Co Hoedeman: Or sorry that this is a day late :(

Yeah date late, shush yo fache!

One of the things I loved about the films Leeper showed us was how innocent it was. There wasn't really anything dark, unlike the ones by Back (which I also didn't blog about yet CRAP!) which were dark and relatively bleak, these films by Co Hoedeman was basically made to be fun. And with great animation effects as well. With Sand Castle I knew that the creatures were made out of clay, but I could imagine how frustrating the animation was for the sand itself. I mean I never animated sand and from the tour I went on for this course back when I was still registering for college last year, I could imagine how much fun that would be! But anyways, there's a bit of childlike charm with these films that I do admire. And with Tchou Tchou, painting the movements on each of the blocks would be a pain to do! Just to keep it in sync with the movements and the specific scenes with those specific blocks, I can't imagine! And with that in mind it just made the final product that much more impressive with the effects and how the final product turned out!

Not to tote my own horn, but I also did a stop-motion film back in high school. The project was a music video for whatever song a group of students chose. I worked by myself and I chose "War on War" by Wilco, because Wilco is awesome (seriously, listen to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot! I agree with Pitchfork, that album is a masterpiece!)! But anyways, that project was a mixture of stop-motion effects with Legos, pipe cleaners, and whatever else I could think of. It took me a long time to finish. And when it was done, I was proud with how well that turned out. And everyone else was too! Mine was literally the best one in the class! I got an A! I bring this up because I can relate to Hoedeman, at lease with animating a video. I mean it is no where near as impressive as Tchou Tchou or Sand Castles, but it did take a lot of effort to have it turn out into something great. It just goes to show how painstaking making a film can be, and how great it will turn out with the passion you can put into it.

Here's the video BTW: