I'm quite unsure of the status of my recent projects I have discussed. Things come and go, and the best way I like to put it is "Ya' win some, ya' dim sum". I also like to think about another quote from my girlfriend's mom "If you can't laugh about it, what can you do about it?".
I've decided to take on a personal project again. No secrets and misunderstandings of proposals this time, I swear! I decided to take this on to keep the juices flowing and to help me manage my time better. I know I talk about how I never have time, but it seems like when I do I seem to be wasteful with it. I haven't thought of what exactly to do yet, but I'm really aiming to finish this before the year ends.
Time to continue the stream of conscious that I have blanked out for the past couple of months. As usual, here's some inspirational stuff.
Japanese electronica/hip-hop duo group_inou's "HEART" is without a doubt, one of the weirdest music videos I've ever seen. The animation style is unlike anything I've seen done before, and wouldn't be surprised if whoever is reading this is actually disgusted by it. There's something about this style that I really enjoy because it's so different. It's obvious the animators could do something much more aesthetically pleasing, but their choice to do the complete opposite is actually quite interesting. I've known about this music video for awhile but just recently came across the english translation of the character's narration in the bottom. Something about despite the loss of his love and his decision to continue his passion while behing wishful to the woman who shot him down really struck a chord with me.
Post rock band Toe's music video for "Goodbye". Good, clean, stop motion. Totally did not expect the animation to go as "far" as it did, and I can clearly see the hard work put into this project. Sorry I couldn't find a better quality video, but tracking down one seems to be hard without knowing some Japanese.
Here's a few videos that I've really admired from a motion graphic stand point.
All share a common theme of giving visuals to such heavy instrumental songs. Sight to what can only be heard. I enjoy these even more because I'm familiar with how each project was executed in After Effects and contain a lot of "Oh yeah! Why didn't I think of that?" moments. I sometimes feel I get insecure when I see work that is better than mine, but due to a recent book I've read, I've decided to take criticism better instead of shoving it to the side with my arms crossed and my head full of steam. I'm hoping to do something similar to this with my side project.
I'm writing this post on a whim cause I'm getting ready and typing this at the same time, but here's some of the work I've done recently that I've never posted up.
"NYPD REMIX" is a short editing project I did last semester. We had to cut up some footage from the TV show NYPD Blue and my professor instructed us to "use whatever material we wanted" to edit with. I decided to do a music video-esque tribute to the show to Daft Punk's song "High Life" with footage that was given to me for the project and scenes from season one of the show.
"Project Camryn" in its completion. My latest kinetic type video. I hope to get more of these because I have the most fun with them and learn something each time I finish up a project.
I'll be updating more. I REALLY PROMISE THIS TIME.
(...really!)
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