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It Shall Pass - Swinky

By IceBlock Films

This is a music video for Swinky's original composition~ It Shall Pass.

We shot the video in about 6 hours with no money. So, please don't expect anything amazingly over the top amazing. Also, we recorded the song with no money.

Regardless, I think it's possible to enjoy this video. It was shot in Tokyo, starting in Roppongi and walking to Azabu-Juban. It's a nice stretch because you get all the party-nuts from Roppongi but you also get to see a lot of those rich folks from over in the Azabu neighborhood.

I had just finished Dream, which was an effects heavy video and I was really sick of swimming in After Effects for weeks on end after shooting. I wanted to shoot a video in one day and edit it efficiently. On one hand, maybe it's boring because there are no spanky special effects to blow your mind. No lasers or robots or animation or anything. On the other hand, maybe it's interesting for exactly the same reasons.

Please comment. Not because I want to increase my status as popular on this site. I actually want to know what people think of my work. If you loved it, tell me. If you hate it and want to tell me about what a whore my mom is or something like that, that's OK too.

Thank you for watching!  
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Hey dude,

I like this video. I like laser beams and robots and such too, but I like the simplicity of this video, although it felt a little long. I like the shots of people on the street doing their thing the best.

Comment by mandelion

left on Monday, September 15, 2008

Swinky looks nice, small woman in a big city, not a great singer, but...
I think travelogue videos are really hard to pull off, everything goes a bit bland and same-y. It might have been nice to stay with a few themes or icons in the cityscape? It meanders without enough sense of purpose for me to really like it.
Nice to see bits of Tokyo
Don't love it but kind of like the vibe

Comment by radarsu

left on Monday, September 22, 2008

Thanks for the comments. We were really trying to do something with nothing, from the recording of the song to the shooting of the video. I mean, literally we had no budget. So, if it was better than total garbage, than I feel like we accomplished our goals.The next thing will have a bit more production value to it. Bear with us, if you would be so kind.

Again, thanks for the comments~

-Xippy

Comment by IceBlock Films

left on Thursday, September 25, 2008

Nice song, video complimented it well. Damn, now I wanna go to Tokyo!

Comment by ticktock

left on Monday, September 29, 2008

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