“Crowd Sourcing” with Ed Banger & We Are From LA for Cassius

We Are From LA have teamed up with Ed Banger to create this iphone app, lip-synced, cameo-laden video for Cassius’ “I Love You So” with a teched-out nod to Jonas and Francois’ early collaboration with the label for D.A.N.C.E.

As the dirty word “crowd-source” continues to permeate client-speak and trend-casts, it’s refreshing to see work that empowers its audience while still possessing some creative control. Not just a music video, this film promotes the app itself (download here) and acts as a guide to building a community of fans who are submitting their own videos.

Following the sentiment of Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin’s hugely successful Johnny Cash Project, this piece builds a foundation and uses technology to give people the tools needed to become active within the narrative. As linear content continues to share a larger piece of the pie with it’s constantly-evolving, interactive sibling; these type of projects prove that it is not a battle but a collaborative dialogue.

Crush & Ray Wong: MuchMusic Holiday Wrap Opening 2010

Crush & Ray Wong: MuchMusic Holiday Wrap Opening 2010

CANADA: Scissor Sisters Invisible Light (NSFW)

Barcelona-based directing collective CANADA have been rocking quite a lot of people’s worlds for the past few months, with their breakthrough music video for El Guincho – Bombay having enough iconic, Jodorowsky-esque imagery in one piece to fill an encyclopaedia!

Nicolás Méndez (from the collective) is back, with CANADA’s first piece since signing with Partizan. It’s no surprise that CANADA’s use of golden breasts got the attention of New York camp-royalty Scissor Sisters.

This jaw-droppingly epic collaboration is a joy to behold, and a perfect pairing of talents (so, massive hats off to commissioner Dilly Gent of Polydor for that one!).

Incredible cinematography by Gomez del Moral and David Valldeperez completes the high production values of this erotically charged wonder. It rounds off CANADA’s exploration of vintage-style montage work perfectly, and I for one will be very interested to see what’s more to come from these Spanish artists. Repeatedly watch-able and, for you all those that need warning, it does contain some nudity!

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Cyriak layers it up for Eskmo “We Got More”

Ninja Tune taps fractal-layer-master Cyriak for Eskmo’s “We Got More” music video. It’s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange…

Modern Times by BC2010

Cool futuristic independent project by BC2010 titled, Modern Times. Check out the “making of” video too. (Thanks Chris!)

Buck shows off Turbine-Free Wind Power

Buck helps explain the relationship between birds, bats, bees, and wind turbine technology… and the turbine-free solutions of the future.

Sofia Coppola and Stephen Dorff New York Times Interview

Join Oscar-winning writer-director-producer Sofia Coppola and actor Stephen Dorff as they sit down with New York Times’ Jason Zinoman on Dec. 15, 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT for a sold-out, live interview on Times Talks’ livestream http://livestream.com/nytimes. Sofia and Stephen will talk about the art of filmmaking, working together, and winning the Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.