Posts Tagged ‘The Wilderness Downtown’

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Julian Gratton
August 31st, 2010

The Arcade Fire, Google Maps and HTML 5

by Julian Gratton

The Canadian band The Arcade Fire have utilised HTML 5 and Google Maps as part of their new music videoMusic videos have always been a source of cutting-edge creativity and have often been where some of the world’s finest Directors have cut their teeth and built their reputations. And the latest music video from Canadian band Arcade Fire continues this tradition thanks to their music video done in collaboration with Director Chris Silk and Google.

Basically, they have created a music video for the song The Wilderness Downtown that allows the viewer to have a place of their choice featured in the video. To create this personalised music video experience, the video uses Google Maps and has been created in collaboration with Google who have used the project to demonstrate the capabilities of the modern web.

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