This production is a series of dizzy tracking shots that employ a ton of different techniques (time lapse, backwards film). It also shows some fantastic scenes of underwater dancers, apocalyptic landscapes, skateboard commutes and mysterious women on trains. It's got that 'virtual insanity' sensibility - hypnotic enough to keep you glued.
This music video has a number of incredible transitions from one scene to another which keeps the audience guessing on what will happen next. It draws the viewer in with a number of random yet fascinating features, which personally, I have never seen in a music video before. It's such a simple concept, yet so effective.
My Recurring Dream - Cold Mailman
The video begins with a long shot of a hospital corridor, which leaves us with a cold atmosphere due to the blue and grey tones in the shot. This sets the scene of the whole production which then begins to develop the mood of the production in the sense that no other video has done before.
There are many different destinations in this production as a whole which targets audiences of all ages. I really like the concept of the video as it creates a simplistic look with one shot scenes, yet the transitions make it very professional and sleek. There are many scenes in which Chocron reversed the sequence in post production, meaning the camera is moving forwards, but everything in shot is moving backwards.
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"The narrative is just free imagination, visual ideas I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and stuff I came up with while listening to the song. Matching the energy and the beat of the song is something I’m very concerned with in general, and especially on this one." - André Chocron
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There is a particular feature that I read during an interview with director André Chocron that fascinated me in a sense that I didn't think it would. André stated that he didn't use a green screen at all during this production. "Everything was shot on location! I'm not very fond of green screens, at least not when it's just an easy way out." I really like his honesty here, and how everything we saw in the production was real. Music videos and movies in general all seem to have computer generated images these days and it's really great to see a production that doesn't have all of the over-rated stuff that supposedly makes videos good.
The title of this video also interlocks with the concept. There are a number of recurring features and scenes that are in synchronicity with each other that are discreetly under wraps. The scene in which the older woman, dressed in yellow, is on the train is intertwining with the scene that appears later on in the video, and this is the scene in which the younger girl is running through the hospital. The shot of the older woman shows she is trapped, and therefore the younger girl is running away.
Throughout this video we see a number of absolutely incredible transitions that I have never seen before in any video. It's such a simplistic design yet the outcome is perfect, and the transitions are the main focus of the video. My favourite transition is approximately 54 seconds into the video. The instant switch from the stairs on the actors t-shirt, to actual stairs, was an absolutely incredible switch and I think this is the most complexed of all the transitions.
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| Transition from t-shirt design to real stairs |
The shot in which the camera is slowly moving downwards towards the bottom of the stairs is a really simple yet amazing shot. The slight movement of people in the background gives it that little extra depth. I can only imagine the production behind this segment, as it would've had to have been a camera dolly-like piece of machinery to create such a steady flow of the movement. It has inspired me to try something like this at some point in the future.
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On the whole, this music video was one of my most enjoyable videos to watch and review. The concept was so simple, and the transitions were so effective. They were the epitome of the whole music video and I really believe that it should be given a lot more credit in the film and movie-making industry.
Cheerio. :o)
- Olivia.
http://welcometolegs.com/directors/andre-chocron/ - accessed on 3rd-June-2014
http://www.stereogum.com/1250642/cold-mailman-my-recurring-dream-video-stereogum-premiere/news/ - accessed on 3rd-June-2014
http://www.onepointfour.co/2013/03/27/emerging-talent-director-andre-chocron/ - accessed on 3rd-June-2014
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