Scars - Music Video

6 May 2018 ● 2 mins read ● 6 images

There's an old tale which goes like this:

A turtle was swimming along a river when a scorpion showed up on the shore.

The scorpion asked the turtle "Turtle! I'm not a good swimmer. Can you carry me on your back across a river?"

'Are you crazy?" replied the turtle "You'll sting me while I'm swimming and I will drown."

"Oh, but you are wrong turtle." stated the scorpion, "if I were to sting you, and you drown, then I would drown too, you see?"

The turtle thought for a while, and saw the logic of the scorpion's words.

"You're right!" said at last the turtle. "Hop on!"

The scorpion jumped on his back, and halfway across the river, the scorpion gave the turtle a mighty sting.

As they both sank to the bottom, the turtle cried:

"You said there'd be no logic in your stinging me! Why did you do it?"

"It has nothing to do with logic," the drowning scorpion replied. "It's just my character."

Credits:  

Music Video by André Marí Coppola
Protagonist character by Natsumi Shibata 
Song by André Marí Coppola and T.D.
Lyrics by André Marí Coppola

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That was quite a story. The nobleman/king was really blind to what was really happening.

Andre Mari Coppola - Motion Graphics Designer in Tokyo, Japan Andre Mari Coppola Motion Graphics Designer 8 May 2018

You got it right! There are actually a lot of layers to the whole thing, The hardest part was to tell a somewhat complex story/metaphor without using words. Actually, I had to add some at the end, on the letter. Couldn't find other way around that. Anyways, thanks for your comment!

Andre Mari Coppola - Motion Graphics Designer in Tokyo, Japan Andre Mari Coppola Motion Graphics Designer 8 May 2018

Daniel Schallau (forgot to tag you, and can't find how to edit my last message.) Thanks again!

Great job. It did look like it was difficult to do.

Very nice!

Damien Bigot - Web / Mobile Designer in Tokyo, Japan Damien Bigot Web / Mobile Designer 11 May 2018

Great work, I really like this style of animation.

Andre Mari Coppola - Motion Graphics Designer in Tokyo, Japan Andre Mari Coppola Motion Graphics Designer 11 May 2018

Thanks Martin Van Der Linden, I appreciate it!

Andre Mari Coppola - Motion Graphics Designer in Tokyo, Japan Andre Mari Coppola Motion Graphics Designer 11 May 2018

Thanks a lot Damien Bigot! I'm a bit addicted to this, kind of, stop motion collage style too. I will probably do something similar again, sooner or later.

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Andre Mari Coppola

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