In today's world of 3D projection and large-scale LED surfaces, Japanese band androp is doing it analog—by rigging 250 Canon 60D's as the light-up backdrop for their brand new music video. "Bright Siren," which sounds like a marginally better version of the songs they play over anime credits, is the lead single off the band's upcoming album, Relight. But forget the tunes. What's coolest here is the certified CG-free music video, in which the band uses camera flashes to create an animated background to the song.According to the band, they actually lined up 250 cameras and controlled each strobos [flash] through a computer program. So all the blinking lights in the film are real and run off (you guessed it), openFrameworks and an Arduino controller. On the interactive website, if you pause the video, the frame switches to a real-time photograph from one of the cameras. Additionally, the site enables you to write a “custom” flashing message to friends using what looks like a flash version of the backdrop (which woulda been sweet if this was Myspace circa ’05…). Still, the video is probably one of the most inventive uses for a camera we've seen, though it might rank up there with the zoom lens coffee mug as one of the least practical.Check out Androp's music video for "Bright Siren" and the 'making of' video below, and then tell us in the comments what you'd do with 250 SLR's!
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