Take That - Reach Out

Take That - Reach Out (YouTube)

Reader Alisha directed this unofficial music video for the song by Take That. A lovely narrative piece about connections shared and missed, the clip won a Universal Music contest in 2007 and was screened on MTV.

From the YouTube page:

Here's what 3 amazingly crazy people got to, spending 3 weeks of their lives living together doing actually something they had just studied on books before. I was the writer and director (beside being "the girl behind the line") and the 2 amazing actor are Roby Cerasuolo (who was the main editor of the video as well) and Gabry "Lola" Bergonzi (which beside being the new reincarnation of Lolita was also assitant to everything, production, editing besides drawning down the actual storybord out of these insane ideas of mine.) It was shot in Milan (Italy) in August 2007 for a contest held in Italy by Universal Music and, out of 30 entries... yep, we were the winners. Got aired just once on MTV TRL but still... this is it... An Alisha directing a music video.

Thanks to Alisha. Congratulations!

X-Press 2 - Witchi Tai To

X-Press 2 - Witchi Tai To (YouTube)
X-Press 2 - Witchi Tai To (QuickTime) [Colonel Blimp]

Music video for X-Press 2 directed by OneInThree.

Thanks to Ross Cooper.

Trenchcoat - Whatcha Got

Trenchcoat - Whatcha Got (YouTube)

Stop-motion of cutout images by Roger Wieland (WARNING: browser resizing) for the band Trenchcoat. While not a typical split-screen piece, it shows off some techniques for the layering of successive video frames and of background/foreground images. There is also a making-of clip (YouTube).

Via japetheap.

Mario Basanov & Vidis Feat. Jazzu - I’ll Be Gone

Mario Basanov & Vidis Feat. Jazzu - I’ll Be Gone (YouTube)
Mario Basanov & Vidis Feat. Jazzu - I’ll Be Gone (QuickTime) [KORB]

Beautiful and simple piece by director KORB, visualizing a song by Mario Basanov and Vidis. The higher-res QuickTime version is recommended.

Via Motionographer.

Thanks to Dennis Adams.

Ode to Joy

Ode to Joy (YouTube)

Muppet Beaker stars in a gentle spoof on YouTube music videos. Watch the whole thing.

Via Ezra Klein.

Buggles - I Am a Camera

Buggles - I Am a Camera (YouTube)

Elegiac clip from Buggles. Nice use of non-rectangular framing devices such as eyeglass frames and jigsaw puzzle pieces.

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Tell Me

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Tell Me (YouTube)

Music video with a retro film/television look-and-feel for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, directed by Adam Elias Buncher.

Blue States - Allies

Blue States - Allies (YouTube)

Video from Blue States exploring four different possible days in a life using four subframes.

Barack OBollywood

Barack OBollywood (YouTube)

Looks like it's political videos week on Split Screen. Here's a mashup of Barack Obama footage and Bollywood clips.

Via Boing Boing.

No, You Can't

No, You Can't (YouTube)

Another parody based on Yes We Can. (Here is the one I posted yesterday.) This one offers a more general critique of the Republican Party.

From the YouTube page:

Status quo is Latin for scandal, recession, Bush, McCain, global warming, children without healthcare, young men and women dying in Iraq for 100 years, and tax cuts for the super-rich while we rack up trillion dollar deficits. If you prefer more of the same, please stick with the Grand Ol' Party. If you want hope and change, there's that other guy running for president...

We made "No, You Can't" as a part parody/part homage (or "parage," if you will :-) ), to the original piece by will.i.am. We're inspired by the movement that Obama has set in motion, and wanted to poke fun at the entrenched interests and cynics who'll be pushing back harder and harder against us as our movement grows stronger.

Members of the power elite featured in this video include: Dick Cheney, Filmore Barrols, Ivy League-Legacy, Jen Trification, D. Forrest Callee, Monet Oliver de Place, Winsome Mandate, and Lily the Dog.