Billy Collins: Now and Then

DESIGN ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES:
At the beginning of the video the lines lead into the animations and they guide your eyes to the next frame.The paper and drawing consists of traditional Chinese water paint. The design is simplistic and the lines are brushed thick.It changes from traditional Chinese water paint to an animated cartoon to a realistic scenery. He emphasizes "loud cartoons on television" as if he is implying that they are a joke.
It emphasizes that life isn't what it used to be like. And how the traditions and lifestyle back then is different from today's society.

ANALYZING:
In my opinion i think that the artist demonstrated good transitions throughout the video and a good message. It was something understandable. The colors are very organic and earth like. I think the video is about understanding different times, or making sense of it all.

DISCUSS THE USE OF SOUND:
There is no music whatsoever but Billy Collins (narrator) describes the poem through the images. The emotion of his voice in monotone but i find it easier to connect too.

SEQUENCING:
almost each sequence is around 7 seconds apart this means that it is a short period of time but it doesn't bore the audience.

OVERALL OPINION:
I think this video and poem relate well with each other because it is amazing how we learn how differently we live throught the years and centuries.This inspires me because it gives me an outlook to do more timeless art pieces.