Music videos that are inspiring — for the moment
I recently had a heart-to-heart with my business and creative partner Ryan Kahm about the quality of our creative work. Something had felt out of place and it had been affecting the quality of what we do... a kind of unknown, aimless wandering that sucked the soul out of things. It kind of meant ignoring things that were flashy for the sake of being flashy and going back to basics: the essence of what makes our work fun, charming and engaging.
I've been rooting through work that gives me the chills and I always come back to music videos. Music was my first dabbling into art and the vocabulary of it has shaped in as an artist in film as well. Music videos combine both and are special in the way that they allow us as filmmakers to go nearly insane... or to work in subtle, beautiful ways. Below are some of the videos that have been dancing in front of my eyes the last few weeks.
And all those videos are a friendly reminder not to make this shit:
