Rob Brandon Films

Fav Music Videos of 2011

2011-12-20T14:12:00.000-08:00

I love all of these videos, im sure i have forgotten 1 or 2.
In no particular order:

Woodkid - Iron
Directed by Yoann Lemoine

LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
Directed by James Murphy & Spike Jonze

Battles - My Machines
Directed by Daniels

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Directed by Daniels

Dels - Shapeshift
Directed by US

Wiley - Numbers in Action
Directed by US

Battles - Ice cream
Directed by Canada

Frank Ocean - Novacane
Directed by Nabil Elderkin

Beyonce - Countdown
Directed by Adria Petty

Cults - Go Outside
Directed by Isaiah Seret

Metronomy - The Bay
Directed by David Wilson

Crystal Fighters - Champion Sound
Directed by Ben & Lewis

Sigma - Night and Day
Directed by Sam Hurlock

KIT - Out of Ruins
Directed by Steven Andrew Garcia

Liars - Scissor
Directed by Andy Bruntel

Is Tropical - The Greeks
Directed by MEGAFORCE
Animated by Machine Molle

TV On The Radio - You
Directed by Barney Clay

Jay-z & Kanye West- Otis
Directed by Spike Jonze

No Age - Fever Dreaming
Directed by Patrick Daughters

Tyler The Creator - Yonkers
Directed by Tyler

Tom Vek - Aroused
Directed by Saam Farahmand

Mystery Jets - Show Me The Light
Directed by Tell No One

Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right (revisited)
Directed by Adam Yauch (MCA)

Alex Clare

2011-05-10T03:21:00.000-07:00

This video was shot, directed, cut and animated by myself and my partner Robin in around 10 days (after work hours), it was the best/worse 10 days of the year.

This photo is from when the crew found a tree that had a vagina, this single vagina caused a 7 hour delay to the shoot.

EX-GIRLFRIEND/BARK

2011-02-20T10:12:00.000-08:00

My latest venture into the world of music, some party electro hip pop.

FIRST RELEASE IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE BY CLICKING HERE

Blood Red Shoes

2011-01-10T16:47:00.001-08:00

I dont have a tumblr or a flickr account or any other vowel lazy picture websites. This is where I upload my pictures, here are four of them, each of which contain a single member of Blood Red Shoes but never both members of Blood Red Shoes.

Minor Sick- Sad Struggle

2010-11-15T00:55:00.000-08:00

Minor Sick- Sad Struggle from Rob Brandon on Vimeo.

I have a temporary new flat mate, his name is Robin, he's alright but his incessant whinging about everything is probably gonna start to take its toll pretty soon.
He's an editor too. He's not as good as me but he knows how to use the burn film effect in AE so that makes him bearable.
There were some huge plans this weekend, hes just moved to the country and hasn't seen any of it yet, so I planned to take him to Vienna for a superhero themed/music video launch/birthday party. Sounds flipping awesome....

But we didn't go, no excuses really. Soz Corinna.

Saturday came, Mato, (the slightly more social one in the flat) enters my room in the early hours with "Im leaving now, you coming?", I grumble some lame excuse about not having a costume or not being able to afford the train fare and so he leaves without me. I then find myself spending 4 hours on youtube watching racist people fight on subways and talkshows.

By the end of the third youtube hour I start to feel a little pathetic and decide that if im not going to be remotely social this weekend I should at least be a little creative.

Last week I received a newly released album called 'Fremdscham In Reality' by a hip hop/glitch/free jazz artist called Minor Sick.
GET THE ALBUM HERE

Its a bit hardcore in places. Im too simple to deal with proper messed time signatures and anything more technically advanced than 'Single ladies- Beyonce'
But the album is drenched in huge beats that sound crisper than a burns victim munching down on a tube of paprika pringles.

So, myself and Robin decide its important to have something to show for the weekend. We start by taking a few long exposure shots of me frantically shaking in the dark, naked.
We end with both of us sitting in silence, either end of the room, throwing USB sticks at eachother.

How is the video? I cant tell, its cut so fast i cant really see anything. Did we waste the weekend? probably.

Jonathan Axelsson Skate Video

2010-10-25T03:27:00.000-07:00

Hello to the lovely few that occasionally read my blog, Some friends of mine have setup a little social networking site for filmmakers, Its called Six Shooter Films (every month 3 weeks to make a film consisting of only 6 camera setups), I think its a really great idea, its such a simple task and it really is only as difficult as you want it to be.
If you fancy yourself as a musician or a photographer or a storyteller or a poet then this is a great way to either show off your existing skills or to get started.

*THE ONLY RULE IS YOU CAN ONLY USE 6 SHOTS, NO MORE, NO LESS*

The due date is the 21st of every month and the film should be somewhere around 30 seconds to a minute long.

My film was shot using the Canon 7D and edited using Final Cut Pro 7 and CS5 as part of SixShooterFilms,
The skater is Jonathan Axelsson, who didn't even really know i was filming, therefore wasn't trying his best, but hes still pretty dope. So im looking forward to hopefully shooting some more with him.

Anyway, heres the video, enjoy:

Jonathan Axelsson from Rob Brandon on Vimeo.

My Friends Moustache...

2010-09-22T08:28:00.000-07:00

...its a proper good one:

she probably wont like that iv posted this

2010-09-06T05:09:00.000-07:00

someone might be mad about me posting this, but i love it to much to hide it.

The Raveonettes for VICE magazine

2010-08-10T00:58:00.000-07:00

Hello, the Rockhouse in Salzburg held a festival last weekend called STUCK!, some cool bands played, i took some photos for Vice magazine Austria

here are a couple of my favorites i took of the band THE RAVEONETTES:

A few black and whites

2010-07-12T09:29:00.000-07:00

I spent a couple of days back in the UK with some buddies, we took a little road trip, i took some black and white photos using the canon 7D, i havnt edited any of the photos, and probably wont. here are a few of my favorite ones:

Stealing Signs- So

2010-06-29T04:22:00.000-07:00

hello, i dont think i posted this music video, i shot it in the beginning of March, its got black and white slo motion and kids playing with fireworks, if you like either of those things then have a go.

Stealing Signs - So from Rob Brandon on Vimeo.

Making a Drum Machine Cake

2010-06-15T02:53:00.000-07:00

Here are a few photos of the process behind building my main prop for the latest music promo i made, Johanna helped me make the base and find the right icing.

FLORIAN HORWATH

2010-06-01T06:11:00.000-07:00

This is my newest music video, its for this cool bloke named FLO, and yes, i did build (that drum machine myself (with baking tips from Johanna Lange)

ENJOI!

Florian Horwath - Darlin I Can See You Fallin from TheUnknown on Vimeo.

Florian is on tour at the moment,
dates and places:
2 Jun 2010 20:00
Lido Berlin Berlin, Berlin , DE
3 Jun 2010 20:00
Yard-Club, Köln Köln, DE
5 Jun 2010 20:00
Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg Hamburg, Hamburg , DE
6 Jun 2010 20:00
Brotfabrik, Frankfurt Frankfurt, DE
7 Jun 2010 20:00
Theaterformen Festival, Braunschweig Braunschweig, DE

ELEKTRON

2010-04-16T16:02:00.000-07:00

hello, iv just made a little 4 minute animation for a club night called ELEKTRON, run by the DITTO guys back in London,
Heres a couple of screenshots,
The lovely Merle Zirk was my model;

CANDYS!

2010-04-14T09:18:00.001-07:00

honestly this is research for my next video. honestly.
Today i spent the day taking photos of cakes and candies in all the sweet shops in salzburg. The best one is called Sweedy; a swedish candy shop. so we will perhaps do a bit of filming there in the next 2 weeks.

VELOJET

2010-03-23T09:41:00.000-07:00

hello, a few of us here in Austria are making a 24 minute music documentary on popular Austrian band VELOJET
The stuff we have shot so far is very cool but we have a long way to go.
Inbetween moving lights around we found a nice picture frame, so here are a couple of photos i took:

also.....THANKS TOMMY!!! xxx LOLZ xxx

Lattitude Visuals- Ditto

2010-03-15T11:21:00.000-07:00

Last summer i hooked up with this group DITTO
and made some visuals for an amazing harp player named OZLEM SIMSEK, as she played her harp strings grew from her performance covering the huge screen behind.

Im now working with Ditto on a few things again, cant wait. Its gonna be fantastic.

heres a couple of pics from lattitude last year:

Hit The Floor- INTERVIEW

2010-02-23T00:52:00.000-08:00

i did a little interview! Normally i wouldnt commit such a self indulgant act, but the girl that interviewed me was really cute.......just sexy all over.
READ IT HERE

Nice to meet you

2010-02-03T06:55:00.001-08:00

some new titles iv been working on

Janet Get the fly out and PUT iT in the bus!!!

2010-01-07T00:27:00.001-08:00

For sam.............

TenderPixel/TenderProduct

2009-11-04T06:34:00.000-08:00

Sup from the Burg! Hows it hanging, im at work editing some clips of these insane athletes breaking the law by climbing important monuments or wakeboarding on the back of a ferry, so il be quick before the shows producer walks in and kicks my arse for not getting on with it, oh and the clips are for something called Pirate TV. Its hella phat.

got an email from tenderpixel, awesome exhibition company who screened a film of mine a while back for there experimental evening.

Well now they have made a DVD of all there favs and im lucky enough to have my film What Lies Behind Smiling Eyes featured.

The DVD artwork is also awesome

Moving / The Fancy Dress Blog

2009-10-16T06:04:00.001-07:00

Hello blog readers,
everything has been quite hectic lately and so there probably wont be a new blog uploaded so often. This is because i have moved to Sulzburg, Austria to do some editing.

This is the sort of thing the company i work for are getting up to:

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I actually done these a month or so ago but realised i havnt posted them anywhere really.

Myself and one of my favorite little bands decided to make some videos of them playing at this georgeos little church tucked away in the beautiful town of essex.

The Fancy Dress Party blog 1 from Rob Brandon on Vimeo.

The Fancy Dress Party blog 2 from Rob Brandon on Vimeo.

Uffie- Hot Chick Remix

2009-10-09T11:43:00.001-07:00

Hey here are some unofficial visuals i whipped up for the track 'Hot chick' by Uffie on Ed Banger. Its a dope remix I found on youcancallmepelski.com which is a really good dance music blog.

Uffie- Hot Chick (Glitch Remix) from Rob Brandon on Vimeo.

The Smalls

2009-09-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

Showcase and Awards 2009-
My film 'What Lies Behind Smiling Eyes' was Shortlisted and screened but unfortunately didn't get in the top 3.

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Wedding Video

2009-09-23T09:24:00.000-07:00

My good friends Ashley and Jade asked me to film there wedding at the weekend. This is what I've come up with:

Newquay

2009-09-14T06:23:00.000-07:00

Been away for a little bit with some friends, did no work whatsoever and it felt awesome, i took a few photos on my friends camera.
This ones my fav:

Lovers

2009-08-25T05:04:00.000-07:00

Hello, i took these today, they are part of a short film im working on, that consists of just stills. hope you enjoy. thanks to andy and sarah for being my lovers. x

Cinematograph

2009-08-19T15:22:00.000-07:00

Hello! this sunday at The Duke of Wellington pub, Free entry 8PM, my film is second on so don't be late!

Nozstock Festival

2009-08-18T07:59:00.000-07:00

This is why i need a decent agent, I missed this festival that my film 'What lies...' was playing at, NOZSTOCK FESTIVAL in herefordshire, it was in the cinema tent on the saturday playing at 8.00pm, Im gutted i missed it because some awesome bands were playing too.

Im working on a short film!!! The first in over a year! its only gonna be a few minutes in length but Im really excited about this. I don't want to give too much away, in fact i don't want to give anything away, but I start shooting next week!

Here is a photo i took a couple of years back that felt could do with being seen:

2009-08-03T06:26:00.000-07:00

Right, this week i spent some time in Brighton filming a making of video for the band Magistrates, who i made a video for last year. I've been touring with the band and doing some bits for them for a while. The song is called gold lover and the video is directed by a lovely fellow by the name of Steve Glashier. It looked flipping awesome and i cannot wait to see it finished. Im currently editting the making of and it should be done in a few days to coincide with the proper video.

So whilst im editing that i thought id link you to the rather funny making of Heartbreak, which is the last making of video i made for magistrates.

DONE.

Latitude Festival & TenderPixel

2009-07-27T10:57:00.000-07:00

Hello all, this is my first blog entry. Good innit!

Recently i have been a part of this awesome group of artists called Ditto (they consist of great filmmakers/animators/poets/musicians/cool people), we have been working towards an hour long set for the cinema tent at Latitude 09. I worked with this amazing harp player named Ozlem Simsek, it went well. I basically just animated some visuals that appeared to come from the harp as she played live.

(Pictured left)

ALSO.......

My short film 'Strings' premiered at tenderpixel in association with Rushes Soho Shorts the other night and its being screened everday at 1pm and 4pm for the next few days, so if you get a chance, pop down there and have a watch.