In a modernistic city, three odd fellows seem to worship a small bird-like statue when a fourth bizarre person steals it. They chase each other around on their motorized flying brooms. One by one the thief eludes/dispatches his pursuers as they zoom through the city.
The first time I had seen this short video I was literally in fits of laughter. Although creepy it is very amusing. This short animated film was all shot in pixilation in the corporate quarters of Paris, La Defence. The fact that this video is created using pixilation seriously intrigues me, the time and effort one must have put in to creating this is unbelievable, it is so very well animated. Who knew you could create the effect of flying with actors just jumping and continuously taking pictures? That's why I love pixilation! Special effects that are shown throughout the film are the actors dressed up as what appears to be goblins/witches/monsters of some sort and the effect to be flying which is achieved by the creator taking a series of photographs whilst the actor is continuously jumping. The location that the creator chose to animate the film I thought was good but maybe the artist could have chosen a more creepy location to flow with the concept of the animation and the monster theme like actors. I also was not too keen on the fact that the animation was in day light, maybe night time would have had more effectiveness on the whole concept? The animation does make certain use of color, texture and lighting and impacts on the effectiveness, for example, the colors used on the actors were very dark to flow with the monster like theme the artist was trying to achieve and the materials used such as make up to create the faces was also very well done. There isn't really a soundtrack in the animation just sort of laughing and weird noises made by the actors which is done very well and flows with the animation so all in all it didn't really need any music. Camera angles are used several times in this particular animation such as at one point in the animation all of the goblins are chasing each other on their brooms and the camera is angled so you can see them all zooming toward you. I have to say after watching this video, Jan Kounen has really inspired me in the artistic sense, his videos are different, funny and scary and inspire me to eventually be able to animate and edit my films like this in the near future.
Jan Kounen was born on 2 May, 1964, is from Utrecht, Netherlands and is a Dutch-born French film director and producer. In France, he is mostly known for his films Doberman (1997), Blueberry l'experience Secrete (2004) and 99 Francs (2007.) Outside of France, he is known for his interest in Shipibo-Conibo culture and shamanism.
Gisele Kerozene - Jan Kounen.
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