Animator: Jamie Hewlett

Since I first saw the Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood" music video as a child, I have become a massive fan of Jamie Hewlett and his unique art style. Jamie Hewlett's artwork possesses a unique quality I have never seen replicated anywhere else. As co-creator of Gorillaz, Hewlett was responsible for designing the characters, and came up with unique personalities for the four fictional musicians of the band.

Also the 2-D animations of the music videos and band characters allows for unique situations that a live action music video would be unable to achieve.



Gorillaz videos also have a tendency to use a composition of 2-D animation, CG Animation and Live action footage, which is perhaps best seen in the video to Feel Good Inc. but can also be seen to an extent in the video to Stylo which mainly features CGI and Live action footage.

Story Board Artist: Jamie Hewlett

I have been a fan of the band Gorillaz ever since I saw the video to Clint Eastwood in the year 2000, as a child, I was fascinated by the unique and cartoony artwork of Jamie Hewlett, the original artist of Tank Girl, which I would come to read much later in life.

However when I started seriously started following the band, I became interested in the processes behind creating the videos and came to understand how important  the storyboard is to the finished production.

The following video is the storyboard animatic to the music video for Dirty Harry



As you can see it is fairly close to the finished video.



The storyboards are an essential aspect of the film making process,  helping the film makers to visualise how they want the film to look, although changes may be made during the actual shoot.