Amazing Stop Motion Video: “Her Morning Elegance” by Oren LaVie

Thanks to @MarkShepard, for sharing this video,  and introducing us to Oren Lavie and his lovely music. The stop motion video for “Her Morning Elegance” is created from more than 3200 photo stills shot using a camera hanging from the ceiling over the bed.

It took four weeks to create an animated computer-generated storyboard for the video, using 3D dummies for the characters, but it only took two days to shoot the live actors frame by frame to create the 3.5-minute final sequence.

This video has become an international sensation with over 8 million hits on YouTube to date, breaking YouTube’s most highly rated video record. The song can be found on “The Opposite Side of The Sea,” Oren’s debut album, released on his own label, A Quarter Past Wonderful.

According to his blog, Oren is a “songwriter, director, and a writer of funny books for sad children,” who likes to “create dreamy visuals from realistic elements…squeezing big worlds into small spaces.” The gorgeous redhead in the bed is Israeli actress and model Shir Shomron.

“Her Morning Elegance” was also featured in a Chevrolet Malibu television commercial (found here on YouTube).  The songwriter, who has never owned a car, says could not stop giggling for days, though he continues to take the bus.

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