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Rock & Rule
1983 · Film · 77 min
Directed by Clive A. Smith
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
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I recall downloading a bootleg divx of this mashup back in university. Great album, great film, great mashup, particularly under the effects of THC.
I’ve explored audio video mashups a lot in the past few years as a DJ and VJ. Some are available on my Vimeo [1], a favorite being a mashup of Rock & Rule (Clive Smith 1983) and Another Bugged Out Mix (Erol Alkan 2005) [2].
After a lot of experimentation I think I can explain the effect…
Film and music are both forms of story telling.
See Joseph Campbell’s “monomyth” for the best explanation of this, how we’re pretty much all telling the same “hero” story over and over again.
A great film presents one or more story arcs with an intro, build up, a downfall due to conflict, then another rise to overcome conflict, maybe a big surprise twist, then a nice plateau for the ending.
A great DJ set follows a similar pattern with its energy and build ups and drops.
So does a great album, especially a truly artistic album like Dark Side of the Moon.
It’s fractal pattern…
A single song tells a story with a smaller arc. A single film scene has a flow.
Overlap really interesting music and video with their independent ebbing and flowing story telling and you’re bound to get lucky where they line up really well from time to time.
Sometimes you get so lucky it feels like more than a coincidence. Particularly when the source materials have an actual similar theme or influence and if viewers are an altered state and you are adding your own internal narrative to the mix.
Despite seeing this formula I still think it’s magic. All artists are tapping into some sort of universal creative spirit and are taking and sharing influences consciously and unconsciously.
I am always searching for more people exploring these types of mashups and finding great videos to explore.
Some good stuff on the Synkronocity Archive!
[1] https://vimeo.com/grepz [2] https://vimeo.com/700268028