Adam Jones is no stranger to the art of music-video making. The guitarist and creative cog of Tool has been transforming the prog-metal band's songs into dark animated clips since 1993's "Sober." For Tool's latest video, "Parabola,"Jones made a technical leap. Forgoing his usual techniques - in-camera effects and sculpture - he enlisted the computer to bring to life his geometric vision. Why?The video's lanky 3-D puppet demanded such perfect symmetry that it was impossible to create it with human hands. Jones and Chet Zar (cofounder of f/x house Screaming Lobster) designed the puppet onscreen, then output the data to a ThermoJet solid-object printer, which sprayed layers upon layers of hot wax until the puppet was born. In the video, the creature is a visual mindmeld - its face pulsates as it skulks behind its live-action master (played by trip-hopper Tricky). Tool fans got a pirated preview of the video online; look for the legit version on TV - minus the three-hour download.
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Eye Gloss
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Read Me
Fighting Fire
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Tadpole
Armitage: Dual-Matrix
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Stunt Driving From the Sofa
Turn Your PS2 Into a PC
Puppet Master
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The Makers
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Char Warriors
Good-Bye CD Towers
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