"Strawberry Swing" video - RELEASED! (20th July 2009) - Page 115

MrsMartin333 · 22-07-2009, 11:21 PM

^^^ haha amy
and squirrels can be dangeroous animals

SueDeNimes · 22-07-2009, 11:32 PM

Is that iPhone game released already??
And if yes - anyone have it?

kmm1482 · 23-07-2009, 12:19 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by SueDeNimes;3264536
Is that iPhone game released already??
And if yes - anyone have it?

Yeah, it's been out for months! I have it, it's really good! Very professionally done

MrsMartin333 · 23-07-2009, 12:39 AM

are you guys talking about tap tap

SueDeNimes · 23-07-2009, 12:44 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsMartin333;3264830
are you guys talking about tap tap

No, at least I am talking about the Strawberry Swing game!

SueDeNimes · 23-07-2009, 12:51 AM

http://www.babelgum.com/coldplay
:

Quote:
The Shynola-directed video sees Chris Martin play an animated superhero in a larger-than-life world drawn entirely in chalk.
Fans will have the opportunity to see the video for the first time ever on Babelgum and on the iPhone application (featuring this video plus Coldplay’s video back catalogue, a news feed and game), from July 20th.

Also on the site:

INTERVIEW WITH ‘STRAWBERRY SWING’ DIRECTORS SHYNOLA

Jason Groves from Shynola talks us through the video:
Where did the name Shynola come from?
Shynola are a group of friends who met at Art College, then somehow fell into the music video world. The name comes from an expression that we encountered in the Steve Martin film ‘The Jerk’: "you don't know shit from Shinola," (Shinola being a widely used brown shoe polish in pre war USA). In our youthful naivety, we imagined that we were Shinola, and everyone else was shit. Now, of course, we know that Michel Gondry is Shinola and that we're shit.

How did you come up with the concept for the video?
The concept evolved from a quite different idea. In our first revision, we pitched an idea based on stories nested within stories. We gradually whittled away all the other bits and were left with the little fairytale in the middle.

Talk us through how you created the video.
We shot it in sunny LA. It was great to get away from London and be in the sunshine for a while. The drawing was incredibly laborious. By the end, the tips of my fingers were all numb and I had worn a weird dent into one finger. They still feel a little odd now, weeks later. However, our discomfort was nothing compared to the uncomfortable poses we made Chris Martin hold for long tortuous minutes. He has pretty good core body strength - imagine having to stay straight as an arrow, balanced on a small skateboard at your waist... It was all pretty nerve-wracking. Shynola has always been 4 people, but late last year our friend and colleague Gideon died suddenly after contracting a virus. So now we are 3 and not so sure of ourselves anymore. On top of that, we hadn't made a music video in 4 years. So here we were, rusty, plunging into a technically difficult shoot, one man down, and it's for the biggest band on the planet! Luckily, we had a great producer, and the label seemed more confident than us that everything would be great. And, as it happened, it was.

Is the princess based upon anyone in particular?
The princess is inspired by characters from Winsor McCay's Little Nemo. Originally I designed the girl to look 6yrs old - about Nemo's age, but it was pointed out to me that it might seem a bit strange for Chris Martin to be kissing a child. So she grew up a little.

Why the evil squirrel?
We've placed bad squirrels in several of our previous music videos. I wish I knew what was behind it. Maybe one of us has a terrible squirrel incident buried in our subconscious.

Have you interesting stories from the shoot to relay to fans?
Chris Martin didn't seem to pay attention to our little instructional films showing him his movements for the next shot. Nervous glances would pass between us as he blithely said "yep, yep, got it." He didn't want to rehearse either. Absurdly though, he was perfect first time, every time. He has a great memory for movement and good body control. The lengthy handstand he did for one of the shots was unrehearsed and unscripted. We hadn't dared to think that kind of shot was possible (especially in the beginning of the pitching process when we were considering Jack Black for the acting part). On the day we did our wardrobe fitting, Chris nervously came out of the dressing room wearing the superhero costume and told us that he was out of his comfort zone and couldn't really judge how he looked. He looked at us for reassurance and all I can remember thinking was: "Oh my god, we've dressed him like a clown."
Luckily, it looked great on camera, and he made the costume look amazing.

Novah · 23-07-2009, 12:56 AM

"The drawing was incredibly laborious. By the end, the tips of my fingers were all numb and I had worn a weird dent into one finger. They still feel a little odd now, weeks later."

Woah, woah... so how much of that was actually drawn? I thought it was all CG.

SueDeNimes · 23-07-2009, 01:01 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Novah;3264887
"The drawing was incredibly laborious. By the end, the tips of my fingers were all numb and I had worn a weird dent into one finger. They still feel a little odd now, weeks later."

Woah, woah... so how much of that was actually drawn? I thought it was all CG.

Me too actually!!

I love the whole interview!!
The mystery of the evil squirrel is solved and the whole last paragraph is so cute!!!
"out of his comfort zone" , "Oh my god, we've dressed him like a clown." etc

SueDeNimes · 23-07-2009, 01:03 AM

And you can win tickets too!!!

Win 2 tickets and travel to see Coldplay in Florida on 9 August

The free prize draw will begin on July 20th and end on August 1st. The concert will take place in Florida, August 9th. Babelgum will cover internal US travel, accommodation and expenses for 1 night only.The winner will be informed within 24 hours via email after the draw has taken place. If Babelgum does not receive a response in this time, the draw will be repeated until a winner can be confirmed.

coldplayisawesome · 23-07-2009, 01:15 AM

"Originally I designed the girl to look 6yrs old - about Nemo's age, but it was pointed out to me that it might seem a bit strange for Chris Martin to be kissing a child. So she grew up a little."

also, jack black?

MrsMartin333 · 23-07-2009, 01:20 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by SueDeNimes;3264843
No, at least I am talking about the Strawberry Swing game!

WHAAA STRAWBERRY SWING GAME!!!!!!!!"

strawberry-swinging · 23-07-2009, 02:52 AM

The Oracle says there will be more news about the video this week

I wonder what it is?

kuti3xoxo · 23-07-2009, 04:12 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsMartin333;3264990
WHAAA STRAWBERRY SWING GAME!!!!!!!!"

Ohhhh sweet! I am SO getting it when it comes out. Then, I'll never put my iPhone down. Haha.

kuti3xoxo · 23-07-2009, 04:13 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by SueDeNimes;3264916
And you can win tickets too!!!

Win 2 tickets and travel to see Coldplay in Florida on 9 August

The free prize draw will begin on July 20th and end on August 1st. The concert will take place in Florida, August 9th. Babelgum will cover internal US travel, accommodation and expenses for 1 night only.The winner will be informed within 24 hours via email after the draw has taken place. If Babelgum does not receive a response in this time, the draw will be repeated until a winner can be confirmed.

Yay. I just entered it. That'd be a nice way to help with the Coldplay withdrawls I am already having (and it's been 2 days!)

Thanks for posting about it!!

*Perrine* · 23-07-2009, 09:59 AM

A game would be really cool

Also I really love the video, despite of the fact that we don't see the other boys in it ... The best thing is to figure Chris crawling on the floor

22-07-2009, 11:21 PM	#1711
MrsMartin333 Monterrey; March 11, 2010 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,457 My Mood: Location: I shut the world outside. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	^^^ haha amy and squirrels can be dangeroous animals __________________ Keep it classy man. \|05.26.09\|08.03.09\|03.11.10\| Spoiler ChristopherMartin-MattDamon-AndrewVanWyngarden-GuyBerryman Spoiler 5.26.09-8.3.09-3.02.10-3.11.10-07.04.10-Lolla10'-08.17.10-09.15.10-10.24.10-11.28.10-03.20.11-04.20.11

22-07-2009, 11:32 PM	#1712
SueDeNimes CRAZY IS GOOD! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 12,780 My Mood: Location: in my little bubble Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 28 Thanked 82 Times in 55 Posts	Is that iPhone game released already?? And if yes - anyone have it? __________________ >> Parachutes 2.0 << >> CLUBBING!!! << Matt about Dom's fear during a flight: "If the plane had jolted any more he would have just come out and said 'I'm gay'." PWOPAH: Mr. Anna & Mike went to Wembellamy! TWICE, because we quite like it firm. Best weekend ever, 9th to 12th of Sept 2010. Pwopahly reuniting for Muse again: 15/12/12 Love you, Imke!!

23-07-2009, 12:19 AM	#1713
kmm1482 Shenanigans! Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,101 My Mood: Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by SueDeNimes;3264536 Is that iPhone game released already?? And if yes - anyone have it? Yeah, it's been out for months! I have it, it's really good! Very professionally done __________________ Cincinnati, Oh - June 4, 2009 Riverbend!!!! Cleveland, Oh - October 21, 2008 Q Arena Louisville, KY - February 23, 2006 Freedom Hall Cincinnati, Oh - August 9, 2005 Riverbend "Give me places I can go! Cincinnati, Ohio! Give me far and give me wide! Let me play on the riverside!" - Chris Martin 'Politik' at Riverbend 2005 "Got to say hello to those girls and boys. People in Cincinnati make a lot of noise. Noooow, I ain't sure what someone said. The Cardinals got beaten by the Reds. I don't really know what the fuck that means! I haven't even thought of the next bit." - Chris Martin "Cincy song" at Riverbend 2009 http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw4...h5gno1_400.gif Here's an ode, an ode to aresol! It's the confidence I need! The beginning of Coldplay: http://web.archive.org/web/199911272....coldplay.com/

23-07-2009, 12:39 AM	#1714
MrsMartin333 Monterrey; March 11, 2010 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,457 My Mood: Location: I shut the world outside. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	are you guys talking about tap tap __________________ Keep it classy man. \|05.26.09\|08.03.09\|03.11.10\| Spoiler ChristopherMartin-MattDamon-AndrewVanWyngarden-GuyBerryman Spoiler 5.26.09-8.3.09-3.02.10-3.11.10-07.04.10-Lolla10'-08.17.10-09.15.10-10.24.10-11.28.10-03.20.11-04.20.11

23-07-2009, 12:44 AM	#1715
SueDeNimes CRAZY IS GOOD! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 12,780 My Mood: Location: in my little bubble Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 28 Thanked 82 Times in 55 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by MrsMartin333;3264830 are you guys talking about tap tap No, at least I am talking about the Strawberry Swing game! __________________ >> Parachutes 2.0 << >> CLUBBING!!! << Matt about Dom's fear during a flight: "If the plane had jolted any more he would have just come out and said 'I'm gay'." PWOPAH: Mr. Anna & Mike went to Wembellamy! TWICE, because we quite like it firm. Best weekend ever, 9th to 12th of Sept 2010. Pwopahly reuniting for Muse again: 15/12/12 Love you, Imke!!

23-07-2009, 12:51 AM	#1716
SueDeNimes CRAZY IS GOOD! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 12,780 My Mood: Location: in my little bubble Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 28 Thanked 82 Times in 55 Posts	http://www.babelgum.com/coldplay : Quote: The Shynola-directed video sees Chris Martin play an animated superhero in a larger-than-life world drawn entirely in chalk. Fans will have the opportunity to see the video for the first time ever on Babelgum and on the iPhone application (featuring this video plus Coldplay’s video back catalogue, a news feed and game), from July 20th. Also on the site: INTERVIEW WITH ‘STRAWBERRY SWING’ DIRECTORS SHYNOLA Jason Groves from Shynola talks us through the video: Where did the name Shynola come from? Shynola are a group of friends who met at Art College, then somehow fell into the music video world. The name comes from an expression that we encountered in the Steve Martin film ‘The Jerk’: "you don't know shit from Shinola," (Shinola being a widely used brown shoe polish in pre war USA). In our youthful naivety, we imagined that we were Shinola, and everyone else was shit. Now, of course, we know that Michel Gondry is Shinola and that we're shit. How did you come up with the concept for the video? The concept evolved from a quite different idea. In our first revision, we pitched an idea based on stories nested within stories. We gradually whittled away all the other bits and were left with the little fairytale in the middle. Talk us through how you created the video. We shot it in sunny LA. It was great to get away from London and be in the sunshine for a while. The drawing was incredibly laborious. By the end, the tips of my fingers were all numb and I had worn a weird dent into one finger. They still feel a little odd now, weeks later. However, our discomfort was nothing compared to the uncomfortable poses we made Chris Martin hold for long tortuous minutes. He has pretty good core body strength - imagine having to stay straight as an arrow, balanced on a small skateboard at your waist... It was all pretty nerve-wracking. Shynola has always been 4 people, but late last year our friend and colleague Gideon died suddenly after contracting a virus. So now we are 3 and not so sure of ourselves anymore. On top of that, we hadn't made a music video in 4 years. So here we were, rusty, plunging into a technically difficult shoot, one man down, and it's for the biggest band on the planet! Luckily, we had a great producer, and the label seemed more confident than us that everything would be great. And, as it happened, it was. Is the princess based upon anyone in particular? The princess is inspired by characters from Winsor McCay's Little Nemo. Originally I designed the girl to look 6yrs old - about Nemo's age, but it was pointed out to me that it might seem a bit strange for Chris Martin to be kissing a child. So she grew up a little. Why the evil squirrel? We've placed bad squirrels in several of our previous music videos. I wish I knew what was behind it. Maybe one of us has a terrible squirrel incident buried in our subconscious. Have you interesting stories from the shoot to relay to fans? Chris Martin didn't seem to pay attention to our little instructional films showing him his movements for the next shot. Nervous glances would pass between us as he blithely said "yep, yep, got it." He didn't want to rehearse either. Absurdly though, he was perfect first time, every time. He has a great memory for movement and good body control. The lengthy handstand he did for one of the shots was unrehearsed and unscripted. We hadn't dared to think that kind of shot was possible (especially in the beginning of the pitching process when we were considering Jack Black for the acting part). On the day we did our wardrobe fitting, Chris nervously came out of the dressing room wearing the superhero costume and told us that he was out of his comfort zone and couldn't really judge how he looked. He looked at us for reassurance and all I can remember thinking was: "Oh my god, we've dressed him like a clown." Luckily, it looked great on camera, and he made the costume look amazing. __________________ >> Parachutes 2.0 << >> CLUBBING!!! << Matt about Dom's fear during a flight: "If the plane had jolted any more he would have just come out and said 'I'm gay'." PWOPAH: Mr. Anna & Mike went to Wembellamy! TWICE, because we quite like it firm. Best weekend ever, 9th to 12th of Sept 2010. Pwopahly reuniting for Muse again: 15/12/12 Love you, Imke!!

23-07-2009, 12:56 AM	#1717
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23-07-2009, 01:01 AM	#1718
SueDeNimes CRAZY IS GOOD! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 12,780 My Mood: Location: in my little bubble Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 28 Thanked 82 Times in 55 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Novah;3264887 "The drawing was incredibly laborious. By the end, the tips of my fingers were all numb and I had worn a weird dent into one finger. They still feel a little odd now, weeks later." Woah, woah... so how much of that was actually drawn? I thought it was all CG. Me too actually!! I love the whole interview!! The mystery of the evil squirrel is solved and the whole last paragraph is so cute!!! "out of his comfort zone" , "Oh my god, we've dressed him like a clown." etc __________________ >> Parachutes 2.0 << >> CLUBBING!!! << Matt about Dom's fear during a flight: "If the plane had jolted any more he would have just come out and said 'I'm gay'." PWOPAH: Mr. Anna & Mike went to Wembellamy! TWICE, because we quite like it firm. Best weekend ever, 9th to 12th of Sept 2010. Pwopahly reuniting for Muse again: 15/12/12 Love you, Imke!!

23-07-2009, 01:03 AM	#1719
SueDeNimes CRAZY IS GOOD! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 12,780 My Mood: Location: in my little bubble Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 28 Thanked 82 Times in 55 Posts	And you can win tickets too!!! Win 2 tickets and travel to see Coldplay in Florida on 9 August The free prize draw will begin on July 20th and end on August 1st. The concert will take place in Florida, August 9th. Babelgum will cover internal US travel, accommodation and expenses for 1 night only.The winner will be informed within 24 hours via email after the draw has taken place. If Babelgum does not receive a response in this time, the draw will be repeated until a winner can be confirmed. __________________ >> Parachutes 2.0 << >> CLUBBING!!! << Matt about Dom's fear during a flight: "If the plane had jolted any more he would have just come out and said 'I'm gay'." PWOPAH: Mr. Anna & Mike went to Wembellamy! TWICE, because we quite like it firm. Best weekend ever, 9th to 12th of Sept 2010. Pwopahly reuniting for Muse again: 15/12/12 Love you, Imke!!

23-07-2009, 01:15 AM	#1720
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23-07-2009, 01:20 AM	#1721
MrsMartin333 Monterrey; March 11, 2010 Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,457 My Mood: Location: I shut the world outside. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by SueDeNimes;3264843 No, at least I am talking about the Strawberry Swing game! WHAAA STRAWBERRY SWING GAME!!!!!!!!" __________________ Keep it classy man. \|05.26.09\|08.03.09\|03.11.10\| Spoiler ChristopherMartin-MattDamon-AndrewVanWyngarden-GuyBerryman Spoiler 5.26.09-8.3.09-3.02.10-3.11.10-07.04.10-Lolla10'-08.17.10-09.15.10-10.24.10-11.28.10-03.20.11-04.20.11

23-07-2009, 02:52 AM	#1722
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23-07-2009, 04:12 AM	#1723
kuti3xoxo Come back and sing to me Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 420 My Mood: Location: Anywhere Chris is.... Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Quote: Originally Posted by MrsMartin333;3264990 WHAAA STRAWBERRY SWING GAME!!!!!!!!" Ohhhh sweet! I am SO getting it when it comes out. Then, I'll never put my iPhone down. Haha. __________________ Jess (1)- 8-20-05- Verizon Amphitheater, Irvine,CA. (2)- 2-3-06- MGM Grand Arena,Las Vegas,NV. (3)- 7-19-08- Las Vegas,NV. (4)- 11-22-08- Engery Soultions Arena, Salt Lake City,UT. (5)- 7-16-09- Cricket Wireless, Chula Vista,CA. (FRONT ROW) (6)- 7-18-09- Carson,CA. (2nd row!) (7)- 7-19-09- Verizon Amphitheater, Irvine,CA. (FRONT ROW CENTER!!!) (8)- 8-5-11: Lollapalooza,Chicago. (2nd row) (9). 9-15-11: ACL Taping,Austin Texas 10. 9-16-11: ACL Austin, Texas (FRONT ROW!!)

23-07-2009, 04:13 AM	#1724
kuti3xoxo Come back and sing to me Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 420 My Mood: Location: Anywhere Chris is.... Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Quote: Originally Posted by SueDeNimes;3264916 And you can win tickets too!!! Win 2 tickets and travel to see Coldplay in Florida on 9 August The free prize draw will begin on July 20th and end on August 1st. The concert will take place in Florida, August 9th. Babelgum will cover internal US travel, accommodation and expenses for 1 night only.The winner will be informed within 24 hours via email after the draw has taken place. If Babelgum does not receive a response in this time, the draw will be repeated until a winner can be confirmed. Yay. I just entered it. That'd be a nice way to help with the Coldplay withdrawls I am already having (and it's been 2 days!) Thanks for posting about it!! __________________ Jess (1)- 8-20-05- Verizon Amphitheater, Irvine,CA. (2)- 2-3-06- MGM Grand Arena,Las Vegas,NV. (3)- 7-19-08- Las Vegas,NV. (4)- 11-22-08- Engery Soultions Arena, Salt Lake City,UT. (5)- 7-16-09- Cricket Wireless, Chula Vista,CA. (FRONT ROW) (6)- 7-18-09- Carson,CA. (2nd row!) (7)- 7-19-09- Verizon Amphitheater, Irvine,CA. (FRONT ROW CENTER!!!) (8)- 8-5-11: Lollapalooza,Chicago. (2nd row) (9). 9-15-11: ACL Taping,Austin Texas 10. 9-16-11: ACL Austin, Texas (FRONT ROW!!)

23-07-2009, 09:59 AM	#1725
Perrine ♪♫ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,011 My Mood: Location: On Melancholy Hill Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	A game would be really cool Also I really love the video, despite of the fact that we don't see the other boys in it ... The best thing is to figure Chris crawling on the floor