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Music video for Franz Ferdinand. Music promo for UK group "Franz Ferdinand". The video was coproduced with Nexus in London for Domino records through commissioner John Moule. The track, entitled "Take Me Out", is the second single from the Glasgow group. AlDirected by Jonas Odell, who has also directed videos for Erasure and Goldfrapp, the video is an animation/live action extravaganza inspired by DADAist photocollage and the art of other movements of the same era. " The band referenced a lot of artists and groups of the DADA movement," says Odell "and all this is stuff that I always loved, but never found a chance to incorporate in a project, so naturally this was a dream project to work on. I dived headlong into the sea of art history and emerged at the other side soaked in references, trying to figure out ways of turning this into a contemporary piece, but the wonderful thing about this period in art is that it does feel completely modern. It is all about the moment, and it still feels very "now".