Rihannas disturbia..

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6zdhHLvT7k
I think that video is a real piece of art..I have two questions

1.how did they achieve the fast forward movements?can it be achieved by simply shooting with a shutter speed of 1/25(pal camera)then fast forwarding it in post?If that's so then how come her lips are in sync with the song but her movements are fast?do you use the same concept as when shooting a slow motion video where you increase the playback speed by a certain percentage then you slow down the footage in post?

2.How did they achieve the look?is that bleach bypass or mostly make up?

Wow those aren't two questions.Your feed back will be appreciated though
 
cant answer the first but the look is achieved through a combination of things. Colouring (either in cam through type of film stock or in camera video settings...or was done in post). Make up, lighting and one of the most important but many times overlooked things, wardrobe and set design. Break down and look on each carefully alone and also how they work together to see how they acheive the look.
 
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That video looked like a bastard lovechild of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and NIN's "Closer"
 
I dodn't catch the part you are talking about, but if it is a static shot, then most likely they masked the mount or lips and then kept that at normal speed and sped up the background.
 
andythefilmer said:
I dodn't catch the part you are talking about, but if it is a static shot, then most likely they masked the mount or lips and then kept that at normal speed and sped up the background.
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Notice her movements are in fast forward but she's still in sync with the song..that's what i was asking.I've found the answer for that though..they simply slowed down the audio and used it during the shoot then fast forwarded the footage in post.
 
RE TMY's comment, backing out even further, it nods to NIN's "Closer," Marylin Manson's "Beautiful People," and even Tool's videos, all of which themselves pay direct (almost precisely, for the sets in Closer and the stop-motion characters in the Tool vids) homage to The Brothers Quay, who themselves patterned their work off Czech animator Jan Svankmejer, who himself was a Caravaggio and Francis Bacon fan... ;-)

Mmm, bacon.

I agree the video's visual language is dominated by anamorphic flaring (which comes in and out, which one doesn't see often), time ramping from an overcranked frame rate (way overused here IMO, but yes, usually one plays the audio onset at 1/2 speed or similar), art direction, dramatic lighting (looked like Kinos or huge silks for front/OH's and fresnels for backlighting), and significant color grading.

I thought better of the video - although it's repetitive visual styling made it fatiguing - until I turned on the audio halfway through, which IMO was really dissonant with the visuals.
 
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