A couple of inspirations for the new project

Spent most of this morning and evening digging around, looking for contextual material for the new project (it’s a feature right now). Here are some source links.
For this, I’ve been really hung up on music videos, actually. Mike Mills (who directed the wonderful, easy-going documentary, Paperboys, which just played at the Brooklyn Int’l Film Fest in early May) has done some great work.
Also, Gorillaz is a favorite. Brilliant videos, hard to take my eyes off them when they’re on. (Thanks, MTV2 and MuchMusic!)

Gorillaz.com is the homeworld of the animated band.

Here is an article from Res about the making of Gorillaz vids. Includes an interview with co-creator Jamie Hewlett, a lot of technical information, translation from storyboard to video, etc.

Here is an interview with Mike Mills, also from Res.
The afternoon was taken up with a trip to P.S. 1, which opened its new Playa Urbana/Urban Beach in the courtyard, and a related show of Mexican art. And that’s enough about that.