Exploring the world of NZ On Air music video funding

I’ve set myself the challenge of watching every music video made as part of NZ On Air's $5000 music video funding scheme from 1991 to 2011.
Posts tagged "straitjacket fits"
Straitjacket Fits "If I Were You"

Straitjacket Fits “If I Were You”

It’s weird. This video is only available online in non-English sites. Most of them have geo-fencing, complete with things like Portuguese messages saying the vídeo is not available to view in my localização. But I managed to find it on a Russian website, which feels creepy in that Bond villain kind of way. It helps...
Straitjacket Fits "Cat Inna Can"

Straitjacket Fits “Cat Inna Can”

This time Shayne Carter keeps his shirt on. “Cat Inna Can” is filmed in a warehouse, and there’s something funny going on with the colours. The warehouse is blue and the band’s skintone is a golden colour. It’s easy to do stuff like that with modern colour grading software, but how did that happen in...
Straitjacket Fits "Done"

Straitjacket Fits “Done”

The first song off the Fits’ final studio album, the “Done” video mainly takes place in a recording studio, shot in high-contrast black and white, like a goth’s seventh form photography portfolio. This concept could potentially we quite dull – I mean, “We Are the World” is people performing the song in a recording studio...