We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw.
Wrote T. S. Eliot in his poetry. But the Hollow Man in the video is taken from R.E.M’s ‘Accelerate’. This single, is R.E.M. at their vital best.
The skilled animators of Crush are behind this clip, which is a masterpiece of typography of every shape and colour. But this is not the end: we have one of the greatest use of “datamoshing”, a technique where two videos are interleaved so intermediate frames are interpolated from two separate sources. Yeah, sounds difficult… but if you were a fan of Megavideo, you’ll probably remember those strange artifacts in low quality videos. Same thing, but here it’s cool.
Artist:R.E.M. Director:Crush Typology:Typographic Techniques:Illustration, Datamoshing Programs:Video editor, After Effects What’s new:Mixture of fonts and frames
