Weekly Videos_Amber Gulbin

   Week 2

     I watched the Reality video. All of the different cut outs almost make the video seem paper-like and it really appealed to me. I really liked the use of completely different objects and subjects throughout the video. I also enjoyed that some were lower quality than others, giving it some dimension and depth. The different collage layers and especially the greenery and foliage scenes made me think of this video: https://youtu.be/OFGByvTBaeo. It's just an audio for a song but the background is similar collage pieces that seem paper-like as well with multiple layers and movement. Back to the Reality video, I also enjoyed that the audio changed throughout the video and pertained to what was going on with the collage pieces. I thought it was cool that someone can take flat, inanimate paper-like pieces and turn it into lots of movement.

Week 3

    I watched The Beatles Yellow Submarine video. I grew up listening to The Beatles but I had never seen the video for this before. I like how this video seems to tell a story of them exploring in their submarine, whereas not all of the weekly videos tell a story or have a plot. The use of colors and patterns creates brightness and texture, and really makes figures stand out. I liked how it showed them growing older and their hair growing and turning white, and then they traveled over stretching clocks and they became young again. You can tell that there were different art forms used to make this video. Some are colored pencil, some are graphite, and the main animation is probably acrylic on glass.

Week 4

    I watched Metronomy - Reservoir. This animation is cool because it's done entirely with just paper and what seems to be basic crayon markers. It was probably all taken using stop motion. Although it's a chaotic video, it does seem to follow a sort of plot. This art style makes me think of being a kid drawing with markers in class. I like that the paper in the background is a slight tan color instead of just a bright white. It seems to give the video a more nostalgic, vintage feeling.

Week 5

    I watched the Father and Daughter video. This one tells a story as well as the others I have watched the past weeks. The colors differ in this one compared to the others because the colors are subdued and muted. The whole animation seems to have a very melancholy tone to it. You can tell this by the colors, the storyline, and even the style in which the characters are drawn in. I really like the use of shadows coming off of the characters and other objects. As time and life moves on in the story, the shadows still remain.