They Might Be Giants, „I’m Impressed“ from Bent Image Lab on Vimeo.
DIRECTOR Rob Shaw
ANIMATION STUDIO Bent Image Lab bentimagelab.com
MUSIC BY They Might Be Giants
For this music video, Rob Shaw took his robot minions quite seriously. In an early section of the video you’ll notice soldier robots popping out of paper sheets and folding themselves into three dimensional shapes. This was actually how each robot was made. Rob Shaw created a design with which he could print out paper cut outs of each robot, which would then be folded into the characters.
Known for his character animation, Shaw used an all paper set and cast of characters in a combination of techniques to create this robot-ruled Rome. You’ll notice that many shots were created using 2D techniques, while others utilized 3D paper puppets.
Rob Shaw’s music video for the They Might Be Giants song, „I’m Impressed“ won a gold plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival.
