Big-budget music videos involve
countless people, crazy costumes, and elaborate sets. But Japanese
singer-songwriter Shugo Tokumaru’s song Katachi was brought to the screen
in a completely different manner (although it could be argued the process
was no less intricate).
The talented Polish animation team of Katarzyna Kijek and Przemyslaw
Adamski utilized approximately 2,000 silhouettes extracted from PVCC
plates using a computer-controlled cutter. From there, the beautifully
detailed, colorful cutouts were filmed frame by frame to create an amazing
stop-motion video set to Tokumaru’s happy track. The feats the paper shapes
undertake include everything from parade-like marching to choreography that
rivals Olympic-standard synchronized swimming.
Appropriately,
Shugo Tokumaru’s song title “Katachi” means “shape”, and given the stunning
visuals the genius animators produced, I’ll take these cutout shapes over
extravagant entertainers any day.
Credit – Stacey Kole
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