Back to the Start: animation and Coldplay cover by Willie Nelsom

Paula Nightingale Reader Find

By Paula Nightingale in Video on Friday 25 May 2012

One of my favourite animations from last year was awarded the prestigious Grand Clio in Film last week. Johnny Kelly the film-maker, captured it all in camera in one take, using traditional stop frame model animation over a four week period. Not only is the story charming and topical, it has a stirring rendition of [...]

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Willie Nelson covers Coldplay set to brilliant animation

Zolton Contributor

By Zolton in Video on Tuesday 6 September 2011

Set to the sweet animation of Johnny Kelly, this cover version of Coldplay’s The Scientist by Willie Nelson is achingly beautiful. The short film, itself, ‘depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more [...]

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