Fluorescent Hill - Joey

Joey.

Here is another animation that has been created by Fluorescent Hill, Joey.  The thing that caught my eye straight away about this animation begins right at the very start, where a detailed and delicate header is drawn out in a real time effect, which looks simply amazing. It also adds a sense of age and tradition to the story even though it is not yet known what it's about. I chose this piece because it is the complete opposite of  "Spacious Thoughts," in many different ways. To start with, it would appear that this animation has been created in either 2D or 2.5D, a big change from full 3D that Spacious Thoughts was developed in. The main element of this animation appears to be rotoscoping (possibly traditionally or digitally done) and has a sepia tone running through it, which makes the film look classic, or vintage. There also seems to be a lens glare in the middle of the screen, which also adds a home-video kind of effect to the film as well. The storyline of this animation is rather strange as it begins with a stop motion piece of an old storybook opening into the beginning of the song. It shows a fox and a crow, in the wild, begin to fight and it results in the crow begin decapitated with smaller crows flying out of its throat. It then flashes onto a fox trying to fit into everyday society, with crows replacing humans, I find this quite odd but entertaining at the same time, the video looks as though it should be more gruesome and grotesque than it is, and gives a tingly and shivery sensation, which appears to be heightened by the creepy indie music that its playing along to.

Fluorescent Hill - Spacious Thoughts.

Fluorescent Hill.

Spacious Thoughts.

Spacious Thoughts is a music video created by the animation company, Fluorescent Hill. The video follows around a small, onion like figure who floats and flies through a grungy, but colourful looking city. As he does this, he is also singing/rapping along to the song which the music video has been created for. The Creature itself is in full 3D effect, which is also the way in which it has been created, either in cinema 4D or a program like it. Whereas the city that it is flying around has also been made in 3D, but has been cast as an overlay layer, so that all of the pieces of the city are semi transparent and overlap each other well. The video then looks as though it has been edited in Flash, as the random display of colour splashes all over the city create a great effect as they follow the main character on his journey. There is also an element of pure 2D animation in this video as well, as 3D. The main character occasionally bursts into a puff of smoke, which seems to resemble pollution that spreads throughout the city, who sings the chorus of the song throughout the video. I feel as though this element makes the video seem a lot more dynamic and less serious at the same time, because of it being 3D and more cartoon like. I was drawn to this video because of the imagery and wide variety of colours, even though the majority of this video seems to be done digitally, the splatters of paint and lines look very rustic and hand drawn, which may even be the case here.