Friday, 6 November 2015

White Stripes, Fell In Love With A Girl (Dir. Michel Gondry) -- OUAN403, Identify

The video for White Stripe's song Fell In Love With A Girl is a primary coloured, 2 minute long, punk riot, animated entirely with Lego blocks. I like how the video differs from most Lego based animations by using the blocks to create flat frames rather than animating Lego figures. The animators actually used a sort of rotoscoping technique, turning live footage of the White Stripes into Lego-ised frames. Some scenes are a bit messy, as the size of the Lego pieces limits the amount of detail possible, but others achieve a really lovely bold, pop-arty look. I would like to have a go at animating with this technique - although rebuilding the Lego for every single shot is a mammoth effort, the results are very pleasing.


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