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Chris Milk

Screen shot from 'Touch The Sky'- Kayne West

Chris Milk is a media specialist from America who has worked on TV commercials, political videos, music videos and short movies. He has directed videos for the likes of Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Audioslave, Kanye West, The Chemical Brothers, Natasha Bedingfield, Jet, Courtney Love, U2, Gnarls Barkley and Green Day. Milk also directed the second unit on "A Mother's Promise", the Barack Obama bio film that played before his speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2008.

Screen shot from 'The Wilderness Downtown'

Milk’s latest pieces of work have been Arcade Fires ‘The Wilderness Downtown’ and ‘The Johnny Cash Project’ which are both fantastic and are well worth a viewing. 

Opening page for 'The Wilderness Downtown'

‘The Johnny Cash Project’ is a global art project which is a testament to Johnny Cash. Over 561046 people from 194 countries have taken part Cash’s last video by drawing still images to create his very last music video to the song ‘Ain’t No Grave’. Cash’s last album dealt heavily with the themes of mortality and everlasting life, so in extension so does the video and although it is a poignant piece it is still a fantastic tribute.

“The Johnny Cash Project is a visual testament to how the Man in Black lives on – not just through his vast musical legacy, but in the hearts and minds of all of us around the world he has touched with his talent, his passion, and his indomitable spirit. It is this spirit that is the lifeblood of The Johnny Cash Project. Thank you for helping Johnny’s spirit soar once more. God bless.”- Chris Milk

All if Chris Milks work is visually dynamic, edgy and artistic, I would like to take inspiration from his work to create something as equally visually dynamic, by perhaps using different types of media like photography and artwork in our music video.