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Rik Cordero speaks out about the accusations that him and Three/21 Media are a cancer to filmmaking and lowering the bar for music videos. With about a year under his belt (atleast in the blogging world), what are the dopeboyz/girlz thinking of his work?
Rik Cordero speaks some real shit in that video.
I’ve seen him do good and bad videos so not so bad that he’s ruining filmmaking. We need to do more wit smaller budgets anyway. We in a recession ask jeezy.
Hmmmm let’s see Rik and Three/21 have directed videos for The Roots, Buckshot, & Nas just to name a few and that in itself says it all.
i personally like all the stuff i’ve seen him do
His material is ranges from solid to remarkable with very few bad videos. I am a big fan of his work but lately I haven’t been impressed by some of his releases. The new GLC video is not good, poorly lit / overly lit. A lot of his videos show lack of technicality… but I don’t want to hate, just offering a professional criticism. The lack of technicality actually works to create his own style of film. His work, on the whole, is very innovative and is good for music.
Thanks for the support fellas. Luis I didn’t do the new GLC vid but you’re right my lighting can be a bit off since I tend to favor getting more shots rather than focusing on the lighting. I can’t wait for cameras that can see and focus like the human eye!
The Nas-”Ni&^er” video has been my favorite thus far…
Feel what he’s saying. Plus there is more creativity and freedom to make dope ass art. And…. people are not just standing around the set getting paid to do shit. lol
he’s made some of the best videos in the last year, who has been hating??
that’s bs. who the hell is saying Rik is a cancer to film making? Rik’s music videos are some of the best I’ve seen.
i want to make music vids in the future, and i can’t imagine what i would use half a mil for…but then again i’m a student lol. not used to money…
First- I’d really like to know who said that he’s a cancer… And what drugs he took.
2nd- The best compliment I can give is that watching Rik’s videos makes me want to try my hand at directing. He’s directed not only some the best, but freshest and innovative videos of the last year.
i think the hating stems from the fact that rik’s work is awesome, and is getting noticed, so these directors who have been used to getting huge budgets for rented jewelry and cars are getting their budgets pulled back. It’s an evolution in video production, and some people probably arent up to speed yet. Rik’s a cancer to these other directors, who now have to do what he does. I don’t think it’s the fans who are hating here. I wish the video was longer though! Would love to hear Rik speak on the politics of the music video game.
cancer?!… pffft. Man, I’ve seem the a lack in creativity in the last set of industry videos to come out over the past years, there’s been way to much cookie cutting, & repetitiveness. Cordero brings a fresh creative view to the music created by these artist. Its harder to work with a smaller budget, and hes able to pull it off, dudes got a creative mind. Film making to me is about expressing your self creatively and Rik does this. Myself, like Cordero, I work with what little I have and I’m able to get the vision out. Good filmmakers, that are about the art and not the money (well at least not money first). We are the last of a dying breed. We need more directors who are focused on the craft, and love doing it. And if you ask me its the industry that’s been a cancer to it self with its repetitiveness. Rik, you give the next generation of filmmakers like my self hope. So everyone who disagrees can ‘Bun all that cancer talk!