Wednesday 30 September 2009

Lernert & Sander

Love these guys, they bring something amazingly unique and fresh to their short videos.
The continuity is precise, their formula is to use colour to focus eye by creating a canvas of items coloured identically with the protagonist piece to be of a contrasting colour. Cleverly their underlying concept is to in effect play on the emotional response of the viewer.


The 'Chocolate Bunny' reminds me of a real life production of Andy Riley's 'Bunny Suicide' books (see previous post) mixed with the childhood memories of Watership Down, Donny Darko and the confusion of Cadbury's purple which those of us who love chocolate have come to associate with enjoyment, warmth and safety.
The soundtrack is a creepy repetitive piano track accompanied by childlike vocals written by Nathan Larson which takes the video to the next level and encapsulates an almost haunting atmosphere of solitude.

In the last two years the two have collaborated on videoclips, short art movies and various television programs with their ‘Chocolate Bunny’ (see video above) becoming an instant internet hit in 2007 and as a result has been shown at the Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Chicago Motion Graphic Festival, Lumeneclipse (US), Resfest and Cinedkid.

Below is another series of short videos titled 'Revenge'


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