Sam Hodgkin, co-writerOur House (2004)

An animated response to a musical song/story by the British group Madness, "Our House" was designed and animated by students 12 to 15 years old, and originated entirely on flipbooks.

This item is part of the collection: Listen Up! Youth Media Network

Director: Sam Hodgkin, co-writer
Producer: Pell Osborn, supervisor
Production Company: Young Animators
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Family Values; Freedom of Expression; Personal Responsibility
Contact Information: 27 Common St. Charlestown, Boston, MA 02129

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

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Reviewer: alanaj - - January 14, 2008
Subject: Choice of music

That song is not in the public domain and should not have been used. Cute animation, though.

Reviewer: Das Paradoxon - - July 18, 2006
Subject: Wheres my trick-camera ?

Where is my trick-camera ? Where are my pencils ?

Lovley, everyone should make that kind of video of his most-loved music-song.

Reviewer: Toxic Fume - - November 25, 2005
Subject: BOOYA

Very Very Nicely Done! I love the music choice also!

Reviewer: MediaWhore - - September 26, 2005
Subject: Mad for Madness

Aside from the soundtrack being from one of my favorite bands "Madness" I thought this cute little animation was simply brilliant. What fascinates me is that it was created using flip book art by such young kids.

Reviewer: mzriwz - - September 26, 2005
Subject: Happy One

Put a smile on my face. Cute and enjoyable; viewers can appreciate all the work that went into it. Yay!

Reviewer: Skell - - August 22, 2005
Subject: Lovely work

Must say I loved this contribution .Excellent animation,unpretentious and simply expressed.

Reviewer: brewster - - August 16, 2004
Subject: Inspiring and fun

This animation is rare for me: it is very well conceived and constructed, but still is approachable in that "gosh, maybe I should try my hand at this" kind of way.

Worth enjoying.

Shotlist

"Our House" is fully assembled, hand-drawn black-and-white (with occasional full-color) animation, at the head of the Mini DV.