This weeks poem is by a personal favorite artist. Koyczan's poems focus a lot on bullying. He himself had the unfortunate pleasure of experiencing it in middle school and high school. Secretly I've always admired his work. This poem is very well put together and the team of animators did a wonderful job on the illustrative animation. I really appreciate the use of grey scale and minimum use of colors. Also if you haven't noticed from the photo, the video isn't in a standard size. It's almost the size of a banner. I just find it interesting that they did that. Anyway - Because it's Vimeo instead of YouTube, I've linked the video. Just click the title. Enjoy.
A collaboration with Shane Koyzcan and Vancouver Opera
Creative Direction: Leah Nelson, Jorge R. Canedo Estrada & Henrique Barone
Producer: Teresa Toews
Art Direction: Jorge R. Canedo Estrada
Concept and Storyboard: Jorge R. Canedo Estrada, Henrique Barone & Leah Nelson with help from Rachel Peake & Shane Koyzcan
Design: Henrique Barone, Lucas Brooking, Jorge R. Canedo Estrada, Gergely Wootsch & Shawn Hight
Animation Montage: Jorge R. Canedo Estrada, Henrique Barone, Shawn Hight, Nicholas Ferreira, Marisabel Fernandez
Voiceover: Shane Koyczan
Music: Hand Covers Bruise, Reprise by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Edit: Jorge R. Canedo Estrada