When it comes to animated music videos (opens in new tab), it can be very difficult to make your work stand out. But after six months of effort, director Ben Aston and animator Nick Black have achieved just that.
Created using the rotoscoping (opens in new tab) technique, whereby animators trace over live-action footage, frame by frame in order to create an animated film, this video for the Bishops single 'Polygonn' is highly entertaining.
Reminiscent of the classic promo for A-ha's 1980s hit 'Take on Me (opens in new tab)', the Bishops video is composed of over 2,500 frames at 12 frames per second - creating a total of three minutes of animation. Here's a video showing how it was made:
Director Ben Aston's work is always highly regarded, and so far his forthcoming, Kickstarter-backed film ‘He Took His Skin Off For Me (opens in new tab)’ looks incredible - we can't wait to see it!
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