02 2 / 2011
Analogue vs. digital Round 1: Fuck Photoshop (via @michpant)
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13 1 / 2011
A little bit on hand drawn videos
Hand drawn videos have been very very popular in the last year, mostly due to the RSA Animate output that introduced this style to a wider audience (“The surprising thruth about what motives us” is now at over four million views).
Most people I have talked to watched the RSA videos from beginning to end. That is a whole 10 minutes, almost unimagineable in times where our attention span usually doesn’t exceed 30 seconds. I think a large part of what fascinates people about it is to see something in the making, being able watch it being created. It let’s you step right into the process of how something is made- it’s not only entertaining, but almost educational. And you want to finish it, see where it goes, how it ends. There is a creative tension in hand drawn stuff that is usually only achieved by good storytelling or suspense. And all it takes is a piece of paper and a pen (okay, and some skills). Of course the genre of hand drawn videos is much bigger that just the “RSA Animate style”. When I met up with a client the other day to talk about what other techniques and examples are out there I promised to send him a list. Since there’s absolutely no reason not to share this with everyone else, you now get to read that list, too. I tried to come up with a couple of categories to summarize style or technique. I’m not a pro on video production terms, so bear with me if I got something wrong there :) And if you have any other videos or techniques in mind that I should add definitely let me know, I’d really appreciate it. WHITEBOARD DRAWINGS (analogue, mostly using stop motion)
- RSA Animate
- Minilogue
- Pilot Frixion
- Fossil Fuels
- Chevrolet (on billboard)
PAPER DRAWINGS (analogue, using stop motion)
- Hans Unstern (one line drawing)
- Green Thing
- ImageThink
- Facebook Unfriend Coal (partly digital animation, partly hand drawn)
PAPER CUT OUT (analogue, recorded, stop motion)
SKETCH BOOK / FLIP BOOK
- Matrix Style (high speed recording)
- Green Thing (stop motion)
- Blu
DIGITAL HAND DRAWN
Here’s also a youtube playlist I created. If you feel like wanting to get into the hand drawn flow, watch them all :)
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