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The video 35 million directors uses clever transition s between related clips in order to create a captivating compilation of Canadian experiences, locations and activities. This video is a 2 minute condensed version of about 65 hours of footage and does an excellent job of summarizing what Canada means to Canadians. His collaborative video paints a very positive picture of Canada by combining the wide variety of clips with very upbeat and uplifting music.

The opening credits for the movie Scott pilgrim vs the world (Starting at 1:00) are able to create captivating visuals using color, shapes and line. Using the technique where film is painted and drawn on, the sequence is able to set an appropriate tone for the movie with vibrant colours, rapidly changing symbols and high energy lines. I think the visuals also accompany the music perfectly by emphasizing the rough sounds of the audio while highlighting the upbeat and highly energetic nature of the music style.

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This music video for Oren Lavie's "Her Morning Elegance" is a fantastc example of creativity within the realm of stop motion video. Not only is the video well shot, it also uses bed-items such as blankets, pillows, comforters to create the various objects in this dreamworld, such as clouds and even jelly fish. The video also does an exceptional job of conveying movement in such a confined space, as the actress travels from above ground, to under water and back. 

This commercial by Nike is a video that I constantly refer to when in need of inspiration or motivation whether as an artist or athlete. The video seamlessly integrates both video and still images to create a cohesive depiction of the power of the human body and soul. The commercial combines feats of athletic achievement with some seemingly unrelated imagery to showcase not only what i means to be human, but what it means to have passion, and to never give up. This piece never fails to make me want to push myself both creatively and athletically. 

Dick Annegarn "Soleil du soir" (par Michel Gondry) 

This video is yet anoter example of incredible patience and meticulousness. Each frame seems to be hours apart, making the creation of this video extra time consuming. The precision accuracy required to achieve the desired look is also quite admirable, considering each frame was shot so far apart. What people manage to create with enough time and dedication is always astonishing to me, especially when the result is as good as this.

Being familiar with just how long stop motion animation can take, makes this video incredibly admirable, as it is a stop motion video within a stop motion video. What immediately comes to mind is the amount of planning that this must have taken, and how many "test runs" might have occurred in order to ensure success. 

This video takes advantage of a variety of three dimensional planes, and is quite clever in how it does this. For example, the scene where the boy is swimming, and the photographs are being displayed in the sink showcases a high level of detail and wit. It is evident that this video was created with lots of patience and love. 

The end credits for the horror anthology V/H/S was particularly interesting to me because of how it juxtaposes audio and video. The video makes use of the aesthetic of old VHS tapes, and while normally associated with low quality video, there is a certain charm about how it is combined with the audio. The video quality is very raw which compliments the violent nature of the footage itself. This in combination with the upbeat dance punk elements of the song work to create a beautiful mashup of old and new or gritty and refined.  

The details of the video are sacrificed in favour of creating an overall feeling and emotion of chaos and anarchy. The use of repetition to match the audio was also particularly well done.

The Johhny Cash Project is a mass collaborative rotoscope music video that caught my eye a few years ago. I had previously never seen such a project undertaken before, and since I had experimented with digital rotoscoping, I was fairly curious as to what the capabilities were with regards to video and animation. I found it to be an interesting showcase of perception, as each frame was painted by a different artist. There is an overall story being told in the film as a whole, and even more individual stories that are told in each individual frame. 

 I also think there is an interesting relationship with how much time one might have spent painting a frame in comparison to how much time it is actually on screen for. A frame almost loses its identity to the video as a whole, but yet gives the video an infinite potential for interpretation.