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‘In Our Talons’ by Bowerbirds

February 11, 2010 - By Bobby Solomon - Category: Music Video

A little while back everyone was going crazy for that Grizzly Bear video that looked like melty clay… and in my opinion was pretty lame. In comparison is this video for the Bowerbirds song In Our Talons, which is off of their 2007 album Hymns for a Dark Horse. Pretty much the entire video is done in stop motion and looks absolutely amazing, way better then that clay crap.

I think my favorite part is when the crow starts dancing. He rolls into a ball, his feathers change colors, and overall he looks pretty dang real. The crab dancing is funny as well, though the best is when he’s spinning in place, it’s so magical looking. But I think the most beautiful shot overall has to be the praying mantises facing off against each other in the middle of a wildfire. Just writing it out it sounds awesome… and the ending is quite poetic and beautiful.

The video was directed by Alan Poon, who should get some sort of medal for this video. This is how you do stop motion.

Bobby

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Incredible.

Comment by Luke Tonge — February 12, 2010 #
Thank you for sharing this. The Bowerbirds are one of my favorite artists!

Comment by Sara — February 12, 2010 #
I also adore Bowerbirds. There is just something about their music that really moves me. A lot of people don’t get it though! Love the colours in this video.

Comment by rawbean — February 14, 2010 #
Mysterious: I’ve seen exactely this video on an austrian Music channel but for a different musician/song. It was Final Fantasies “the cn tower belongs to the dead”. Crazy. But still: awesome video and it fits perfectly to this one.

cheers

Comment by Koeck Sebastian — February 15, 2010 #
Cheers Bobby,

I love that you loved the Video

Alan is a great director to work with, But the stop motion blood and tears are not usually the directors. They work with a very talented team of people that make the final look and feel of the video what it is today.

Some of the Fantastic team that Alan worked with are:

Adam Makarenko: DP and Set Builder
Mike Hollenbeck: Lead Animator
Sylvie Trouve : Animator
Anibal Davila: Animator
Diana Savage: Puppet creator

I think if anyone is going to hand out a Medal, they should had out 6 of them, at least.

If you’ve liked this video check out the latest video for Zeus “Marching Through Your Head” made by many of the same people.

cheers again :)

Comment by buttercup — February 19, 2010 #

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