Meridian Video: Tycho
Posted by Scott
Director Brian Levi Bowman has released a new short film entitled Meridian which features the Tycho track Daydream. I think it came out beautifully, those particle effects are amazing. They simply licensed the track for this so I had no input on the project; in a situation like this it’s always interesting as a musician to see what directors will do with your work. The finished product rarely reflects the meaning you originally had for the song, but it’s always nice to see a different take on things.
There are a few viewing options below, I recommend the Quicktime if you got it, the quality is much higher.
> View Meridian Quicktime
> Download Meridian Quicktime Hi-Res
> View Meridian in Streaming Flash
32 Comments Leave A Comment
shift. says:
August 11, 2008 at 2:08 amWOW
I love this music.
we played it on our IDM radio program
this video is beautiful, it goes well with the sounds,
especially the color scenes with nature and skies.
turbo24prg says:
August 11, 2008 at 2:49 amawesomely beautiful.
Rent says:
August 11, 2008 at 2:53 amalso really liked the color tones of the video and all of the nature shots…very fitting and well done.
Jeremy Stereo says:
August 11, 2008 at 3:35 amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
OH MY GOSH! I LOVE IT! SO SO SO AWESOME!
i can’t believe that i saw it right now.
my favourite track! beutiful girl! pretty house! great sunrise/dusk motion! nature shots is great! perfect colours! perfect effects! just genius!
thx to all guys that worked on this vid.
Florian Tscharf says:
August 11, 2008 at 5:48 amawesome!
wrote about it in my blog…
snt_x says:
August 11, 2008 at 6:26 amreally nice short.
you should be proud.
Phil says:
August 11, 2008 at 6:32 ameh…
Jim says:
August 11, 2008 at 6:39 amDude, that should just be the video for your song. awesome
Beamer says:
August 11, 2008 at 7:49 amTop notch!!
Pablo Sotomayor says:
August 11, 2008 at 8:38 amthe overall effect is nice. very well produced. but way too much cliché for me. after baraka and and the qatsi series, time lapse footage along ambient music is just repetitive.
joshua says:
August 11, 2008 at 8:44 amThe coupling of audio & visual is a such a fascinating medium. It’s cool to the track “in action”. I think Bowman did really well.
marisa says:
August 11, 2008 at 10:26 amI wonder what Scott would do differently.
Grady says:
August 11, 2008 at 2:17 pmI think I just crapped myself. great video.
http://niebezpiecznygroszek.deviantart.com/art/12-months-of-solitude-76265794
that’s what I was reminded of when it first opened.
THOMAS says:
August 11, 2008 at 2:49 pmVery nicely edited. Went overboard on After Effects plugs though!
Closet Metalhead says:
August 11, 2008 at 2:59 pmSTUNNING!!!
This video is great visually but lack content that I know would be there if it were produced by Scott.
Daydream would/should make personas, events, stories and other content
very EPIC and EMOTIONAL.
Jayden Lawson says:
August 11, 2008 at 3:11 pmAwesome. Loved the time-lapse with the star-studded cactii in the foreground. Thanks for posting Scott.
Forrest says:
August 11, 2008 at 3:33 pmVery well done, I enjoyed it very much.
Rob McDougall says:
August 11, 2008 at 4:07 pmThat’s great! Really nicely done. Thought the last three or four cuts were a little jarring, but otherwise really nicely done!
I love seeing stuff I’ve made just go out there like this. I’m sure you had a similar experience?
john says:
August 11, 2008 at 6:20 pmwatching this was worth while.
john says:
August 11, 2008 at 6:43 pmoh- and i think that the music is what actually made the video, not the other way around. props. peace. love.
Tri says:
August 11, 2008 at 8:23 pmI was seriously thinking of doing something very similar in tonality and concept for my upcoming senior thesis project at Otis College of Art and Design, especially after seeing this on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/user653654/likes
Needless to say, I was really disappointed that these guys beat me to the punch. Don’t get me wrong, I think they did an amazing job (and of course I’m sure having DK backing them didn’t hurt either).
Overall, major props to the entire crew behind this.
BoB says:
August 12, 2008 at 2:42 amHey Scott,
Great stuff, has such a nice feel to it.
Super time lapse photography, and as you mention, sublime particle effects, really a very nice short. Brian Levi Bowman and crew have done a super job.
If I had any gripes with it, it would be with the casting of the model, although I understood she was meant to represent ‘materialism’, she just was not interesting enough, I could be wrong but I got the impression she is a model and not an actress (sorry should say ‘actor’ to be politically correct), and I think the lack of personality casts some cliche to it, and perhaps a slight case of more style than substance.
It cannot be denied however, the music is superb, and does a hell of a lot for the video in my opinion, and for that reason I pimped it on http://www.Original-Linkage.co.uk. I think the end result makes for a fantastic music video for Tycho!
Cheers
B
Alex says:
August 12, 2008 at 11:09 amAmazing piece, the visual message is conveyed and the your track generates a great mood for the video.. Great merger of the two.
Kevin says:
August 12, 2008 at 4:30 pmWOW!!!
Perfect… music and motion in perfect harmony
I can’t praise you and what you do enough… just bring Tycho to London for christ sake
Jefta says:
August 12, 2008 at 11:03 pmimpressive…
but you’re not a jedi yet!
H says:
August 13, 2008 at 3:45 amsorry to say but i think it would have been much better without the girl…
Tom says:
August 14, 2008 at 4:50 amJust saw that the video is featured on Motionographer … http://motionographer.com/2008/08/13/meridian/ … not much of a write up, but featured nonetheless.
devolute says:
September 23, 2008 at 2:23 pmBeautiful video, sweet song. I know what H means tho.
andagain says:
October 6, 2008 at 9:19 amWhen I watched this I was reminded of a timelapse short copied around a few years ago which was in fact called “Daydream” and featured some similar footage (but no humans).
1man says:
February 9, 2009 at 1:14 am<3