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The Lyrics say: "In the club, shakin' shakin'. I decided to link the imagery with this by inserting footage of old-school 1990's acid house ravers as they suit the scene of the music and demographi. It also just fitted perfectly, creating an apocalyptic rave theme like the world is ending and everyone is celebrating their last seconds on earth - come to think of it, maybe this is how we'll end on 2012.
I thought this shot would identify the label as a geek-sheek, indy, electro, retro-mad collective (which they are) by showing this kid in glasses going crazy to the beat - a similar example would be:
The kids in this video (of the same genre and scene) are all just as speccy and nerdy.
The Lyrics say: "In the club, shakin' shakin'. I decided to link the imagery with this by inserting footage of old-school 1990's acid house ravers as they suit the scene of the music and demographi. It also just fitted perfectly, creating an apocalyptic rave theme like the world is ending and everyone is celebrating their last seconds on earth - come to think of it, maybe this is how we'll end on 2012.
I thought this shot would identify the label as a geek-sheek, indy, electro, retro-mad collective (which they are) by showing this kid in glasses going crazy to the beat - a similar example would be:
The kids in this video (of the same genre and scene) are all just as speccy and nerdy.
The 3rd image work in a similar way to the first, using acid house dancers and artwork to demonstrate the genre. The reason is because nowadays, unlike older electro music inspired by 1980's synths is now going for 1990's instead (drum loops/samples/art work and more).
The Intertextual reference is from Romain Gavras' video for The Last Shadow Puppets' "Age of the Understatement" Video, demonstrating a dystopic soviet russia - I turned it slightly to a dystopic planet, because the walking has destroyed so much and the armies need to retaliate.
Not many shots (created by myself) have much camera work - for the scenes with me green screened, I just had a static, tripod mounted camera.
The Shots in in the clubs and the sparks n explosions were all used instead of strobes - the clubs had dancers which synced to the beat. The explosion flourishewd across the screen for transitions when solid cutting would'nt do.
My mise-en-scene is simply the world being destroyed, both by the giant and the people trying to retaliate with nukes against him. I wanted the youth of the planet to be celebrating their fates by raving in a club, being blown up in the process. Overall, the apocalyptic themes were inspired by the viral concept of judgment day on 2012.
I have inspirations from Godzilla and Beastie Boys when it comes to the stepping/giant business. Armageddon, 2012 and old disaster movies gave me the inspirations for the tidal waves n volcanoes - they all feature a lot of pyro to create nice transitions.
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