Weekly Video_Victoria Versteegh

 Week 2

For this assignment I watched an animated collage music video titled “Boney M. - Rasputin”. The artist utilized cutouts of vintage magazines in order to animate them and make them appear to move and sing at times. Set to the song “Rasputin”, the artist has a vintage feel to his video that clashes with the black and white photos and references to the man himself. This juxtaposition emphasizes the aspects of the video that Joud Tanta wants to draw attention to such as the contrast between the time that Rasputin was living in and the present. This creates an interesting video as the story of the song is dark and clashes with the upbeat music and bright visuals provided by the artist.

Week 3

This week I watched "Fever Collage Animation" by Meeks, Naja on Youtube. I liked this video the most out of the four as it seemed to have a very solid theme and tone throughout the video. My favorite part was in the beginning when the flowers covered the face of the woman and it transitioned into a universe. The color coordination of the video was also very pleasant as it stayed in warm tones throughout the music video. The introduction of the theatre curtain was also very unique.

Week 4

This week I watched the "Chemicals" animated music video. I really appreciated the environments that the character was falling through throughout the video and how the characters were collaged together. This allowed for the characters (such as the tiger) to have different features and gave the whole video a very funky style. There is a fundamental story that the video follows that gives a very comprehensive vision from the artist.

Week 5

For this week's post I watched the short video "Father and Daughter". I loved the story that it told about a daughter who lost her father young and waited her whole life to see him again. It's a great portrayal of grief especially from the viewpoint of a small child. The animation was simple but at the same time it held impact in the scenes where it became more detailed. An example of this is at the end of the video when the daughter is reunited with her father after her own death. This video was an amazing example of storytelling.

Week 6

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Week 7

For week 7's music video I chose Imagine Dragons - Bird. I loved the animation in this video and the story was beautiful. I love how the music went along with the emotionally impactful aspects of the song and message. When the girls mother is struck by lightning the colors immediately go dark to portray the grief that the girl feels. This is juxtaposed at the end of the video when the mother is revealed above the clouds with vibrant yellows and whites. The colors shown portray a deeper meaning within the music video and they blended well with the tone.

Stop motion 1:

For this weeks video I chose to watch Distortion. This animation was done using 2500 still pictures played at 24 fps. I loved how this video incorporated sound effects to change the ways in which the content was viewed. Clay that would typically not make a metallic or "fleshy" noise now is given a new context that warps the way in which such material is seen.

Stop motion 2:

This week I watched "Bird Karma" short film. This was a beautifully done animation and one thing that really stood out to me was the color pallet. The muted colors still allow the main bird character to stand out from the background while still maintaining the same tone. While the content of the short film is silly in nature the colors are very muted which allows for the orange fish to stand out when it finally comes on screen. We can understand that this fish is prized compared to the other fish that the bird was consuming.

Stop motion 3:

For this weeks video I watched Candy - Short Stop Motion film. This one stood out to me as it gave me some ideas for my own stop motion animation. I like how simple yet engaging this video is. Sound effects were also used in a great way throughout this video and it's really fun to watch over again!

Stop motion 4:

I watched "Journey Through A Melting Brain (The Strata cut of David Daniels). This video shocked me when I first saw it and it's hard to recognize the sheer amount of time and effort that went into this art project. It truly looks like a mixture of abstract 1920's art mixed with early 2000's kid shows. It's horrific and beautiful at the same time.

Stop motion 5:

For this weeks video I watched "One Tree Forest - Stop Motion Animation. One thing I really enjoyed about this animation was that it was made completely out of paper in a 2D format. If I were to do my project again and learned this technique I would be interested in making something similar. I didn't particularly like the color pallet of this animation but I think overall it was cute.