Art Direction in Film and Television--history

Art Direction in Film and Theatre. Images--they draw us into their sinful lust, invigorate us, suck us in like zombies or candy. I, like most of us, am a media junkie, and gladly process sparkly music videos with no content and horrific movies that I later attest to dislike. Undoubtedly, many a time I have paid more attention to the beauty of the design on my entertainment rather than its verbal content, not to say …

…revival of non traditional animation, such as Michael Gondtry’s latest White Stripes video. Bjork’s latest video, directed by Spike Jonze, is most amazing due to its usage of a regular night camera to achieve the most dramatic, surprising results. Smashing Pumpkins videos are well known for mimicking the style of the early 20th century, and one of their pieces directly borrows the still photography techniques of La Jette to tell an amazing story.