Ho Tak Lam

I was browsing vimeo the other day and I came across this animation which is the official music video for 'Near Lights by Olafur Arnalds. The video is about the working life of people and what is going on in their lives and how work can make you forget your wish but what is the most important thing. At times you may need to stop and think about your life.

What I love about this piece of animation is how it portrays this message. Showing this man going through life, looking as if its a huge struggle. With it being a silouette of him, we never see his face, which is hard to see his emotion. But in this video we can clearly see what this man is going through and how he is feeling. When he misses the train, we can see from his body language that he is a bit peed off with life and looks like he just wants to give up.

I love the music choice, it picks up pace as we go through and ends up very dramatic. The music speaks for him in a way, because we have no dialogue, I think the music can be portrayed is this man. I have just found out that Ho Tak Lam, the animator of this video, hasn't even graduated yet from a University in Hong Kong. At the minute animation is becoming something that I am really enjoy watching and also enjoy the creative side. In the future I would like to create a music video which is animation based as the outcome can be very effective and also its something that isn't done that much.

'Working after working, it is many people’s life. No time for them to think, dream or even taking a rest. They work for money just like a machine. But where are your dream? Money can make you forgot your wish. Money can takes away all your time. Money can destroy your life. It is the life you are dreaming for?
Rethink your life!'