This “mind melting” music video was directimated by Anthony Francisco Schepperd for Blockhead’s “The Music Scene” (out on the Ninjatune label).

  Schepperd works almost entirely in Flash, yet believes it’s important to hold on to the traditional values of animation making sure to push the medium as far he can. From the traditional point of view, this style is combination of  ‘limited animation’ and ‘full animation’. Limited animation involves the use of less detailed and/or more stylized drawings and methods of movement, which could be found in The Yellow Submarine (1968). While full animation refers to process of producing high-quality traditionally animated films, which regularly use detailed drawings and plausible movement, like Disney films such as The Lion King (1994).

I think that’s what struck my fascination with the Flash execution. The overall presentation of psychedelic colors/images reminded me of Alan Parker’s Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1982). There was a hint of nightmare in the air, transcending Blockhead’s message about today’s music scene.