Things that move
In Your Arms - Kina Grannis
Two recent examples of artists using stop motion photographery to create something visually appealling for their music video.
Is it pretty much the worst thing ever that this doesnt impress me? It should, I know. I can only imagine the painstaking hours it took to create something like this but… it just doesnt impress me. It’s been done. And maybe not overly so but enough for me to think “that’s nice, what else have you got?”
They’re both fun and interesting to watch for the most part but it can all be summed up as a bit “meh” once it’s over. What is there really to talk about?
“Hey dude, did you see that jelly bean clip?”
“Yeah man, I saw it.”
“They must have used a lot of jelly beans”
“Yeah…”
Both songs are a bit lackluster and while I obviously adore the medium of music video making, I do think that you should have a good song to back it up with. While I am not opposed to using catchy gimmicks to make your song more noticeable (particularly in today’s youtube world), any lasting fame that comes with it will be fleeting if your music is not good. I can only hope lasting fame comes to the filmmakers and jellybean artists rather than the musicians themselves.
