Comments on: Orie Weeks enchanting promo for Blitzen Trapper

By: rothermel

rothermel — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:27:44 +0000

what the hell simon… i didnt know there was a big lake in portland. of all the years i lived there, i feel like you’ve left me out. :(

…maybe you can make a mograph post about me, and i will become insanely famous. ;)

By: Simon Robson

Simon Robson — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:02:55 +0000

Darn it, you got me nbody. Yes, me and Orie have been friends for years. In fact we went to kindergarten together. I always did comment on how his potato prints were a little rough round the edges, but he never did listen. And the band, yes, we’re all best buddies too. Every summer we go fishing together at that big lake they have in Portland. Last year the guitarist caught this huge trout, wow it was awesome. Yeah, that’s right, all best buddies helping each other get by…

By: nbody

nbody — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:57:30 +0000

simon, thank you for your incredibly poignant advice– except for the fact that i am self-employed and rendering for a few hours… though perhaps you would like to be my HR consultant with such useful insight on productivity and labor management.

do you have any more friends’ vapid press releases to repost on this blog? oh wait, i think that’s what feed and studiodaily are for. oh wait, except those press releases are about projects that are actually usually worth watching.

you also might wanna add a link to the band’s iTunes page to keep in tune with your post.

By: Simon Robson

Simon Robson — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:45:56 +0000

> flagging down professionals and notifying them to take the time and watch it

Nbody, did I email you and instruct you to hastily open your browser, log-on to Motionographer, watch Orie’s video and then post a comment about it? No, I don’t think i did. Now back to work before your boss catches surfing the web on his dollar!

By: 24caratti

24caratti — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:11:24 +0000

I found both the music and the visuals to be entertaining and complimentary. It seems to me that the impact of the song would be in some way lessened by the presence of slick and/or “perfect” visuals. Admittedly, I have to approach this from a outsiders perspective because I know next to nothing about motion graphics. On the other hand I do know music and although the song is not perfect, it is enjoyable and it’s a nice piece. The visuals are not perfect either but they are also enjoyable and well done. In my opinion, this is wonderful and entertaining marriage of song and animation. It is a great introduction to the music of Blitzen Trapper and it’s also a really nice introduction to a new visual artist in Orie. I look forward to more from this talent. It will be interesting to see where he goes from here.

By: nbody

nbody — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:45:47 +0000

no offense or insult to the maker, but that video is unremarkable. solid and engaging, but without anything deeming worthy of flagging down professionals and notifying them to take the time and watch it. formal crudeness is fine, but i would expect some sort of conceptual or stylistic quality in the realm of extraordinary to make up for it. if this was made three years ago, then i’d probably be applauding… but there’s nothing particularly innovative or well-crafted in there. and the whole “google image animation collage” motif has 1.5 feet in the grave.

again, the maker did a solid job, especially for a first video, but i’m confused as to why this is on here. sorry if all that sounds vile, i don’t mean to.

By: OEW3

OEW3 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:11:38 +0000

Yussef, thanks for your response. I appreciate your even tone. I’ve never seen the spot you speak of, but I’m sure it’s very nice. I’m messy, that’s a big part of my style, visually and musically. Had I spent “more time” on this project to make the changes you speak of, it would no longer be my project. It took a very long time to finish as it is. This IS how I wanted it to be, whether by choice or amateur chance. I’m not a slick animator, nor do I wish to be right now. I like to see slick stuff once in a while, but I don’t need to make any of it currently. My favorite band is the Velvet Underground and they were accused of exactly the same thing in their time. Sloppy drum beats, bad tones, off key vocals, over-extended freakout parts, these are all things that define the band now, yet held them back when they were around. The changes you suggest explain the way you would do it, and I’m sure it would be good that way too, but I can’t do it any other way the the way I did it. Thanks again. OEW3

By: Yussef

Yussef — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:01:54 +0000

I think it’s awesome that this guy is coming into the mograph world from a music background and has some fresh approaches and ideas, but how can i applaud this piece when works like Natl’s Virgin ‘Music Muscle’ spot staked their claim on Gilliam’s legacy years ago? The piece is also incredibly rough, popping layers, jerky puppetry, blurry overscaled images, slapped together compositions, so much more work could have been put into refining this and making the experience of it shine and preventing the technical flaws from drawing attention to themselves. a lot of the elements are very cool and the artist definitely has a future in this… i wish him the best of luck.

natl’s piece:
http://mographwiki.net/National_Television_%22Virgin_Music_Muscle%22

By: DISCONFIGURED

DISCONFIGURED — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:22:09 +0000

Way to go Orie!!! rockin it on motionogapher!

By: OEW3

OEW3 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:35:30 +0000

And btw, he said the MUSIC was great. He, like myself, is rabidly devoted to Blitzen Trapper.