NEWS: Editor Michael Barnett 1976 - 2007

It is with sadness we announce that editor Michael Barnett of Aisle Five Studios passed away this morning at the age of 30. Barnett was involved in an automobile accident in the West Los Angeles area.

Michael Barnett's family will host a memorial service on Friday, January 12, 2007 at 5:00pm at the offices of Aisle Five Studios, located at 100 Market Street, Third Floor, Venice, CA 90291.

NEWS: Aisle Five Studios Address Change

Production company Aisle Five Studios has relocated earlier this month to a new office space. Please update your address book (if you'd like):

Aisle Five Studios
100 Market Street, Third Floor
Venice, CA 90291

NEWS: Aisle Five Signs Elliott Lester

Aisle Five Studios has announced the signing of director Elliott Lester its roster. Lester's credits include videos for Jessica Simpson, Five For Fighting, Hilary Duff and The Fray, in addition to the recently completed feature film Love Is The Drug.

Lester will continue to be repped by Laure Scott.

SHOT: Angelis - Michael Lipscombe, director

Evil genius Simon Cowell's latest creation — the largely preteen, co-ed classical pop vocal group Angelis — will launch overseas with this video for "Angel."  Conceptual footage was shot over three days in Los Angeles (see pic for a sample) while performance took place at a soundstage in London.

artist: Angelis   
song: "Angel"
label: SonyBMG UK
director(s): Michael Lipscombe
production co: Aisle Five

PODCAST: The Sun's Music Video DVD Album

Band manager Brian Klein and video director Alex Nam discussThe Sun's DVD album Blame It On The Youth and the breakout video for "Romantic Death."

Blame It On The Youth is an appropriate title for The Sun's new  album. Young music fans have essentially abandoned the CD, treating it as nothing more than a piece of disposable media containing music they rip into iTunes. So, rather than releasing the album on CD, The Sun decided to make it available as a DVD, with music videos for each song plus unprotected WAV files that users can import into their computers and portable players, or burn to CDs. Band Manager and DVD Executive Producer Brian Klein and "Romantic Death" video director Alex Nam of Aisle Five Studios joined Video Static for this special Podcast. Lsten or download the MP3 or follow our instructions on how to subscribe via iTunes.

Blame It On The Youth includes 14 music videos that could all stand on their own outside of the collection. Receiving the most attention is Alex Nam's video for the track "Romantic Death." This clever video utilizes footage from  a website called Beautiful Agony, which lets users submit video clips of the facial expressions they make while orgasming.

For more on all parties involved:
The Sun on MySpace: with links to several of the DVD's videos
The Sun homepage
Aisle Five Studios
Beautiful Agony

NEWS: Aisle Five Signs Mike Lipscombe

Director Mike Lipscombe has signed with production company Aisle Five Studios. Lipscombe is known for organically mixing special effects into his videos. His credits include videos for Faith Hill, Jewel, Anastacia, Bryan Adams, Richard Ashcroft, Travis, Kosheen and Natalie Imbruglia.

BOOKED: The Sun - Anthony Honn, director

artist: The Sun
song: "Waiting On High"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): Anthony Honn
production co: Aisle Five

BOOKED: The Sun - Shawn M. Foster, director

artist: The Sun
song: "Must Be You"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): Shawn M. Foster
production co: Aisle Five

NEWS: Aisle Five Studios Relocates

Aisle Five Studios has moved to a new facility in Los Angeles. Full contact info will be available in our free weekly mailing list.

BOOKED: Drive By Truckers - Eleanor, director

artist: Drive By Truckers
song: "Never Gonna Change"
label: New West
director: Eleanor
production co: Aisle Five

SHOT: Caleb Kane - Eleanor, director

Caleb Kane's video of "Go Mad" combines live action with a surreal, animated world. This clip features work by DP Max Goldman and Waking Life animator Nathan Jensen.

artist: Caleb Kane
song: Go Mad
label: Reprise
director: Eleanor
production co: Aisle Five

SHOT: Caleigh Peters - Michael Pierce, director

This cover of the Beach Boys classic will support Walt Disney's latest Lindsay Lohan vehicle Herbie Fully Loaded, which is a continuation of the long dormant Herbie The Love Bug franchise.
The Love Bug.

artist: Caleigh Peters
song: "Fun, Fun, Fun"
label: Hollywood
director: Michael Pierce
production co: Aisle Five

SHOT: Moby - Ben Weinstein, director

This video is already airing. Moby performs on a TV while a crazy group of critters have a house party. No official word on whether the video characters are actual plushies (link has adult content).

artist: Moby
song: "Beautiful"
label: V2
director(s): Ben Weinstein
production co: Notorious 24:7

"Beautiful" was edited by Aisle Five's Michael Barnett

SHOT: Caleb Kane - Eleanor, director

Eleanor directed a performance video for new alternative artist Caleb Kane.

artist: Caleb Kane
song: "In Your Own Way"
label: Reprise/Warner Bros.
director(s): Eleanor
production co: Aisle Five

SHOT: Jonathan Rice - Eleanor, director

artist: Jonathan Rice
song: "So Sweet"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): Eleanor
production co: Aisle Five (more info on Eleanor and Aisle Five at their website)