Keeping in mind with longer animations and narrative, I thought Gorillaz music videos were a good place to start. The video for Clint Eastwood is probably their most famous, so I chose to have a look at a different one - Rock the House, the narrative of which plays out just after that of Clint Eastwood.
I'm interested in the way the actual band are animated in this video, as the focus is obviously the massive ps2 villain looking version of Del. Because of the stylised character design, the 3D rendered characters haven't really dated. The way the band have been animated is really clever and inspiring to me, as I aren't that confident with animation. A lot of their movement is repeated and replayed to the beat of the music, and I'll be focusing on simple movement in my own sting. They use block shapes like shadow and comic book effects/arrows to convey dynamic movement, without having to add loads of complex animation. I think this simplicity is the strength of this video, and its something I'll be carrying over into my approach to my stings. Mainly so animating them doesn't send me mad.
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