Autuer Research - Chris Cunningham

Autuer Research 

Chris Cunningham 

• Chris Cunningham is a British video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk. Cunningham has primarily directed music videos for ambient music and electronica acts such as Autechre and Aphex Twin. He has also created art installations and directed short movies. He was approached to direct a movie version of the cyberpunk novel Necromancer, but nothing came of early discussions. In the 2000s, Cunningham began doing music production work. He has also designed album artwork for a variety of musicians.

Videography

• "Second Bad Vilbel" (1996) video for Autechre
• "Back With The Killer Again" (1996) video for The Auteurs
• "Light Aircraft on Fire" (1996) video for The Auteurs
• "Fighting Fit" (1996) video for Gene
• "Another Day" (1996) video for Lodestar
• "Space Junkie" (1996) video for Holy Barbarians
• "36 Degrees" (1996) video for Placebo
• "Personally" (1997) video for 12 Rounds
• "Jesus Coming in for the Kill" (1997) video for Life's Addiction
• "The Next Big Thing" (1997) video for Jesus Jones
• "Tranquillizer" (1997) video for Geneva
• "No More Talk" (1997) video for Dubstar
• "Something to Say" (1997) video for Jocasta
• "Come to Daddy" (1997) video for Aphex Twin
• "Sport is Free" (1997) - commercial for ITV
• "Fetish" (1998) - commercial for NUS
• "Clip Clop" (1998) commercial for XFM London
• "Only You" (1998) video for Portishead
• "Frozen" (1998) video for Madonna
• "Come On My Selector" (1998) video for Squarepusher
• "Engine" (1999) commercial for Nissan. Featuring music by Boards of Canada
• "All Is Full of Love" (1999) video for Björk
• "Windowlicker" (1999) video for Aphex Twin
• "Afrika Shox" (1999) video for Leftfield and Afrika Bambaataa
• "Mental Wealth" (1999) commercial for Sony PlayStation
• "Photocopier" (unreleased) commercial for Levi's
• "Flex" (2000) video installation. Featuring music by Aphex Twin
• "Monkey Drummer" (2001) video installation. Featuring "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels mount" from Aphex Twin's album Drukqs
• "Up and Down" (2002) - commercial for Levi's
• "Photo Messaging" (2003) commercial for Orange
• "Rubber Johnny" (2005) featuring "Afx237 V7" from Aphex Twin's album Drukqs
• "Sheena Is a Parasite" (2006) video for The Horrors
• "Gucci Flora" (2009) commercial for Gucci Perfume
• "New York Is Killing Me (Chris Cunningham Remix)" (2010) video for Gil Scott-Heron
• "Jaqapparatus 1" (2012) robotic art installation performance for Audi City London.
• "Love Is To Die" Multimedia documentary for the album release of Warpaint (2014).

Music Video Timeline

Music Video Timeline

Nickleodeon - Was the first type of indoor exhibition space dedicated to showing projected motion films. These small theatres charged five cents to get in, this idea flourished from 1905 to 1915.

Soundies - Soundies were three minute long musical films, they were produced in New York, Chicago and also Hollywood from 1940 and 1946. These also included short dance sequences which then appeared in later music videos.

Scopitone - This was like a juke box but instead it showed short music videos. Based on soundies, the technology developed after world war 2 and shorts film were put together with music and played through a specifically designed jukebox.

Musicals - A music is a film where songs are sung by the characters and interwoven into the narrative, sometimes dancing is also added. Musicals were a development in sound film techonology.

Top of the Pops - It was British music chart made by the BBC and it was shown on television. The programme consisted of preformances from the weeks best selling popular music artists.

Concert movie/film - is a type of documentary film, the subject of which is an extended live preformance or concert by a musician/artist or more recently a comedian.

MTV - MTV is now a 24 hour entertainment channel whereas when it started off it was only a music channel. Over recent years there has been far less music being played and more reality TV shows being played for example: Geordie Shore and Keeping up with the Kardashians. Video Killed a radio star was the first music video to be shown on MTV, the tv channel was launched on the 1st of July 1997.

Youtube - Youtube is a video sharing website. This site allows people to watch clips, upload clips and share clips. Available content includes: music videos, video clips, TV clips, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos and educational videos. Just about any video you want can be uploaded or found on youtube. More and more celebrities are using youtube to upload their latest music videos and to get as many views on them as possible.

Music Video Analysis

Music Video Analysis