James Wightman - Filmmaker, Album Cycle Creative Director
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In Episode 6, we're excited to have James Wightman, a Music Video Filmmaker. His passion for music has evolved into creating art and music videos for bands such as Emery, The Classic Crime, and more. Explore the dynamic world of music and lyric videos, where James reveals how visuals can amplify a band's message. He also discusses maintaining creative integrity and valuing your work in the face of unwanted opinions.
James shares his unique approach to working with bands, where he creates a full album cycle experience that's cohesive from the album cover to vinyl and seamlessly integrates the music videos into this creative tapestry, ensuring a holistic and captivating narrative.
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The Loose Connection podcast is Hosted by Chris Leonard & Kyle Chirnside
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Links to check out James's work most of which was discussed on the podcast
- Wonder by The Classic Crime lyric video
- The Color Fred stop-motion lyric video
- Full album cycle creative direction
- The Funeral Portrait - Generation Psycho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkWwIjOQld8 and then Dark Thoughts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8DP5vhiDTk
- Highlights - The Classic Crime ( cinematic music video with the sick transition talked about in the episode
Other videos not discussed
Grouplove:
Oxygen Swimming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUTrDYfWys&ab_channel=GROUPLOVE
Trilogy of videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtKdA6gU_vI
Feral Vices - Mass Produce Your Revolution - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mw_eyKi8T0
Messing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3M7bn6P6o and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baBqgtfO1m0
John Louis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ysu-to9T5E
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