Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The game-inspired music video that got away

What do you get when you mix game-inspired imagery with the melancholy title track of Moby's "Wait for Me" album? If you're Maik Hempel, you get the following:



"Its different to anything I've animated in the past, because essentially the whole clip is made of two-frame cycles," Hempel says of his creation. "I played a lot of Super Mario World to get the right look for it."

The video was concocted for a recent competition held by the artist formally known as Richard Melville Hall  and Genero.tv. Hempel didn't take home the top prize, but he was a finalist--an impressive feat considering the contest attracted nearly 500 submissions.

(Via justin-difazzio.blogspot.com)

4 comments:

Viewtiful_Justin said...

Thanks for the shout out! I'm glad you liked it! I watched several of the video entries for this contest, and besides getting that song severely lodged into my brain, I decided this video was my favorite.

Gertie said...

That was very cool...

Bryan Ochalla said...

You're very welcome, Justin! This video was my favorite, too.

Bryan Ochalla said...

Thanks for posting, Gertie! Glad you liked it :)