Hipster Looking Videos Aren't That Bad

    Though Michel Gondry isn't actually a hipster in any way, his alternatives to filming begins to make one wonder if he fits that category.
     The video Dissects Gondry's work with such examples being from White Stripes videos. Such Videos being "Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground", "Fell in Love with A Girl", and " The Denial Twist". All great examples that the video uses to help explain the narrative.
     First there is the video "Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground". The Song's video is about Memories, Ghosts of ones past and how life is. A Motif that Jack White (The singer) loves. What they did is originally take footage of the room from within showing some action/party going on and then use a projector;in the same spot as the other camera was,  to then show the footage of the room while Jack is singing making it look like overlaying memories or ghosts. To see what was once a vibrant place with so much energy now being lonely and dead gives the feelings of loneliness and sorrow.
    Next example being "Fell in Love with A Girl". Most likely a very Iconic music video using something we all know and maybe love being Legos. Using Stop Motions isn't new, Peter Gabriel was the first back in the 80's with "Sledge Hammer" which was all in stop motion except for some spots. The thing that makes this video different from Peters is how it was done. With Peters it was on site excessive photos to make it stop motion. Now how the White Stripes video was done was by taking footage of the people first. All being in regular realistic motion. Then in editing transfer the footage to independent photos for each frame by most likely adding a mosaic effect to give off that Lego look. The once the photos are produced the animation team will use them for reference for the actual stop motion with the lego bricks. Something that even I have never heard of.
   Now the last video being "The Denial Twist". This video has its own quirks compared to the others which is mainly do to in part of the editing process in post production. The technique that was used for the video was scaling in effects. The only thing is that when scaling in effects there is an equal lock where the footage stays even in scale. They had to get rid of that lock. In my personal opinion I didnt care for how it turned out but I respect the idea for it because it did work for a lot of people.