Bedshaped - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JugGmkvhsKQ
Butterfly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFTNNj9F56E
Bedshaped is a song preformed by Kean with a visual
presentation created by Corin Hardy. The
music video has always been one that I kept going back to over time but have
only started doing research on it because of this project. The music video is a reinterpretation of a
stop motion animation created by Corin Hardy called Butterfly. Both are about a man living a troubled life with alcoholism
fueled by unfortunate past events. Both
videos emphasize isolation and an inward struggle with the main character that
seeks to find meaning in life.
He finds comfort within the confinement of a bathroom where he
begins to have a dialog with himself, questioning god. He believes he is having a conversation with
another, only to find out that he has actually been building a friendship with
himself. It is at this moment that he
realizes that his whole life he has been “living to exist” and what he needed
to do is “exist to live.” At the end of
Butterfly he has an epiphany when he reads the words “What the caterpillar
calls the end of the world the master calls the butterfly.” He makes his way out into the world again
into a new direction looking for fulfillment leaving behind his despair.
I chose to show the music video because it is it is a
shorter version of the full-length animation.
I believe that full 30minute video should be watched all at once in
order for it to really make the impact is deserves. I feel the animations are so successful
because he uses a combination of clay, object and drawing techniques with close
attention to camera angles, transitions and perspectives.
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