…then this should do the trick. Big thanks to Stephen Chow who introduced me to the artist Blu a while back. And thanks to Jeff for sending me Blu’s latest stop-motion video.
Besides the art and the use of the environmental space, I love the sound design. It’s been such a long-time (relatively) convention to use music as a backdrop that I’ve kind of forgotten that well crafted sounds can fill that space just as compelling-ly. (I have two certificates from two different higher institutions of learning that qualify me to wordsmith my own words. So back off.) I especially dig the texturized tone that is used behind the more foreground sounds.
I love the use of the slight offset in the camera position from shot to shot that creates the minimal jerky movement in the picture over time. It underlines the “hand made” quality of the piece. Really cool. People know anyway how it’s done (still by still) and the jitter works perfectly to make the magic stronger.