Breakdancing, Snow, and Milk? Check out my music video!

[NicklausLouis]

Originally Posted by mylkhead

So maybe it would have been better had it been shorter and about less?

Not about less, just focused on one particular storyline.

Originally Posted by mylkhead

I really like Spike's work, but wouldn't any music video nowaday's be ripping off someone else's style? I mean, there is the performance and then you got the B-rolll. That's a simple formula. And lots of directors don't even do THAT much. Like someone will cut together some concert footage and call it a video. But that's been done a gazillion times.

Yeah, videos (at least the ones that get the most air time) have little to no originality to them. I wasn't dissing you with my comment - I loved the Jonze like aspect of your piece - I was just making an observation.

Poke

[mylkhead]

Yeah it's all good. I wasn't taking it as a diss anyway. I mean I am inspired by his videos so there is probably a good chance that some of that inspiration showed up on screen. And hey, it's better to be inspired by one of the more original ones than by those silly hollywood directors who direct every MTV video out thre like they are working in the Drive Thru at Mickey Dees or something.

--Brandy pulls up in her Escalade - "I'd like a new music video......uh minus creativity but extra dancers and some bad cg. To go." - Alright, coming right up that'll be 50 grand at the first window..."

[dudebro]

Super confusing and insane and way cool. The milk drumming and milk-carton-face guys make for some surreal entertainment.

[mylkhead]

Yeah, that was the general consensus when I showed it to people. They were always entertained for 5 minutes. When I played it for my teacher and class at college they thought it was the most entertaining one out of the the bunch. Well, that's exactly what a music video should do right?

[Christopher]

Howdy, I like it. One, it's snowing and your still out b-boying,breakin,and breakdancing (Outside). Two cheap costumes, I love the milk faces (Gotta keep it cheap and Indie!) As a bonus it had a CG character that was modeled, animated, composited into the scene. Thats a ton of work just in that! Good Job! Keep up the good work!

Toxzy

[mylkhead]

Howdy, I like it. One, it's snowing and your still out b-boying,breakin,and breakdancing (Outside). Two cheap costumes, I love the milk faces (Gotta keep it cheap and Indie!) As a bonus it had a CG character that was modeled, animated, composited into the scene. Thats a ton of work just in that! Good Job! Keep up the good work!

Yeah, it was a lot of work. The animating the character was the hardest part. I shot and edited the live action stuff in a weekend. I was planning on doing camera tracking with a handheld camera, but only one angle came out. And I was also planning on having me and the cg bboy in the same shot, but the camera tracking got all confused when I was moving around in the scene and the camera was handheld. Oh well. It turned out the way it did.

And the ending with the girl. That was totally unplanned. My orginal ending that I scripted was supposed to be when Bill (the guy getting chased) was finally caught and cornered by the mylkheads, they would dump an entire gallon of milk on his bald head and he would now be "baptised" into mylkheadism or something like that. But on our way up to the location, we forgot the milk cause we were in such a hurry. We used Bill's girlfriend in the shot cause she was really just standing around doing nothing waiting for us. You all know how that is! Haha. And it was a moment they can relive for a long time. And it drew some "Awwwwes" from people I showed it too haha.

Oh yea! By the way, the final scene where she kisses Bill - well during that shot there was a super loud alarm going off because a friend of mine backed into the emergency buzzer alarm and it set it off. They were all freaked out but I HAD to get that final kiss in!!!!! Haha.

[mylkhead]

If you wanna check out the video take a look at the first post in the topic. But if you are too lazy for that here is the link:

http://www.mylkhead.com - click on film to see the video.

Hope you enjoy yourself while you watch. That is all I ask!

[knightly]

I was a breakdancer in the 80's...didn't have a problem with the term at all.