I've lately been playing a couple music videos over and over again. It's pretty neat that both of these were introduced to me very recently, yet they happen to share a really rare quality/achievement in music videos:
1. It's one continuous shot. From start to finish, the whole thing is done with one camera, one take. Neat stuff. The earliest version of this (as far as I know) is with Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (but it's actually just a part of a documentary film). Since then, it's been done by U2, Feist, to Miley Cyrus...so it's not as rare as you might think.
However, the 2 videos I've been obsessed with also have this...
2. The actual music is being recorded/performed live as the tape is rolling. Music videos are always lip synced, and the audio itself is previously recorded in a proper studio... which is why when you hear the album version, it sounds exactly like the music video. These two gems however, decided to record the audio live as well! So not only are they performing to the camera in one take, the artists must also perform the music correctly. It really feels "raw" and personalized...and I find the musicianship that is required to pull this off to be extremely impressive.
Anyways! 2 genres, 2 indie artists, 2 videos with one shot, with live audio. Enjoy!
The first one is very impressive just because of how many people were involved, but I still like the 2nd one more.
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