Long Live Death

Who’s gonna bring the cinnamon? Who’s gonna bring the cloves? Who’s gonna bring the lavender? And who’s gonna bring the torch?

I almost forgot about blogging this week, because I have a house/puppy sitting job that starts today so that’s where my mind has been the last few days. But I didn’t forget, hence why you’re seeing this post. Wow, so enlightening, thanks Bridgette.

So to keep it short and simple today I wanted to share a music video of Long Live Death, by Mono Inc. 

A bit morbid, I know, the whole concept of the album Welcome to Hell is, but I love it. The video is fantastic as well, with all the staging and the warm golden lights, so it’s a little morbid and sinister but beautiful and solemn at the same time.

The thing that I wanted to talk about has more to do with the editing portion than other things I usually notice. It’s in slow motion. Sort of. Not all the time. And honestly it’s not very noticeable because today was the first time I caught it, which is either a testament to the edit or it says something about me. All of the shots of the actual band are played back at a regular speed or frame rate, but their (I don’t know what to call it) plague-town-universe shots have a much slower, smoother movement quality to them. 

This means they were probably filmed at a higher frame rate than 30 frames per second, but played back at that rate.

I can’t imagine how this music video would feel if those sequences were played at a normal speed. It wouldn’t be nearly as dramatic.

"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish." 

J. R. R. Tolkien