Thursday, 21 June 2007

'Audioslave - Revelations' dir. Danny Clinch



Here is another music video from the band Audioslave that I stumbled upon when looking at their previous music videos. This video has been directed by Danny Clinch, a well known music photographer, who has recently developed an interest in motion and documentary films.

The visual style of the video is very simple but works to great effect. The film has a subtle vinegarette or shadow round the edges to create a gloom. The band themselves have been set up in front of a studio wall and lit in a variety of ways to emulate the mood of the song.

Although performance videos are everywhere I think this music video shows how experimentation with aesthetics can be really powerful. However, this video wouldn't have worked with an unknown band because, the way it has been filmed strips the band down to their core.

One thing I really like about this video is the slight sepia-tone tint that has been placed onto the film; it makes the visuals run well together and gives a documentary or 'home-movie' feel. I also like the multi-camera shots splitting the screen into two and sometimes four segments. The black spacing between each film acts as a crucial and stylistic divide used in many stylized film scenes (e.g. Ocean's thirteen).

Colour and lighting in this video also play an important role in setting the tempo of the song. In the breakdown before the final chorus the sepia-tone layer and lighting become much colder and more blue, when the song kicks back in the lighting and colour flood back to warm tones (emulating the warmer and bigger sound of the chorus). This is subtle but really adds to the passion of the song. Check the video out and let me know what you think!
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