thenit talk about it for that we can, and then it disappears. by bringing out extensive series in a weekly dose, they are creating that watercolour effect that has worked so well for other series. effect that has worked so well for otherseries. effect that has worked so well for other series. watercolour effect. every year more than 2,000 children are born through surrogacy in ukraine, the majority to foreign couples like mark and heather easton from rugby in warwickshire. they brought their daughter sophie home to the uk just two weeks before the war started. since then, they ve been trying to help their surrogate family to safety. now, after weeks of wrangling, they ve finally arrived. zoe conway has been to meet them. vita lysenko and heather easton have a very special friendship, born of adversity. vita is the surrogate who saved heather from the grief of infertility. heather rescued vita from the war in ukraine. she means a lot to us.
it s really effective. congratulations. why did you decide on the watercolour effect? is that a nod tojoni being a painter herself? it is definitely a nod tojoni being a painter but i think the decision was made by rhino records i work with them, doran tyson and lisa glines. they approached me because that is what i do, i do watercolour animation. so, that the idea came from them, ijust. how much artistic license did you have yourself? did you have a complete blank canvas to do what you wanted? they did indicate the general idea and they wanted to be like symbols symbolic. other than that, i had really a lot of creative freedom and i really appreciated it. 169,000 views on youtube in just a day what has the reaction been like that you have been getting? it s really overwhelming. i think this song means a lot to different people and it
most of the video is in black and white , until the end, when the river turns blue. and while it may sound christmassy, there s another theme throughout, as you can guess from this message from joni which accompanied the video: river expresses regret at the end of a relationship, but it s also about being lonely at christmas time. a christmas song for people who are lonely at christmas! we need a song like that. i ve been speaking to matvey resanov, the animation artist who directed the music video, on the message and how he got it across. i think the choice of black and white palette was really essential here and, as you rightfully pointed out, the colour symbolises hope and solace, because even in the deepest sadness there is some kind of calmness. and ijust tried to do justice to the lyrics and that was my goal, basically, and to the song itself and what it means. it s really effective, congratulations. why did you decide on the watercolour effect, is that a nod tojoni
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i ve been speaking to matvey rezanov, the animation artist who directed the music video, on the message and how artist who directed the music video on the message and how it got it across. i think the choice of a black and white palette was really essential here and, as you rightfully pointed out, the colour symbolises hope and solace, because even in the deepest sadness, there is some kind of calmness. and ijust tried to do justice to the lyrics and that was my goal, basically, and to the song itself and what it means. it s really effective. congratulations. why did you decide on the watercolour effect? is that a nod tojoni being a painter herself? it is definitely a nod tojoni being a painter but i think the decision was made by rhino records