Posts tagged 'Will Sweeney'

Help Your Friends

“When things go wrong, people need help;
lend them a hand, the best you can.
We can help each other out!
Team work is what it’s all about!”

We’re huge fans of Will Sweeney – he’s been an integral part of some of our all-time favorite music videos: The Parachute Ending, The Game and Goin’in – so we were thrilled to discover that he lent his unique visual style to a Yo Gabba Gabba jingle written by DeVotchKa. It’s an excellent way to ingest some sage advice. Enjoy!

Previously: Argyle The Octopus

[ Help Your Friends – Will Sweeney for Yo Gabba Gabba! ]

Goin’in

The creation of The Tripatorium™ was inspired by three videos in particular, sorted here in ascending importance: Kill Your Co-Workers, The Music Scene and The Parachute Ending. Those aforementioned music videos are the exact sort of thing I like to watch most: more than TV; more than movies; more than even Adventure Time and Regular Show (it’s true). They’re bundles of electrons that, when translated into patterns of rapidly flashing combinations of red, green and blue light, seem to massage every synapse within the entertainment processing neighborhood of my brain. My hope was that, if I shared them, I might find other people who felt the same way.

It turns out I have!

One of those people, Mark I., just wrote in with Birdy Nam Nam‘s latest video that, like it’s predecessor (the aforementioned The Parachute Ending) is packed with artwork from the talented Mr. Will Sweeney. However it was Machine Molle (and not Steve Scott) that provided direction this time around who, you might recall, was the production unit behind the excellent Sur Le Quai. It’s gorgeous, bizarre, trippy business friends. I hope it serves to improve your Saturday night. Cheers!

Thanks for the heads-up, Mark!

[ BIRDY NAM NAM - 'GOIN'IN' - Clip officiel ]

The Game

Nick Losi wrote in with some excellent news! Will Sweeney (you know, that guy) created another music video, this time for Das Pop. It’s positively delicious – enjoy!

Oh! I almost forgot! Nick also sent along a link (from the excellent image blog 50 Watts) to some story boards and sketches Will created during production so if you’re into process be sure to give it a look-see. Thanks, Nick!

[ Das Pop - The Game (official music video) ]

The Parachute Ending

An oldie but a great-ie. (Ah, the internet, where something that was created last year can be considered ‘old’.) Cheers to Will Sweeney and Steve Scott for keeping the sacred art of the music video alive and well.

[ BIRDY NAM NAM - THE PARACHUTE ENDING ]