Digital Good Time: "Bibliophone"

Digital Good Time: "Bibliophone"
(Digital Good Time is a series in which xoxobra focuses on the visual side of music)

There's something very charming about the simplicity of After Effects/Flash animation. Yeah, many a shitty video has been created by many an amateur to the programs, but with a little creativity you can more than compensate for tons of experience and know-how. "Bibliophone", by up-and-coming UK electronica artist Zoon van SnooK does this well. Produced by a start-up UK animation studio called Stanthers Ink (S_Ink), the video uses the beat of the song to cue all of the actions in the video. The inanimate objects falling from the sky start a skittering beat, the higher-pitched synth noises act as voice for the characters, the waves move to the lower-pitched synth, etc. I love the guy on the left, whose smiles and excited facial expressions make it seems like he's just happy to be there.

Cool first effort by these guys, and nice song by Zoon van SnooK. I'll be sure to look out for future efforts.





Links:
Zoon van SnooK
S_Ink