{"id":4529,"date":"2012-02-03T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2017-03-21T03:05:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T09:05:13","slug":"iow-dolls-dwell-in-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4529","title":{"rendered":"IOW: Dolls dwell in \u201cElephant\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

We think it goes without saying Elsinore<\/strong><\/a> is probably the most prolific C-U group since the Poster Children<\/strong> when it comes to creating or commissioning music videos. Below we embed another example which we somehow missed before now, a dark stop-motion scenario animated by the band\u2019s bass player, Chris Eitel<\/strong>, and set to the title track of their most recent release, the Life Inside an Elephant<\/span><\/strong> EP. Presented as fragile and willowy dolls, its characters may be father and daughter or captor and captive, or even both; they seem to harbor secrets and a quiet desperation, with the man keeping the little girl locked in her bedroom for unspoken reasons. A cut-out style black butterfly, integrated as computer animation, implies their (or at least her) freedom to fly can be attained at a price. Even if this isn\u2019t the cheery Wallace<\/strong> &<\/strong> Gromit<\/strong> adventure you might normally seek from miniatures and puppets, watch it anyway. It\u2019s good<\/em>. Sam Carlson<\/strong> designed the costumes and characters while Eitel\u2019s daughter Zoe<\/strong> assembled the \u201cransom note\u201d titles.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

[Updated 3\/21\/17, 4 a.m. CST]<\/p>\n


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