AJJ 'Goodbye, Oh Goodbye' by Joe Stakun
Luke Bather - 1st July 2016
Every so often a video comes along that feels like an event: a mammoth undertaking and a huge achievement both technically and creatively. For these artworks, the payoff is virality - and deservingly so. Typically the kings of this have been OK Go, a band so viral they might as well change their name to Zika.
Well, the behemoths of the one-take have been knocked off their pedestal by Arizona's AJJ with the help of director Joe Stakun. How did a band of relative obscurity come up with such an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping and downright vital video? Well, you'll wanna stick around after the video finishes for a mini-doc that gives you a peek behind the curtain.
All hyperbole aside, this video does a hilarious job of poking fun at the kind of video that normally gets nothing but hyperbole, without being downright cynical about it. Probably helped by just how straight-faced they play the whole thing.
Luke Bather - 1st July 2016
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Joe Stakun
- Producer
- Yoni Aviram
- Production Coordinator
- Jeff Barker
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Eric Bader
- 1st AC
- Chris Galano
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Eric Clark
Art
- Production designer
- Grace Alie
Editorial
- Editor
- Nic Michaels
Luke Bather - 1st July 2016