Music Video Thoughts - Animation and Live Action

When thinking about creating a music video, animation comes to mind as it allows for more ways to make a video suited to the chosen song as anything is possible in animation from Stop-Motion to CGI and hand-drawn animation. Move colours, images and styles can be added to an unpredictable situation that can therefore break the laws of physics, resulting in an animated video more entertained to watch. Not only can animation be made but can also be combined with live action, mixing both the world of imagination and reality together. An example of this is with the video to “Take on Me” by A-Ha! This video won six awards in 1986 as the lets the love story of a woman falling into a comic book styled world, after a hand reaches out of a page and takes the woman’s hand. Although the video is older than the videos created with CGI today, this video made a huge impact and still does to this day.