Music Video

Drone Moviemaking Without a Cut

Colin Solal Cardo’s “All Away” has won the Grand Prize in the  music video category at the Cine-Drones Festival 2015.  The four-minute movie, featuring a song by Art of Shades offers plenty of visual delights including–as you’d expect with drone cinematography–spectacular high-angle imagery. Keeping the two frenetic dancers in the frame with the camera in constant motion…

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“Dance Again”: a GoPro aerial music video

We’ve come a long way from the American Bandstand-style video. A recent example is Tristan Pope’s Dancers of NYC. But even further afield—that is, up in the air—is “Dance Again,” a GoPro aerial music video featuring the Australian band Skipping Girl Vinegar. FacebookTwitter

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E.M.O.: a multiscreen music video

To be memorable—and worth repeated views—a music video should combine a strong musical performance with original moviemaking. A good example is Ricardo Bigai’s E.M.O., a multiscreen music video, which won 2nd place at the Original iPhone Film Festival. E.M.O. isn’t the first mobile multiscreen music video. But it definitely pushes the boundary leading to the (spoiler alert)…

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“Nothing to Prove”: a GoPro-shot music video featuring Dan Bailey

In case you wondered, GoPro cameras aren’t just for capturing extreme sports and activities. For proof, consider “Nothing to Prove,” the first GoPro music video posted on MobileMovieMaking. FacebookTwitter

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“Knock Knock”: an animated music video incorporating 14 mobile devices

In addition to creating innovative music, the Ukrainian indie/electro/pop  band Brunettes Shoot Blondes has produced a cutting edge music video for their song “Knock Knock.” Characters in the video travel from mobile device to mobile device  FacebookTwitter

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“No Use for the Good Old Days”: animated music video

Filmmaker Mark Garfield used an iPhone to create this stop-motion music  video for the song “No Use for the Good Old Days.” The band is Echoville. FacebookTwitter

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