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“A House, A Home” is an amazing narrative music video from the debut album of The Alialujah Choir, directed by Daniel Fickle and produced by Mark Smith. The song tells the story of two imagined characters, an adolescent boy and girl, who were in treatment at a psychiatric hospital. They were both going through that intense experience together, but since they were never allowed to be alone with each other, and the boy could never express his feelings for the girl, his feelings for her became larger than life. One day, when the boy saw the girl leaving the office from her therapy session, he assumed that it was a rendezvous of a different kind and took his own life.
Smith wanted to create a narrative for the video to help the boy who had committed suicide reconcile his past. A few years after the boy’s death, the girl also died of natural causes and was buried next to him. It was Fickle’s idea to continue the story underground. By keeping the obvious graveyard imagery out of the story, it helped to create a lighter mood and leave room for playfulness, which was a counterbalance to the somber tone of the song and lyrics.
This piece includes color photographs and an HD version of the breathtaking music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/the-alialujah-choir-a-house-a-home/“A House, A Home” is an amazing narrative music video from the debut album... more
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“Denmark” is an incredible new music video directed by Daniel Fickle for The Portland Cello Project. The video hits a timely note, depicting the brave tale of a tiny shrimp that springs into action when plumes of toxins invade its water world. A plan is formulated, a missing part is fetched, and all goes according to plan, until….
At a deeper level, the video represents an expression of the struggle people go through to reconcile loss. It’s also a stirring tribute to a friend of the band, who fought a courageous battle with cancer in his/her own, disguised and dignified manner. Director Daniel Fickle manages to get into the mood of sorrow behind this piece of music from Portland Cello Project, and he makes everything in the video look almost as gloomy. Watch the video with the music at full volume, and then listen to the music with your eyes closed. It’s truly magical.
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the beautiful, emotionally charged music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/denmark-a-stirring-struggle-against-plumes-of-invading-toxins/“Denmark” is an incredible new music video directed by Daniel Fickle for... more
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Two great bands that more people should know about!
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