Articles for tag: Imagination, Inspiration, Music Videos

April 29, 2025

Jeremy Towsey-French

OK Go: Love

While this sample would be better timed for our upcoming section on music videos, the artistry and craftsmanship on display here are unprecedented –even in the pantheon of OK Go’s impressive catalog of music video mastery. As such, we showcased this amazing music video, shot in one single take (the final version was the 39th take). We prefaced two class periods this week by showing the completed music video on day one, then the side-by-side video showcasing the behind-the-scenes view of the shot. The following video was produced by the Project Management Institute.

April 22, 2025

Jeremy Towsey-French

The Perfect Combo: Performance + Cinematography

For today’s Big Screen Video Inspiration, we focused on how plot points can drive home larger thematic elements in storytelling. Combined with the power of symbolism, a simple scene can open up entirely new narrative directions. Such is the case in our example from the 2001 film, A. I. Artificial Intelligence  (2001 – Directed by Stephen Spielberg / Cinematography by Janusz Kamiński), based on a concept originally designed by the late Stanley Kubrick . Our class focussed on one scene from early in the film, where Monica (Frances O’Connor), triggers the imprinting protocol on David —an uncomfortably realistic mecha child—thus committing the