Animutation

Animutation is a form of art using Macromedia Flash to create pop culture influenced videos of foreign-language, independent, or (more rarely) mainstream music. The style was invented and popularized by Neil Cicierega (a.k.a. Trapezoid) from Kingston, Massachusetts at the age of 13. The genre is currently expanding to include many other Flash artists. Independent musicians are turning to animutation artists and Flash-based music videos to promote their work for the Internet community. Currently a cult following near that of the also-popular YTMNDs, the genre has the potential to become mainstream within the next few years.

Albino Blacksheep (ABS) History

According to http://albinoblacksheep.com, animutation is a style of animation invented by Neil Cicierega at age 13. This style of animation is characterized by random images derived from pop culture in sequence with music. The animation style is strange, weird, random, and from a creator's point of view, very easy to implement. Animutation has grown in popularity over the years and is being accepted as a form of Internet-based art transcending the mere Internet cult following. A commercial faturing Joel Veitch's Spongmonkeys, characters from a Flash movie similar in style to animutation, was aired by Quizno's in 2004.

Related Topics:
Joel Veitch - Spongmonkeys - Quizno's - 2004

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The first Animutation is believed to be "The Japanese Pokerap" by Neil Cicierega. Animations by other authors adapting Neil's Animutation style were originally called Fanimutations, as they served as a tribute to Neil's Animutations, and were created by fans of Neil's work. ABS Member, Andrew Kepple created a trilogy entitled "Colin Mochrie versus Jesus H. Christ" that concluded that animutation and fanimutation are the same genre, ending what he called "animupartheid."

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Colin Mochrie is a staple of the Animutation style, as his image appears in various Animutations and Fanimutations as a running gag and as remembrance to the original Animutations. Colin Mochrie is a Canadian improv actor leading in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, This Hour has 22 Minutes, Improv Heaven & Hell, Blackfly, and other television series. He is aware of being an Internet celebrity among Animutation and Fanimutation artists and viewers.

Related Topics:
Colin Mochrie - Whose Line Is It Anyway? - This Hour has 22 Minutes - Improv Heaven & Hell - Blackfly

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Sourced from: http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/animutation/

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