Score: 9
"As a coldplay fan and an artist, I respect this."
date: June 17, 2008
I like Coldplay so much that my username is based on one of their songs. Anyway, you did something brave making a video for a song like this. It wasn't perfect, and some of it looked pretty sketchy, but at the same time you nailed what so many people miss in animation: ATMOSPHERE.
Using nuanced images of stormclouds and very drab, bleak looking shades of color, you perfectly underscored the mood. By keeping the sketch-like pencil outlines around your characters and landscapes you kept it real-looking and fresh. You used a few metaphors well, taken from the song, and your recurring themes of power lines and deserted industrial landscapes makes it brilliant.
Finally, it was very suprising when you made the switch from flash player to digital video, but you did that well and kept it looking similar enough to the animation to carry the theme.
I write long-winded reviews, but it's just because I love this! Keep doing it!