Joe's Classics

One of my all time favorites, Weezer's "Buddy Holly" is probably one of the best nerd anthems out there. Directed by Spike Jonze, "Buddy Holly" stands out  due to its concept, editing and special effects. Compositing the band and Fonzie into the familiar setting of Arnold's Drive-In was almost seamless. Jonze even used a double of Fonzie to further deepen the illusion of the blending of both worlds.




Someone on YouTube mentioned this, but think about it: You're in 2012, watching a 90's music video about a 70's TV show about the 50's.

Joe's Classics

One of my all time favorite music videos. The Smashing Pumpkin's "Tonight, Tonight". I love this music video because its turn-of-the-century feel they give. Something about that early 20th century style of technology meets the old world gives the music video such a grander feel to it. I just also love the whole adventure from airship, to moon, to under the sea.

A random fact from Wikipedia "...crew initially had problems locating costumes for the video because the movie Titanic was being shot at the same time in Los Angeles. Titanic director James Cameron rented nearly every turn-of-the-century prop and costume in the city, leaving the "Tonight, Tonight" production crew little to work with. Directors Dayton and Faris compromised by renting the leftover costumes and hiring designers to remake them into the elaborate period clothing seen in the video."




Also, you gotta love that double classic acoustic guitar prop they made.

Fly Me To The Moon

Music video for VERSIS' "Fly Me T' The Moon".
Some amazing typography work here. Definitely plan to get to this level someday in my life when it comes to motion graphics.

I haven't been updating much lately because I wanted to take a rest from working any of my side jobs. Currently about to finish a small (really really small) intro and end credit job. School is also coming back around the corner, and I'm excited because I'm taking some fun classes this semester like a location sound class, Pro Tools class, and aiding in an advanced Avid editing class (which I plan to sit down and learn too).

I've also been researching in fxphd, an online training resource for programs like Nuke, Cinema4D, and After Effects. I've heard a lot of good things about them, and will probably save up and do classes during the Summer or Fall. They even provide VPN keys along with the tuition!

I've also managed to order a Wacom Bamboo Connect graphics tablet. It's the basic of the basic, but then again, all I really do in After Effects is trace shapes or do some minor rotoscoping. Plus, I'm not sure if I want to commit to something like Wacom's Intous just yet. I'm excited to use it because I've been in a much more ergonomic mood lately. I've even cut the legs of my desk shorter to better suit me and my aching wrist. It's currently on its way in the mail and I should be expecting it sometime next week.

And in other technological news, I've upgraded my current workhorse (a 21.5" iMac mid 2011 2.5 Intel i5) from 4gb's to 16 for around $99 (shipping and handling included)! Thank you Other Worldly Computing.

I'm ready for this semester. I feel it's gonna be a tough one, but I haven't even grown a grey hair yet, so that means I haven't even been on the edge of frustration and difficulty.

Come at me, bro!

Avril 14th

Pretty touching music video.




Original version is by Aphex Twin. I also love that this song was sampled by Kanye West's "Blame Game".



Currently working on some titling work. Hoping to get a Wacom pen soon so masking things in AE won't hurt my wrists so much.