Grandchildren

Grandchildren is work by Sean Pecknold. They’ve done two very different stop animation videos for the band Fleet Foxes. The first, “White Winter Hymnal,” is clay animation, and the second, “Mykonos,” is done with paper cutouts.

Drew Lightfoot

Drew Lightfoot, one of the animators who worked on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, won an award in 2007 for this video he created for Guster’s “One Man Wrecking Machine.”

Shynola

Shynola created this video for Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” in which lead singer Chris Martin becomes a super hero over an animated chalk background.

W+K

This video, “You Came Out” by We Have Band messes with my mind the most out of any video on this page. It’s really eerie, but at the same time hilarious and beautiful.

The face paint animation film is made up of 4,816 separate stills. Each and every frame was hand-painted, shot, wiped off and redrawn, slightly differently for the next frame in order to create a seamless sequence. This time-consuming process involved the band members lying still for two consecutive days in a studio.

It’s Not Over Yet!

Not only will we have other segments to this series such as Artistically Directed, and also Animated music videos, but we have also decided to split each one into 2  (or more!) parts so that they aren’t too long and a little easier to digest. If you don’t see an inspirational video on here that you really like, feel free to suggest it for a future post!