Music Video

Brun The Fruit

from Lucky Number Music.com: Burn The Fruit (Pegasus), directed by Brian Ziffer, further consolidates Seventeen Evergreen’s consistency in producing highly creative visual art around their music.“The video is a continued exploration in real-time audiovisual cinema. A kind of ‘visual music’ where the process involves manipulating video in real time. With help from the Syphon Recorder, VDMX and other customized tools, the performance and capture of these live video mixes became analogous to the process of mixing and mastering music.”

Music Video

SPIN.com Premieres: "Cast A Net" Official Music Video for Akron / Family (Dead Oceans)

"Though SPIN called the latest Akron/Family slab "loud and proud" and "under the sway of avant-noise pioneers like Acid Mothers Temple and Boredoms," the wild, bacchinalian band has been less shy about showing their sensitive sides as of late. Enter this premiere of the meditative "Cast a Net," directed by Percept Visual's Brian Ziffer. The keyword for the video is "pastoral": wind-caught ribbons, starry-eyed looks from bedroom windows, joyous kite-flying, glinting sunlight, graceful sharks swimming gently. It's a mix between Inception and Reading Rainbow where the power of imagination transports a young girl into lands far, far beyond her tree house."

Hombre Sencillo

Pitchfork.com World Premiere "Hombre Sencillo" - A short film starring Bonnie 'Prince' Billy for Grass Roots Record Co.'s "Be Yourself" A Tribute to Graham Nash's "Songs For Beginners"

The short film "Hombre Sencillo" invokes the same understated beauty as the original Graham Nash tune it’s inspired by. Co-Directors Britt Govea (((folkYEAH!))) and Brian Ziffer ( Percept Visual ) combine dream sequences with the storyline of a traveling troubadour to weave the tale of a simple man encountering the extraordinary when he wanders into a desolate and mysterious mission town. Britt Govea, is celebrated for creating unforgettable music festival experiences in rural locations, brings the same magic to this production. With a cast and crew comprised entirely of musicians and artists, the end result is a film that could have only been made by this particular group of people at this current moment. With each contributor riffing off a shared passion for music, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s version of Nash’s "Simple Man"comes to life on screen in the Govea/Ziffer vision of “El Camino Real.” Shot on location in the Historic California mission town of San Juan Bautista, this film captures a timeless essence. The muddy opening shots nod to Kurosawa’s dark landscapes and scenes of the sun-drenched mission may echo Hitchcock’s 1958 picture Vertigo, which was filmed on the same sacred ground. But the short film Hombre Sencillo blurs the lines between history and legend with meticulous costume design by Robyn Miller and art direction by Govea & Ziffer , giving the film an aesthetic all its own. Shot entirely on a customized Canon 7D high-definition rig, the film is uncompromising as it follows the title character’s transformation from dark desperation to triumphant redemption. The marriage between Govea’s musical and cinematic sensibilities and Ziffer’s artful eye for composition and graphic detail come together to form an undeniable directing partnership that is sure to flourish in future days. Perhaps it’s merely a common love for the all things music, but matching the level of excitement generated by the forthcoming Nash tribute record Be Yourself is no small feat. If this collaboration is any precursor of what’s to come from this music/film collective, the future looks to be very bright indeed. Written By: Jay Dorne

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The Flaming Lips - Henry Miller Library 9.11.12

video excerpt from : (((folkYEAH!))) Presents - The Flaming Lips - @ Henry Miller Memorial Library - 9/11/12 Director, Cinematography & Editing - Brian Ziffer - folkYEAH Films | Percept Visual Executive Producer: Britt Govea

from popmatters.com - Caleb Pate of Seventeen Evergreen:

Observatory Crest

"…We wanted to emphasize the dreamy and evocative sci-fi aspects of the song and this is our tribute to Don. The video came out of our ongoing collaboration with Percept Visual, Brian had captured us live in the studio, with various lazers and the Atari Video Music blasting around us, which is the earliest commercial electronic music visualizer from 1976. This was juxtaposed with an apocalyptic narrative that Brian came up with and some archival science footage that we discovered searching for the ideal pairing. We hope Don Van Vliet would approve.”

Days & Night Festival , Monterrey - Promo

"The Orchard" - Live perforamnce at the Warfield, SF. Philip Glass, Joanna Newsome, Tim Fain

"Serving as a one-off fundraiser for Big Sur’s Henry Miller Library, minimalist legend Philip Glass shared the stage Monday evening with idiosyncratic folk-harpist Joanna Newsom. Both artists, though separated in age by over four decades, share a similarly uncompromising approach to musical composition — which, for each, has inspired both intense devotion and alienation among fans and skeptics alike. Glass, through his pioneering early minimalist work, operatic masterpieces and later film scores holds a unique position as the most recognizable and, arguably, most influential classical composer living today. His deep ties to both Big Sur and The Miller library, helped to inspire and develop this unique benefit." - Variety

Concert Documentary

Huichica Music Festival 2017

Huichica Festival at Gundlach Bundschu Winery has always been a dreamy convergence of music and California beauty. The Percept Visual film crew arrived, and despite only a few of us, we devised a strategy. We captured it all—early afternoon sun-kissed performances and dynamic psychedelic nighttime sets. From Dean Wareham’s Galaxie 500 to The Tyde’s Southern California vibe, Curls’ all-star energy, Tim Cohen’s mastery, Boogarins’ Brazilian psych, and Mr. Elevator’s punk-psychedelic punch. The Allah-Las drifted us into the twilight, closing the festival in classic style.

Music Video

Seventeen Evergreen - Fleetwood Motorik

Live studio performace/music video of Seventeen Evergreen's "Fleetwood Motorik"

Music Video

"Lighter" - by Nalepa

"The choice is yours; the choices aren’t. "Lighter" music video a real-time fusion of sound and vision. archival footage driven directly by the track’s amplitude and frequencies. Crafted with Max/MSP and Jitter, every visual shift is tied intimately to the music—a deeply integrated audiovisual experience."

Music Video

NIN Ghosts

"The Wandering I" - music from Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I-IV (tracks: Ghosts #10 and Ghosts #25) .. NIN GHOSTS FILM FESTIVAL Directed, Edited & Produced by Brian Ziffer / NAØISM Assistant Editor, and Second Camera: Adrian Smith

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Meditation at Stinson. G.S. Sachdev " Abhogi" ( from Flights of Improvisation)

lying on the beach with headphones on, camera in hand. this kite knows the way...listenting to Abhogi" by G.S. Sachdev. I recently had the great pleasure to meet with G.S. Sachdev at his home to discuss a new documentary film project, however he passed on not long after - rest in peace , you will be missed" -2018

Live Performance Documentary / Music Video

"If He's Even Great" - Big Eagle

"If He's Even Great" - Big Eagle | 7" on Spiritual Pajamas - http://www.spiritualpajamas.com

Live Performance Documentary

J Tillman Brookdale

(((folkYEAH!))) presents J Tillman @ Brookdale Lodge 12/3/09

Live Performance Documentary

Burden of tomorrow

"Burden of Tomorrow" - Tallest Man On Earth - live @ Brookdale Lodge | (((folkYEAH!))) presents | video by Brian Ziffer

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