SICKBOY "SILENCE IN CONVERSATION" PHOTOCOPY VIDEO

The second music video I directed for Dublin band Sickboy. There are a few idea behind this video;
two of the band members, Colm and Brian are identical twin brothers - like carbon copies of each other, which got me interested in the idea of copying and reproduction of images. I was also interested in the aesthetic of the home made fliers and self promotional material being produced by local bands, often cracked and torn black and white photocopies showing a picture of the band and a date etc. Also the idea of animating 'silent' photocopies of a face smushed up against the glass of a photocopier to make it appear as though they are singing was part of the idea.. So I photocopied colm's face in a photocopier and got him to move it around as the light from the copier passed his face to create distortions - we made hundreds of photocopies with all the main mouth/facial shapes needed for lip sync. Then I shot them playing on whitescreen, photocopied the frames etc - put the mouth shapes in order and photographed them etc. I think it worked out pretty well in the end...

more from sickboy on their myspace here:
www.myspace.com/sickboyofficial

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• punk
• alternative
• rock
• dublin
• ireland
• photocopies
• photocopy
• stop
• motion
• animation
• carbon
• copy
• scanner
• sickboy
• music
• video

[sergejisd]

Why the video is not available anymore ?

[LorcanFinnegan]

that's weird, it is available...

[Thieverish]

I wonder how many pieces of paper were wasted in the making of this video.

[LorcanFinnegan]

there was probably about 1 full ream of A4 paper used but we recycled it all afterwards! no more carbon used than the sunday papers..

[deanx350ma]

amazing vidoeo

[OneCopperKid]

I have no idea who these guys are, but that bass riff is fucking brilliant, ROCK!!!!!

[8lpc]

Great.. alltime..

[8lpc]

Great.. alltime..

[whitemenaresexy]

Your work is great!!!

[micahurley]

love it!

[superyoy0]

Sickboy? Like Trainspotting character? xD

[Jessebooth1980]

Fantastic song lads, that's my first time hearing it!

[PlutoMute]

Man! I wish I had this song!

[9graff9]

Cheers!!!

[sexyfantasyclub]

amazing

[playerthe2nd]

I remember i saw these in Pravda, found this by accident.