"Bob Dylan - When The Deal Goes Down" Music Video

Bob Dylan's Modern Times was probably one of the best albums I herd last year. I went on You Tube to see if there were any recent videos by Dylan and came across this. It was interesting how the director uses an obsolescent technology to give the video a classy vintage outlook on history. The static and the unstableness of the video also contributed to it's poor production. Scarlett Johansson, in my opinion fit the role very well, as she express her positive attitude of the activities of a country girl.

Director Bennett Miller really captures the lifestyle of civilization of the 50's using footages shot with a Super 8mm video camcorder. About a year and a half ago, I became infatuated with super 8 film after watching Belle & Sebastian's DVD "Fans Only" which was a collection of home-made music video cleverly made by the band themselves using the same technique that Bennett Miller used to incorporate with the style of music they played. Sonic Youth's guitarist Lee Ranaldo did a live project with photographer/visual artist Leah Singer whom displayed random footages using two 16mm films while tweaking/manipulating the film as Lee Ranaldo implemented the instrumentals. With these ideas in mind and without any knowledge of 8mm/16mm film I wanted to start a project of my own. I purchased an 8mm camcorder and a projector through EBay then soon realize that it was difficult to get a hold of 8mm film, the film was expensive, the film only holds 3 minutes of footage, and that it also has to be processed at various locations. Due to the situation, the project soon became a failure. Hopefully in the future, when my budget is sufficient I can continue my 8mm project.