A friend of mine who is currently doing an animation course at Bristol University came to visit yesterday and showed me one of the most beautiful animations I've ever seen. The way the artist/director has portrayed emotion through dance is brilliant and the music composed for it fits perfectly.
'"Wait for Awhile"
Animation work by Ryan J Woodward.
Info on the full exhibition of art that includes animation and figurative works visit: conteanimated.com
Behind the scenes here: vimeo.com/?16330140
"Sometime waiting is the fun part."
For this song, piano solo, I had this rhythm in my mind for awhile now, glad to get this off my head.'
The figures in the video are so roughly drawn out so that it is only the impression of a body with the proportion lines left in sometimes. I think the way the girls hair and clothes moves really emphasizes her movement as well as the way their limbs sometimes blur into a point or smoke as they move faster. Even though the figures have no facial features, the animation by no means lacks emotion. Every move of the dancers show how they're feeling and the communication between them. I think the slow motion bit where she jumps and he catches her in the air is really clever.. favourite bit! I absolutely love the simplicity of this short animation and would actually like to try something similar for my own.
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