Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Integrated Theory and Practice (ITAP) 2: The Work of Director Chris Cunningham

Question 1:

How did Bjork and Chris collaborate on the All is full of love video?

Answer:


With both Bjork and Chris, they wanted to created something outside the confines of a tight schedule, to allow both to act out their creativity more freely. This was started by shooting the video after the album was done.

Bjork would contribute the mood and emotional aspect of the visuals so that they fell in line with the lyrics and tune (i.e: all white, a sense of heaven, and lust with the two robots, from hard ivory changed to a liquid through love). 
At the same time she remained non intrusive when it came to filming and post-production, which Chris excelled in.

Chris used his early teen obsession with industrial robotics to aid in the treatment, and overall visual/conceptual aspect of the music video. He included Bjork’s facial acting, which were melded with the CGI segments in post.  

Bjork

Chris Cunningham


Question 2: 

What techniques were used on the portishead video ("Only You") to create the unusual slow motion effects?

Answer:

The way in which the filming of the actors were done, was by combining the live-action sequences of the figures in a water tank, and then digitally inserting them into the alleyway shots in post production. 


Shot from music video

Question 4:

Which famous sci-fi film did Chris Cunningham work on before he became a director?

Answer:

Chris Cunningham worked as the designer and supervisor on the animatronics that were used  on the central robot character in A.I. (directed by Steven Spielberg), David.

David(Haley Joel Osment)





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