Kina Grannis- In Your Arms

As i discussed in my blog post about stop motion, i plan on using a small clip of stop motion in my music video. While looking at various videos employing stop motion, i remembered a video that i saw about five years ago, "In your arms" by Kina Grannis. This is an incredibly unique music video as it employs Jelly Beans to form the main background and scenes in this stop motion video.

Looking at this video, it is clear to see the power and presence stop motion can have as a medium for creativity. After remembering and re watching the video, i found a separate video documenting the behind the scenes of the music video. It is after watching this where i stated to realise the time involved in making a video of this style and magnitude. The fact that a 3:30 minute video can take a year just to shoot it baffled me. However, the sheer devotion and creativity paid off as this is one of my all time favorite music videos.

• 2,460 frames
• 1,357 hours (22 and a half days)
• 288,000 Jelly Beans 

While im not looking to employ stop motion of this magnitude in my production, it does give a great insight into the depth a creator has to dive into to create such a complex piece of stop motion. The fact that they had to make sure that every hair and minute aspect of Kina's expression was the exact same as their reference photos is amazing. Also the sheer amount of time involved in creating the back drop just for one picture on the camera. All in all, this is a fantastic project which lead to a great music video that i would highly recommend.