Video review


Music videos have always been of great interest to me, because they combine two of my favourite arts into one, and I would love to have a job which involves music and visual arts. A video whose concept I find very interesting is the one for the song “Drive” by Incubus (2000). It involves hand drawn animations, inspired by the famous Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher and a more contemporary visual art work - the short animation “Ik Beweeg, Dus Ik Besta - I move, so I am” (1998). 

The band’s singer and drummer spent more than 50 hours on creating the frame-by-frame images, which create the effect, that the characters are drawing themselves.

Apart from the great realisation of the idea, what I find really great about the video is that it is a very nice example of how an artist can draw inspiration from two different styles and manage to create a beautiful piece of art. It might be a cliché, but it’s true:

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

And when an artist uses somebody’s idea, develops it and makes it a part of his work, the results could be very pleasing.

video review

I have written a review about Coldplay’s video before but this time I want to express my disappointment. What I’ve always admired about their videos, was their originality and this is what is missing in their latest video. “Charlie Brown” shows the story of a guy who steals a car, picks up his girlfriend and they both go to a party where Coldplay are playing - reminds me of one Rihanna’s latest videos. I think they would do so much better even if they had chosen to only include video footage of their live performances at some big arena. It would certainly have more energy and look better, in my opinion.