How is this kind of collaboration different from directing a traditional music video?
I don’t really find it that different. I love post and spend a lot of time on all my projects working with talented digital artists. Whether I’m working with colorists, editors, flame ops or programmers, it’s a very similar dynamic. The Wilderness Downtown and The Johnny Cash Project just have an additional step of constructing a website from scratch to house them, which adds at least another two months onto your timeline. Johnny Cash took six months. “Where the CGI runner is being attacked by the birds and dodging exploding trees, we had experimented with layering up to six simultaneous video windows and switching layer orders to build on the song’s energy. I think we found the right balance — there’s a great deal of visual information for people to take in.”- Ben Tricklebank What attracts you to this interactive approach as opposed to the traditional music video? My real motivation comes from my quest to make videos approach music’s soul-touching, emotional depth and resonance. Hones
