Dear Rosemary - This Video Sucks Contest: Directed by Karl Richter video free download

Noelia Abigail Rodriguez

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FooForrester

Hey Karl, I think it's great! Not very Foo Fighter-y... but sure f*ck it, you won! And you obviously won for a reason. Congratulations :) For anyone who didn't read Karl's big spiel below, the lad had two weeks to make the video with a tiny budget and he didn't get to pick the song. It think that's pretty impressive.

mert balbal

this video is not relevalent to the song yes but still it is a great video

Brennan MacKinnon

What was with all the black goo that seemed to be infiltrating every part if her life?

Karl Richter

Hey everyone. I'm going to go out on a limb here. It's been 3 years but I figure now's a good time as any to say hello because… I'm the Director of this video. And I may be crazy in even bothering to write the following as an open letter to the internet but… I'm going to anyway cause at this point, it's kinda funny.Most of you seem to hate it. I get that. I don't like it much either. I don't think the band even likes it. It was a creative and technical failure on my part. I was chosen amongst the much-more talented set of Directors via a contest. The only requirement was having a portfolio of merit at the time. Which they felt I did, and was chosen to Direct a video.The Foo Fighters had gone through the process of making videos for massive budgets in the past, and each time, they went through a bunch of Directors that pitched them what they interpreted as absurd ideas that were way off and completely missed the mark on what they were trying to do. Meanwhile, they were spending huge sums on these videos. It happens a lot where videos are made and shelved, even after spending oodles of money on them. In fact, that happens all the time.Instead, for 'Wasting Light', The Foo Fighters were kind enough to open it up to fans who wanted to make a video for them. The main caveat was that the budget was drastically reduced to pay for something like 9-10 videos for that record. It was tiny. Really really small.That meant the Directors chosen to make the videos had very limited resources. We were also scattered all over the United States. The Directors in Los Angeles (of which I was one) were much more limited than the people in say, Minneapolis, simply because it's cheaper to rent equipment and easier to shoot anywhere in a city like Minneapolis, compared to LA, where expensive permitting is required even for private properties. Not to say we were so hard-done by in LA, but it's not as easy and budgets do matter when it comes to making something good. We were also given a very limited time to make the video. I think in total we had 2 weeks. That's a very very short period of time. We also couldn't choose what song we were going to make a video for. So, I couldn't choose the song and had a very limited budget and timeline. The choosing the song part is very important to me as a Director. I HAVE been a FF fan since they began and a Nirvana fan well before that; I love their music. I'm super passionate about it. I'm clearly not a Director who enjoys 'comedic' work so most of their videos, though obviously very well-done, aren't my favorite. Michel Gondry's was a great 'comedic' interpretation of Everlong. I wouldn't have done it that way, but then I'm not as amazing as Gondry. I would have done something dark, despite what everyone seems to think is and isn't 'Foo Fighters'. If you ever actually listen to their lyrics, it's not all flowers and sun. When I saw the video for 'The Pretender' it blew my mind. That's what I wanted to make when I had an opportunity to make a video for The Foo Fighters. The problem being, 'Dear Rosemary' just isn't that song. And if I can't get into the song, then it's much harder to create something good. At least, for me.And that's kinda the point. I listen to the song as much as possible and understand the tone when I write a treatment for a song. Ideally, the meaning of the song is involved. It's all about one's own interpretation. And as a Director, and as a fan, you have to stick to your convictions, otherwise you're letting everyone have an opinion and you don't have a voice. Which is not being a Director.When I listened to the song, I was interested in making a short film because the last caveat was: I couldn't feature The Foo Fighters in the video. They weren't about to fly around the country to shoot 9 different videos in 2 weeks. That's insane. For a 4.5 minute song, performance footage is VERY useful because it's something fun and exciting to edit into the piece. You can always get good footage out of a performance, especially if it's The Foo Fighters. But I didn't have that.And that's that. Failed technical risk + no band + limited time + limited budget + a song that wasn't that inspiring (oh man I wish it had been a different album of songs) = a video that I failed to make good.There are elements I still like, but nothing that I'm super proud of, in this video. The actors did what they were told, very well. My cinematographer did a great job with what he had. My Producers did a great job with what they had. I made some poor decisions (the actors singing is whack, I should have gone with other costumes for the 'dead space') and the story doesn't necessarily come across. It's unfortunate, but it's how it went down.I wonder if anyone understood the story. If you didn't: the entire video is about mental illness. She's going down a very dark path internally. And she's seeing things. Things that aren't true. Her significant other would never abandon her. She senses other versions of herself near her, but not her; hence the mirror imagery, the dark space, the 'copy' standing in the background in the same room. Or the black substance that's covering her skin and that she's immersed in at certain points. I even tried to use the video to raise awareness for mental illness but I wasn't given permission in time to add a link at the end.If it were me now, under the same limitations, I would make a significantly different video. I tried a few things that were very technical and they failed while shooting. I tried to stretch the budget much more than I should have at the time. I've learned a lot since then. Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and I'm still going to make mistakes after taking risks. But at least I tried. I wasn't about to say 'no' to an opportunity like this, despite the limitations.I'm not trying to make excuses, I just want to give some perspective for you all, who may or may not even make videos for a living.I love the Foo Fighters.I have for almost 20 years. (For those of you counting, it'll be 20 years next year.)They've always made incredible music and I Iook forward to the upcoming album.Thanks for the critique. It's always appreciated.This is the official video, which is why it's on their Foo Fighters page.Suck it.Sincerely,Karl RichterAugust 2014

Anayran Pinheiro de Azevedo

Rosemary, please, pardon me...

soundgardener75

I liked the vid actually, just wished they didn't mimic the singing parts. Otherwise a great interpretation.

MingeySmegPot

Too much love and shit... and hell a creepy.

Majuh Botelho

Perfect 3

cesar57543

es horrible el video

Spencer Perry

Good video, just way too fucken sercious for foo fighters lol

Ashley Fields

I agree. Way too serious for foos.

betlemaniaco

Obra maestra de los FOO

Andrés Aguilera

Buena suerte Nicol... algún día espero volver a verte mejor

Chris Koehn

IS THAT BLACK SHIT HASH OIL??

Claudio Borghi

FF - Dear Rosemary

jyka

why should this video suck? Lyris does alll the work.

Mildred Fierce

Well they got one thing rite; This video DOES indeed SUCK!!! Sorry karl ;( I just call 'em like I see 'em

Mildred Fierce

Did Karl even LISTEN to the song? Or does he know what's it about?!?!?!? Or WHO it's about??!?!!?

djrand90

Since i have seen this video. I like listening to this song so much more in my car. great fucking video.

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