Al Gore and Vincent Moon
September 10, 2009
These kids’ smiles are contagious!
So here’s how it works…
A while back, a fella named Al Gore invents something called “Internet”. Then, a website going by the name of “Youtube” makes everyone including your mom go bananas for reality TV and this “aesthetic” subsequently creeps its way into every facet of film/video media.
A young man in Paris, France named Vincent Moon, recognizing the honest authenticity of this new “reality” trend, begins to follow his friends around as they play music while walking through the streets of Paris. Vincent Moon does such a damn-good job that he eventually follows around all the greatest bands in the world—much to the glee of hipsters across the globe. This success inadvertently invites imitation, because imitation is the highest form of flattery and who doesn’t want to flatter Mr. Moon.
Then a global recession hits! Pro-level microphones and HD video camera prices drop to the realm of obtain-ability (relative to college graduates with wealthy parents). New internet-stars form out of The Cloud, and so here we are, enjoying the very very wonderful work of Mr. David Tree, a guy with an ear and an eye.
Don’t you just love the way the world turns!?