Watch Son Lux - The Art Assignment Music Video video on DTube
In 2015, one of my favourite artists, Son Lux, put out an open call for collaboration through PBS' Art Assignment program.
You can see the original video here:
This video is my response that I originally released on YouTube in August, 2015.
Pretty early in my creative process, I came up with a very clear vision: a rotoscope animation of two dancers, shot with high-speed cameras and edited to the rhythm of the music. We brought in two of my friends to dance, one a ballet dancer and one contemporary. As the director, I decided to let them do their own choreography and improvise.
They were shot at various frame rates using a high speed camera. Some sequences are in extreme slow-motion, while others play at a natural speed. These two dancers were then edited to the music by Son Lux.
The next and longest step in the process was the animation. The dancers were meticulously traced, frame by frame at 12 fps. Over 850 unique drawings were done if I'm not mistaken.
The backgrounds were then painted and edited to the beat of the music.
Finally, everything was brought together using Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects.
Dancers - Roshni Manna Jacob, Natasha Kennedy
Directed, Edited and Animated by - Seth Tomlinson
Producer - Michael Naundorf
Director of Photography - Matthew Clemens
Background Art - Seth Tomlinson, Jessica Tomlinson
Music by Son Lux.
I hope you enjoyed this video, released on Steemit through DTube!
