This music video, for the song Ready, Able by Grizzly Bear, immediately caught my attention because of the artistic talent required to make a clay-mation with such fast changing frames for the entire four and a half minutes. Admittedly the storyline is difficult to follow, and I'm as close to figuring it out as I'll ever be, but that's mostly what intrigues me about it.
While trying to avoid over-analyzing it for the purpose of this blogpost, it's still interesting to think about whether the director, Allison Schulnik, had an actual storyline drawn out for this video when the idea was born. The first time I watched it, I was waiting for the moment of clarity to come at the end. A lot of movies now a days intentionally confuse the viewers at the beginning, and then let the events unfold before them that provide the necessary explanation, like Inception for example.
Although I have no way of knowing, I doubt this is the case for Schulnik's video. Not only because watching it all the way through provides little (if any) additional explanation as to what exactly is going on, but because the point may be that you're not going to understand everything you see.
What do you think this video is about? Also, feel free to link to your favorite music videos below, I'm always looking for more.
Here are some more of my favorites: Call It What You Want- Foster the People
Harvest Moon- Pepper Rabbit
Wraith Pinned to the Mist- Of Montreal
Colours- Grouplove
