This animation was a collaborative piece put together by Watermark over a period of 8-9 weeks, involving several illustrators and animators with the intention of creating something different, unique and interesting.
“Being our first music video, we definitely had no idea what we were doing when we started the project and looking at our result retrospectively, (surprisingly) that was probably what worked for us in the end.”
“Contrary to what we’ve been told with regards to planning a music video, we decided not to carefully storyboard out the entire animation like any sane person would. Instead, we wrote out an introduction and conclusion to a story that involved a character entering a carnival ride and then leaving it. That covered about 1min 15s. For the remaining 2min, we left open for the illustrators to dictate the rest of the story.”
“We would like to thank Greg Johnson and EMI Records for giving us the opportunity to work with them on this project and giving us so much creative freedom. We would also like to make a special thanks the following people for contributing all their hard work and creative energy into this project:”
David Way ~ Director / Writer
Simon Shaw ~ Producer / Artist (”Orange World”)
Julian Stokoe ~ Animation Director
AB Watson ~ Animator
Anton Petrov ~ Artist (”Carnival World”)
Dean Proudfoot ~ Artist (”Red World”)
Christen Stewart ~ Artist (”Purple World”)
Daron Parton ~ Artist (”Desert World”)
Katie McCormick ~ Artist (”Inside the Whale World”)
Phillip Small ~ Artist (”Grey World”)
Jo Tronc ~ Artist (”Green World”)
Mike Stephenson ~ Post Production Artist
Auckland Audio ~ Music Video Sound Engineering
LY Design ~ Music Video DVD Cover & Collateral Designs
The first 3 people to comment on this post win a signed music DVD. Make sure you post your comment with a valid email so we can contact you if you win. Thanks to Watermark and Greg Johnson.
Love Greg Johnson and the vid is a sweet treat… exactly what I’d expect from one of NZs fav musos.
Coooooooooooooool !
congrats to Rose and Kirsty… only one left !!!
Damn, what a sweet vid.
Thats it… the dvds have all been won. Congrats to Rose, Kirsty and Samuel…. We will email the winners shortly. Have a good Friday everyone!!!
Woohoo! You’ve made my day 🙂
Groovy animation! the style of the clip reminds me of the 1902 film ‘a trip to the moon’. Great song too 🙂
Stink – just got the email and now no chance to win 🙁
Yahoooo ! Thanks Elliot !!!
Awesome video – I’d put that artwork up on my wall – it’s clever, child-like and cool 🙂
totally brilliant song n video 🙂
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee! happy days.
[i used to sneak into the globe about 20 years ago to see greg play, happy daze]
Sorry Ingrid… got to be quick.
Previously won 5 Greg Johnson CD’s including one autographed. Love to win again!
Awesome
Very cute and ‘Lemony Snickets’ (if you’ve even watched the credits lol) O for Orsome vid, LUV bein a kiwi, keep up the good work Greg 🙂
Loved it!
awesome,guna love winning this so i can invite all my friends round and watch the dvd on plasma,have been a fan of griegs since,seabreeze motel album
cool!
awesome
Awesome work Watermark! lovin the song too.