Sunday, 8 November 2015

Internet Meme Animation, starring Drake, Arsene Wenger and more -- OUAN403, Identify

There is no single animation that I am going to talk about in this post, instead I am talking about a recent trend in internet comedy - the editing of short video clips, normally adding in humourous props, or superimposing somebody's face into another situation. These videos make use of motion tracking in programs like After Effects.
Like any good viral meme, these videos normally come in swarms surrounding a particular event - most recently has been the release of Drake's ridiculous video for Hotline Bling, prompting various edits of his lame dance moves.


It is a testament to the power of the softwares used that people are now able to do fairly detailed and high quality animating quick enough to jump on the viral wave before it dies down.

Another steady source of these videos is professional football. Videos like these are released within hours of the final result of a match, often portraying the winning manager or players celebrating, or depicting some cruel analogy of the losing team being beaten. Here is my favourite, released on Vine only minutes after Arsenal won the 2015 FA Cup final:


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