of you Underworld fans but I found their
videos to be about as uninteresting and unoriginal as their music. I think
the second video was a tad better than the first (sorry but I don't remember
the names) as the first was simply edited shots of a live performance at a
rave and the second was like their album cover of dubnobass... I'm sorry
but I think a monkey could do better than chopped up edits from a live
performance and words and scribbles flying across the screen.
One of my personal favorites was the Sun Electric video. Nick Phillip did a
great job with the computer animation on that one. I also really enjoyed
the animation in the Spacetime Continuum video.
The On video was weird and cool but I got the impression that in the end,
the director had only half as much footage as needed to cover the length of
the track so the sequences went forwards and backwards, over and over...
The Chemical Brothers video had an interesting idea but I think the follow
through lacked a bit. It was very eighties feeling to me. There were lots
of cheesy sets and silly costumes.
The Tricky video was beautiful. I really liked it even though it was the
most slick and produced looking of all of the others (read, designed for a
commercial audience). It had some incredible footage and I especially like
the armored troop carrier with "Tricky" on the side in the end.
The Orbital video was fantastic. The concept and follow through were
incredible. When a video brings you to weird ideas as this one does about
life zipping by you, you know it was done well. I was very impressed.
The FSOL video was alright. I think against the backdrop of all these other
videos it paled a bit. On its own I think it would stand out a bit better.
It really didn't go very far with the idea though. It was all underwater
shots of some guy blowing small air bubbles and a girl with a white dress.
Of course there was the occasional 3D computer graphic thrown in (the had to
get their average SGI work in there somehow).
The Ken Ishi was by far the most brilliant. It was like a short story
version of a Japanese Anime OAV. There was no solid plot as it was very
abstract but the colors and character design and imagery were FANTASTIC!
Well, there you go. Did I miss any? As was said before, the interludes
were pretty uninventive and it was well worth staying up till 4am to cut out
the lame commercials (two different love song/easy rock, order-by-phone,
special-TV-offer CD collections... _bleah_)
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