It was great to see a variety of Anton Corbijn’s work in both his music videos and the feature film Control. He has intriguing creative stylings and it was worthwhile to just sit there and soak it all in for inspiration. I feel as if Corbijn has a unique ability to fully represent the band’s sound through his images.

It’s interesting to note the difference between a lot of his work comprised the iconic black and white imagery and his video for Nirvana’s Heart-Shaped Box which in contrast is crazy, bright and colourful. I was reading that Kurt Cobain actually asked Corbijn to direct a music video for pennyroyal tea and Corbijn refused stating that he couldn’t make it better than the first one. Cobain said that is Corbijn wouldn’t direct it then they would never make another video and they didn’t. I guess that this shows how respected Anton Corbijn is in his field. 

I loved how well he conveyed the tortuous pain of Ian Curtis from Joy Division in Control and how aesthetically pleasing every single shot was. I think this may derive from his photography as it’s like every scene is composed carefully and artistically like an individual photograph. His work has inspired me to think carefully and creatively when composing each shot for our music video. It’s also made me consider that our work could potentially be black and white. Although I think as a group we are pretty set on color but with a minimal color scheme.

Over and out,

Luke