If you could animate your own music video...

DTJB · Post by **DTJB** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:12 pm

I'm sure this thought has crossed the minds of most of you guys. If any of you have made your own animation for a music video, that's cool, but I'd like to talk to those who would like to and don't have the resources to do so. What style of animation would you use? Traditional cel style, cel shaded or full CGI? I would use the first two options, not that I hate CGI or anything, I just have a bigger preference for the traditional style. Any particualr songs you would like to use? I would use the following, only because I, personally can't think of any anime that would work for them.

Melanie-"Weird Al" Yankovic
Someday-Nickelback
My Immortal-Evanescence (yeah, apparently this song works with just about every anime, and I still can't think of what could possibly work.)
Cheap Sunglasses-ZZ Top
Gone Away-Offspring
I Want to Come Over-Mellisa Ethridge
Hurricane-My Business Failed in 3 Weeks(Iowa City band, no longer around I think.)
Black-Pearl Jam
Bother-Stone Sour
I Still Love You-KISS
Whole Lotta Lovin-Heuy Lewis & The News
A Secret Place-Megadeth
What is Life-George Harrison

If I had my own team of Korean animators and a really big budget to work with, this would be no problem what-so-ever. Since this isn't the case, I guess these plans will go unrealized.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:15 pm

Well... there's too much to even mention.

Granted, I'd most likely stick with hand-drawn-looking cel-shaded graphics; and the band I currently would like to work with, but haven't found the right anime (probably due to my lack of source choices), would be King Crimson circa '72-'74, especially the improv material.

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:34 pm

umm. I've animated the environment my AMV takes place in... does that count?

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:35 pm

The problem (well one of them anyway) with doing CG representatins of anime characters is that the proportions in the shows change, so the model only looks 'right' from certain angles.

I've tried doing some cell shaded CG using a combination of Poser and Lightwave. Doing 'sets' or set environments is easier since you can simply composit your characters into them and not worry so much about matching perfect character movement.

Take a look at: Playground Love to see a pretty good example of what I'm talking about.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:45 pm

I wish I could animate music video with my mind so I wouldn't have to worry about crap like masking.

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:51 pm

Castor Troy wrote:I wish I could animate music video with my mind so I wouldn't have to worry about crap like masking.

I think that was proven far FAR more hazardous of an option!

Bote · Post by **Bote** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:14 pm

I won't animate any characters, just shapes and enviornment.

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:34 pm

DDR's AM 3P to a CGI of Tycho and Gabe doing a lightsabre battle, only with cardboard tubes ^_^

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:36 am

Music Artists: I've Sound

Main animation: Lots of well endowed naked Angels floating around with huge ass, er, huge wings ^_^. Huge ass wings.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:10 pm

I am...... Lots of work. just storyboarding now.