{"id":764,"date":"2012-12-17T13:05:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blairneal.com\/?p=764"},"modified":"2015-03-16T20:46:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T20:46:10","slug":"the-ethereal-geometric-volume-in-music-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blairneal.com\/new\/the-ethereal-geometric-volume-in-music-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ethereal Geometric Volume in music videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to write something about a very specific genre of music videos that seems to pop up every few years and has only continued to increase in popularity as special effects costs get lower and the techniques get more accessible. This music video type\u00a0can be found in genres ranging from electronica to rock and beyond.\u00a0The trope common to all the music videos I’m discussing is the use of the ethereal geometric volume\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"phantocube\"<\/a><\/p>\n

An ethereal geometric volume is a plot device similar to something like Hitchcock’s MacGuffin where it can simply exist as a polygonal device to move the plot along without it really being explained what this volume really is.<\/p>\n

These devices can be the main characters, a representation of an omnipotent force, a terror, an alien invasion. They can be Cubes, Pyramids, and Spheres or broken polygonal shapes. They can be shattered to bits and oh..good lord, they float and hover like nobody’s business.<\/p>\n

Let’s start at n=4..the PYRAMID<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"m83<\/a><\/p>\n

Pyramid Example #1: M83 – “Wait” – 2012<\/p>\n

Pyramid as Spaceship
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