Her Morning Elegance

Stop motion is one of the most time consuming animations to make but the visual result is worth the effort. Stop motion has been used in music videos before, most noteably on MTV, this one in particular worth sharing. "Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie and produced by Michal Dayan took over six weeks to script and storyboard and then 48 hours to shoot all the pictures. I have, along with the orignal video, shared the "making of HME". Enjoy.

Her Morning Elegance

For this week’s post I chose to look at a music video by Oren Lavie.  The song is called “Her Morning Elegance” and the entire video is a stop motion piece.  The video features a woman in bed who then (through stop motion) goes through an animated, dream-sequence adventure while still in bed. 

I love this video because I can watch it without audio and still follow the story being told.  No props are used besides pillows, sheets, and even laundry – all things that can be found in a person’s bedroom (where the video takes place).  I love the simplicity of the video because it can be recreated on a budget.  The video shows how easy some of these animations can be – all you need is a camera and some common household items.