“Minority Report” vid

[hazelk]

Title: Silence
Artist: Portishead
Movie: Minority Report
Format: DivX
Size: 52.9 MB
Summary: I’m tired of the future

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Tempted in our minds
Tormented inside lie
Wounded, I'm afraid inside my head
Falling through changes

Did you know when you lost?
Did you know when I wanted?
Did you know what I lost?
Do you know what I wanted?




I didn’t want to make this vid. I wanted, I still want, to make a big multi-source meta extravaganza about robot apocalypses but some of the source hasn’t even come out on DVD yet. Still I had the song all planned out and I’d managed to convince myself that even though Minority Report doesn’t have robots or an apocalypse it would be a good idea to try playing with its precog imagery just to steal the look and maybe try and apply it to actual apocalypse footage later. So I laid the first dream sequence over the intro of my robot music, didn’t so much remix as give it a quick stir to fit the beat and looked.

On which it became clear that wanting to do this really had nothing to do with effect appropriation and all to do with seeing how pretty the damn thing looked set to techno. So the upshot was that I found a new song, tried to come up with an idea that went beyond just “Shiny!” and made this vid. It’s been interesting.

There’s a quote about Fred Astaire to the effect that were you to break down one of his dances to its individual frames he’d still look perfectly graceful in every single one of them. Considered purely visually, Spielberg is like that. The transitions and the lighting, colour and cinematography all look just as shiny under the vidder’s microscope as they do on the big screen. It’s true of other elements as well. Considered as a plot, the fiendish noir plotting works pretty seamlessly, the chase scenes are adrenaline-pumping as well as witty and allusive, the heartbreak is heartbreaking, the pasted-on happy ending calm and redeeming. But all these good things combine to obscure an uncomfortable truth - that at its heart this is a story about Omelas and one for which walking away is not the solution.

In conclusion Samantha Morton is awesome.

Comments

Wounded, I'm afraid inside my head

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Great use of the precogs. The movement is spectacular. You really use the source for all it's worth. The red ball into the blood dripping is one of my favorite parts.

The slow down becomes so languid and beautiful. There's a creeping rhythm you set up with the music and the editing.

Lovelovelove the moment at 3:15 when John tilts over and it cuts to Agatha.

Damn. Run!

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

You're right, the source is gorgeous, but it's your editing that had me lost to the rest of the world while I was watching it. :}

[leucocrystal]

Holy cow, you just blew my mind.

As a big fan of Spielberg's work, that automatically makes me into a pretty tough critic when it comes to the reshaping of something he's filmed. And you're right; every frame remains visually stunning here, absolutely, which is wonderful to see.

Others have already commented on the editing, which -- when it comes to (in this case almost) entirely instrumental vids -- is key, completely. Fantastic work.

[thelibraniniquity]

Absolutely stunning. Had shivers running down my spine for the first half, and I was drawn in completely right up to the abrupt ending. Awesome stuff.

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

Wow what a glorious combination of editing, music,a nd source. Fantastic work.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

My problem with Minority Report is that all the individual bits of coolness don't come together into a coherent whole, which you managed to nicely sidestep. I hadn't appreciated that benefit of vidding when faced with a "flawed masterpiece". And it's a very well-chosen music match for the "emotional look&feel" of the movie.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! You made great use of the music; the change when the vocals come in was awesomely executed and there's superb movement throughout the vid.

I'm mostly interested by the way you choose to end the vid - not as the movie ends, but with our protagonists returned defeated by technology, tidily and almost serenely, but no less horrifyingly.

Thanks for sharing!

[mranderson71.livejournal.com]

I quite enjoyed watching that! The music & visuals seemed like a strange combination at first, but it was this strangeness that kept me watching.

I love the flow going on here & you've crafted some great sequences using internal motion shots. I too also enjoyed the red ball -> blooddrip scene! And the way you ended it was unexpected, but also quite powerful.

Good stuff!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

were you to break down one of his dances to its individual frames he’d still look perfectly graceful in every single one of them
Ohh, interesting! And I see what you mean about the shininess. I haven't seen the movie but it was all very attractive to watch and intrigued me.

(Your robot apocalypse vid sounds very cool too!)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous, glorious and haunting, wow!

[airolf.livejournal.com]

It's excellent! Makes me want to rewatch the film. also, I miss Tom Cruise pre-Katie Holmes ridiculousness.

[malfeasanceses.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched this movie in forever, but your vid brings back all the best parts of it. The music is wonderful and absolutely fitting. I especially love the moment when a kind of clock ticking sound starts up, and he brings up his wristwatch -- awesome.