This is lovely and so imaginative. And very simple — an idea, a detailed storyboarding process, and then still frames shot from a single camera and animated. Read more about it.
Simple can be so wonderful. Complicated has its place, but this simple approach is perfect for this song. And more than that — I can sense the influence not just of the song, or the artist, but also the animators, the actress, the photographer. I can feel them all present in these moments of music video. The personal, professionally done. That always appeals to me.
I love the ambience of that video. Like you say, so simple, but done in just the right way.
She’s beautiful, and she can dance, even in stills. The music is dreamy too. Thanks for this.
That is beautiful, Kelley. Thanks for posting it. (I don’t know that I’d call it simple, though.)
wow, that was really cool!
So glad you all like it.
Duncan, hmm, yes, simple is one of those contextual words like love or enough. I was thinking when I wrote the post of the video for the new U2 song. It’s very visually dense, lots of layers, quite complicated. It’s fun, but I don’t like it nearly as well as this one.
I intended to post that video this weekend by way of comparison, but… it was up online for about 15 seconds on Friday before it was yanked for a re-do, seems that there were a couple of Getty-watermarked images in the content (*shakes head*).
But by simple I don’t mean simplistic, if that’s where you were going… I think by simple in this context I mean transparent, clear, straightforward. It’s a simple story, beautifully told. I’m a big fan of that.
Like cats intertwined
Or puppy dogs tumbled alltogether,
You and I share cares (bare)on this bed.
In and Out
Your breath and mine,
Like thoughts laced with wine
Or sunlight through vines.
Oh and thanks for the tune, reminds me of old Micheal Franks.
rhbee, did you write the excellent poem or just quote it? If you wrote it, awesome. If you quoted it, awesome any way.
It’s mine and thanks.
It is lovely. They manage to tell a lot of story with only a few simple graphic elements on a simple set with some very simple lighting.. And it fits the song so perfectly. I enjoyed reading about how they made it also. He said he originally intended to get a small woman with black hair; I agree with him that the actress made it. She’s beautiful, and her red hair really makes it work visually — she brings the stills to life. A lot of work must’ve gone into this; they did a great job – they made it look simple. That’s my take on it anyway.
Great video. I forwarded the link to my stop-motion animation friends. It reminds me of Zbigniew RybczyÅski’s work: the careful frame-by-frame choreography of human bodies and objects; the story that unfolds in a single, continuous plane; taking a truckload of work and planning and talent, and turning it into something that flows so beautifully that it all seems effortless.
Kelley, thanks for sharing this with us.
Thanks, Kelley, but I know the difference between “simple” and “simplistic.” Maybe it’s just that I can’t see an animated stop-motion video like this without thinking of all the work that went into it. “Simple” just doesn’t feel like a word I’d apply to this video; I don’t think it’s contextual so much as subjective and personal, like “cute” or “hot.”
I have to add, though, that it is increasingly difficult for me nowadays to see Israelis with any neutrality, especially one who makes a point of including in her bio that she returned to Israel from the US to join the army. That’s not stereotyping Shomron, since she drew attention to the fact herself.
Well, words mean different things to different people. That’s one reason communication is so tricky.
Duncan it appears you are addressing a different topic than the video. Who or what an artist is personally does often play a part in whether we like or dislike them. But are they their art?