1. Movement
As our music video was an animation, we didn’t have actors or bands, so we
couldn’t tell them to act or perform in a specific way. However, we could animate
our characters in our video in a specific way. Due to time and talent restraints, our
characters don’t actually ‘walk’. There while the characters do move, their legs
remain constantly static. This was done to save a huge amount of time. It was also
done as no one in our group had the required amount of talent to perform the
nesessery animations. Instead, our characters ‘slide’ along the ground. While this
gives the entire production an amateur feel, we do certain tricks in order to try and
hide this as best as possible. In the first scene when we see our characters through
their respective windows, we position said window so only the top half of their
body is visible. We also try to have as few scenes as possible with our characters
walking, opting for close ups or mid shots when possible.
