Sheet music: Animation revives drawn-out process

London – Animation duo Becky and Joe have created a Man Ray-inspired animation for a music video for musician Delicate Steve, which uses scratching and drawing on acetate sheets to visualise his song.

The animation harks back to earlier days of film production when visuals had to be created frame by frame in a lengthy process. Each mark is etched onto pre-painted film strips.

This is a refreshing departure from digital imagery and epic scenes that are created mostly in post-production suites. For more projects that follow a similar aesthetic but use a different method, read our Psychedelia macro Inspire.