Wolfe+Video+Research

media type="youtube" key="2_HXUhShhmY" width="420" height="315" I found the video [|here.] This is the music video to "Her Morning Elegance" sung by Oren Lavie. I chose this work because I found it fascinating how each frame means something to the song and the storyline. The lady is sleeping and goes through this amazing tale through the song, following the lyrics. This video was creative and unlike something I'd ever seen. The artists used bedroom items to tell the story which takes place in a bed that is used like a living picture. From an artistic viewpoint, there are many art elements and principles used in the video. There is shape in all of the bedroom objects resembling other things in her dream, color, space in how the objects and the lady are laid out, movement in how the objects are moved to appear like the lady is moving to, and unity in the collection of white and blue bedroom objects. This video connects to my life because I've had days where I've felt like I'm living in a dream and I'm sleeping. The music was very important to the work because it narrates most of what is going on as the lady walks through her dreams.
 * "Her Morning Elegance" by Yuval and Merav Nathan Using the Technique of Pixalation**

media type="youtube" key="l-S7wQx_hvs" width="560" height="315" This is the link to the website to the animation breakdown for a part of the scene of "Mother Knows Best". I love the movie Tangled because of the storyline and well, it's Disney and Disney knows how to make fantastic movies. The artistry is also very well done throughout the film using line, shape, space, color, texture, emphasis, perspective, and light/shadow. There is evident use of line, shape, color, and texture in the characters themselves and their outfits. The animators use the space to create a perspective of a room. When the lights go out, the light/shadow create a dramatic lighting to make the part a little scary. The music is important to this work as well, as the music lyrics sets up what Mother Gothel is singing and doing while she sings to Rapunzel.
 * "Tangled" by Animation Department of Tangled and Jamaal Bradley Using the Technique of Rotoskoping**

media type="youtube" key="fxQcBKUPm8o" width="420" height="315" I found this on the Tim Burton website. The reason that I chose this video is because Tim Burton is a very talented man and I'm a fan of some of his works. This story was also interesting to me. Tim Burton wrote the poem and then made this animated short based on the poem; the poem describes how this little boy named Vincent Malloy wanted to be Vincent Price and drove himself mad. I thought it was a cool, interesting, and slightly creepy story. In the video, there are uses of line, shape, form, value, contrast, light/shadow, and perspective. Line, shape, and value are evident in some of the backgrounds in the story. The animators use form to create the clay figurines that make up the characters. The story is in black and white, so the film uses value, contrast, and light/shadow. This video can connect to my life because at some points I've been in a place when I want to be someone else, but never to this extent. The sound was important to this work because the sounds was the narration of the poem to explain what was going on.
 * "Vincent" by Tim Burton Using the Technique of Claymation**

media type="youtube" key="tYmqzMtpV-4" width="560" height="315" This video I found on YouTube by searching for the animation process of the Princess and the Frog. I chose to include this video is because it incorporates the process of modern 2D animation with drawings. I also really enjoy the movie "Princess and the Frog" not only for its story line, but the modern techniques of 2D drawing animations which we haven't seen in a while due to the new animation style of the kind of rotoskoping. The video takes you through each step and layer of a short clip of Louis. There is use of line, shape, color, proportion, light/shadow and perspective. Louis has line, shape, color, light/shadow, and proportion in his body. The artist uses perspective in Louis compared to the background. I can personally connect to this video because I've always found the animation process interesting. I also really like Louis from the movie because he's a fun, loving character with a big heart. There was music, but I feel like that was just for Louis to dance to though had no significant meaning to the video.
 * "The Princess and the Frog - Louis Animation Process" by Eric Goldberg and Emerson eCello Using the Technique of Hand Drawings and Computer Software**

media type="youtube" key="NGWSYrgB6gM" width="420" height="315" I found this video on YouTube after doing some research on types of animation. I thought the technique the artist used was very creative and time consuming which turned out to be amazing. I haven't seen any ink or watercolor animations before, and I liked this one for the message of how hard it is to let go of family members. Leaf uses the art elements and principles of line, shape, color, value, light/shadow, contrast, and perspective. The people and the background use line and shape to represent what/who they are. There sometimes is color on someone's shirt to make them stand out. Light/shadow is used to create contrast and emphasize a main focal point from the background or what you're not supposed to be looking at. The artist also uses perspective in order to show depth and space and move the "camera" angle around interestingly. I can connect to this video because I've had family members bed ridden before their passing too when we are unfortunately aware that they could pass at any point. Th sound narrates what's going on in the little boy's life, thus very important to the story and video.
 * "The Street" by Caroline Leaf Using the Technique of Watercolor and Ink**

media type="youtube" key="tSsfQEd4mdg" width="560" height="315" When I searched Flipbook Animation on YouTube, I looked through the videos, but I found that I really liked this one because of the story and the drawings. The drawings are armature, but I found them cute and creative. The "story" is about how this love between this couple forms and floats up in to the sky, sparking rainbows, fireworks, and stars. It's about what love can form: happiness. I can connect it to my life because if/when I feel a connection with someone I feel happy and there's rainbows and fireworks in my heart. Krutcheva uses line, shape, color, space, movement, and unity in her artwork. There is line, shape, and color used in the objects. She uses space in order to create a pace of going upwards and things "moving" on the page. There is movement to the way her artwork flows and can move the eye around the page. Unity is also present because of the similar format of mostly empty shapes and lines to create pictures. The music in the background helped give a nice flowing feel to accompany her drawings. It wasn't necessary, but added a nice touch.
 * "Flip Book" by Annie Krutcheva Using the Technique of a Flip Book**