clare brooks

Everyone in One

2011-09-16T13:54:00.019+01:00

Three different moments of life with family, friends and aquaintances rolled into each photograph.

Apparently inserting the same film in three times would have been too much for my old Minolta and it all of a sudden, after having been my loyal artistic partner, decided to die on me.

I still have these wonderful lively photos and souvenirs to remind me of it - so all's well that ends well?

Still miss it though.

Earth, Wind and Fire

2011-01-20T18:04:00.004Z

Sval Bards

2010-12-08T18:18:00.003Z

a few visuals from the gig/music video being edited as I write this...

Real Estate and Air Waves at La Fleche d'or

2010-05-17T23:51:00.002+01:00

When New Jersians and Brooklyners Real Estate (Woodsist, Underwater Peoples) and Air Waves (Underwater Peoples Records, 1928 Recordings) came on tour in France, the two bands interviewed each other at the Fleche D'Or in Paris.

Real Estate & Air Waves Interview from clare brooks on Vimeo.

Showreel

2010-04-29T15:10:00.002+01:00

This is an edit I did for my showreel, cut to a song I absolutely love from Beach House - 'Silver Soul'.
It includes all the music videos that I directed and co-directed in the past 3 years.

Clare Brooks Showreel from clare brooks on Vimeo.

Theoretical Girl 'The Hypocrite'

2010-02-24T18:58:00.004Z

This is another music video we made for such a tiny budget.

It's for Theoretical Girl with XL recordings and was shot on a Panasonic HVX200.

Kaleidoscope!

Theoretical Girl 'The Hypocrite' from clare brooks on Vimeo.

Life of Tights

2010-02-02T16:19:00.002Z

Surprise, surprise, it's been a long while stuck in my hard drive but here it finally is Mlle Barth and Mme Cohen-Tanugi...
I think however that this is one of the first edits - oh well, there's music.
Enjoy mesdames!

Just a note: this is, I must explain, just something we did for fun, our first experiment with stop motion... hmmm

Life of Tights from clare brooks on Vimeo.

I Led Witches - 'Muroy DNA'

2010-01-17T23:55:00.002Z

I Led Witches - Muroy DNA from clare brooks on Vimeo.

This video was produced with thanks to Partizan, London and was directed by Clare Brooks and Carys Lavin, edited by Daniel Trachtenberg.
It was an extremely low-budget production and was shot in a basement, on DV with a Sony PD150.
This was my first music video as a director.

Marina 'Under my Skin'

2010-01-16T14:34:00.003Z

Marina 'Under my Skin' from clare brooks on Vimeo.

This video was shot entirely on Super 8, for Marina of Nouvelle Vague.
Directed by Clare Brooks and Zaiba Jabbar, DOP Joe Dyer, Produced by Manifesto Film.

Cliché?

2009-12-20T16:35:00.008Z

New York, Paris and London.
Am only missing one place... will be back shortly with something visual.

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Winter Blues

2009-12-15T11:52:00.007Z

I want to be on a boat... traveling towards an island called Rose.
The sun beating down on me, getting my snorkel ready to see the
hundreds of tropical coloured fish at the coral reef.
Only to dive in there and start screaming when I imagine a shark
coming at me, while I'm staring under water.
And get my underwater camera stolen by a huge green fish who
then plays piggy in the middle with me, passing it to his fish friends.
Mr Bob I call this guy, the double bubble, with his beer in one hand
and his 'I'm in the Bahamas' hat.

Joe and Will Ask - Warm it Up - Kitsuné

2009-12-08T18:32:00.004Z

Untitled from clare brooks on Vimeo.

Music video for Joe and Will Ask at Kitsuné, directed by Clare & Zaiba using stop frame animation throughout.

Shot in East London on a very low budget.

Awaiting my videos...

2009-12-05T17:38:00.000Z

Silhouette Rainbows

Space Kiwi