Making the brand new video for The Beatles' "I'm Only Sleeping" with artist Em Cooper
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2022
- Artist and director Em Cooper explains how her oil paint animation video for "I'm Only Sleeping" came to be.
The animator was at the Outernet London for the premiere of the video on its huge screen displays on the 1st November.
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I hope she makes more music videos for the beatles
To be honest I like it when every video has a different style as all of their songs are iconic in their own way.
She's leaving home would be just great!!
Facts that vid was sick
She should do the whole Magical Mystery tour album...
I'd also like to see her work for some newer artists to, I'd like to see her input with a range of artists...
@@IsaacWale2004 Magical Mystery Tour already has a video album, though
And now she has a GRAMMY!!! Congrats to brilliant Em Cooper!!!
Since her work won a Grammy award 2024 for Music Video of the Year - I hope she gets a call from Paul and/or Ringo! 😊
Shes's so humble and excited it looks like she's not even aware of what a huge talent she's been gifted. Absolutely amazing work of art.
She has not been "gifted" her talent, she built it with a lot of passion and hard work.
People don't realise how diminishing the word "gifted" can be sometimes.
@@captainviggo4575 Good point, and I agree.
But tbf people are gifted imagination.
@@captainviggo4575 YES! Anyone who’s an artist knows it FREAKn hard work with the passion not to give up! Gifted is SO OVER USED!
this is so backhanded lmfao. u rlly don’t think she’s “aware” of what a huge talent she’s been gifted ?
Yes, her gifts made her work from a song by THE BEATLES; the BEST BAND EVER.
You can see how passionate and excited she is about her art. Thank you, Em. The video was wonderful.
"It's not about making something fast and quick, it's about doing something that you love" ❤️ Beautiful words in this times
PASSION rules over speed! Thank you for pointing that out!
Thank you for keeping their music alive
agree! this music must live
Agreed
I don't think The Beatles need any help in that regard. But, yes, this artwork is amazing!
Interesting that she picked that song from the hundreds they wrote. Obviously, a labour of love, tremendously creative and beautiful. Worthy of the Grammy Award.
I think one can't do such a work without loving the Beatles. To be exited by making this art is a very good sign. Hope she's got a lot success. 🥰
When I found out this animation was actually done traditionally and wasn’t some kind of computer generated work, my love and appreciation for it shot up a million percent! Bravo on this absolutely fantastic and beautiful animation! It is the perfect visual complement to this incredible song!
Her video won the 2024 Grammy for best music video! Nicely done!
Magnificent. This song got the highest level of art video to accompany it, as it is well deserved.
Big thanks to the artist, she seems very kind and thoughtful
Em is extraordinary. Watching this interview, I was totally feeling her excitement and passion for painting and The Beatles. As a fellow Beatles super-fan, that's how I am when I talk about the Beatles-inspired screenplay I wrote. They make you do and feel magical things and the creativity just pours out of you in a way like nothing else. The song is dreamy, her art is dreamy, and a perfect match for each other. I would love to meet her one day!
From one oil painter to another…. The flow with Lennon’s spirit is perfect. You did a beautiful job. THANK YOU for creating the ol’fashion way❤
Well, she certainly nailed the feeling of swooshing around, flowing. Just wow! Congrats on the Grammy for Best Music Video - well deserved!
Please give this masterpiece an Oscar.
Such a fitting and brilliant tribute to the song…
Of all Beatles songs, hell of all songs on just Revolver, this was probably the last one I'd expect to get a music video. But I'm very, very happy they chose it.
Grammy Award Winner. Kudos.
Brought John and George back to life with this amazing video...#TheBeatlesForever #FabFour #ImOnlySleeping
Em, your animation is not inefficient, is art,Ii have no words to describe the visual sensation...
Love the way she explains how she wants the viewer to be “enveloped” by the art cus that’s honestly how it feels listening to the beatles mid 60s songs. you’re being swept along the song as it changes throughout.
Such a wonderful work of art. It catches the spirit of the song perfectly. I can only imagine the amount of effort involved in creating this. I hope the artist has as much pleasure as we all do watching it And at 4:51 'Revolver' on the record deck!
Good eye!
She did an incredible job worthy of being an official part of the Beatles cannon & legacy. Such a great video!
This art fits the song so well …Thank you Em and The Beatles ❤
The video Em created was absolutely beautiful! She should be so proud of her work that is helping to keep the music of the Beatles alive.
I truly hope you make more videos for The Beatles. And I'm absolutely with you 100% with everything you had to say about I'm only sleeping. Fantastic.
The animation process Em describes is how tradition animated films were made - with numerous individual drawings on cel sheets, done by hand. The fact it's also traditional oil painting on the cels makes it more remarkable. The mix of older and modern methods to make and present the video mirrors the Beatles' own combination of traditional guitars and advanced studio techniques to create music that still resonates today.
This is the best music video I’ve ever seen!!! Amazing job! You really honored the Beatles in such an incredible way
Em, you made all of us Beatles fan so happy! This video is incredible art and you captured the song perfectly.
i love this music video so much! So talented!!
✨masterpiece 🎸🎼🎤💕💕💕💕✨
This woman is a genius!
She's so creative
I love see artists talk about their art 🎨
Thank you so much, Em, for this wonderful piece of art. You nailed it! And John would have loved it ❤🤩✨🙏
Absolutely stunning. Reminds me of the film, "Vincent," where they employed artists to make an animated film about Vincent Van gogh using an enormous amount of actual paintings to use as frames for the film and shooting them one at a time. Each frame was an individual painting. It's simply a masterpiece in itself and yours is equally amazing & beautiful. Thank You for sharing.
Until I saw this I didn't realize that oil paint and animation were what really caught my eye in the late 60s and early 70s it makes so much sense. Excellent job!
Thank you Em, you did amazing work with this video, I really hope you do some more beatles videos.
Easily one of the best videoclips I've ever seen. Great job!
Love how she added visual art to audio art. The dreamy imagery blends so well.
A lovely song that evokes a lovely sentiment.
A Human Being is more valuable than a Human doing.
✌
That's untrue.
Her work is beautiful, fitting for beatles genius.
Beautiful! I would love to see more of the process (the painting, the planning, etc) Great artist!
Congratulations on the perfect marriage of sight and sound for the song ! SUPERB !!
Столько лет прошло с тех пор как я впервые услышал эту композицию и до сих пор она не оставляет меня равнодушным . поражает с какой проникновенно стью и чувственностью исполняют её Битлы !!!
Focus less on the beatles more on what Russia are doing in Ukraine.
@@james2156 How on earth does this have anything to do with the war?
@@honkycatt_ Why should a russian enjoy our culture while they commit atrocities on our doorstep. I think a little jab on a youtube comment is fair.
@@james2156 You do realise that not all Russians agree with the invasion of Ukraine? Especially Russians who listen to the Beatles...
A huge thank you to Em Cooper For bringing this fab band back to life again. The visuals and art were tremendous Seen this on the big screen quite a few times a big thank you. For talking us through the process.
Thank you E Minor Cooper for making this animation, God bless
This video should be given the the "Video Of The Year" award. The creativity and execution is second to none in today's music video catalog. I'm not a musician or artist in any way, shape or form, but I can see talent, dedication and beauty in your work of art. Thank you!
And it won the Grammy award today !!
@@BretSnyder Thank you, Sir! This artistic video deserved no less than that! Congrats to the creators!!!
Congratulations to this talented artist. The best images to go with the magic of The Beatles.
Wow just really incredible the amount of work that goes Into these things is incredible and probably very tiring wow just amazing😊the Beatles are the greatest band of ALL TIME❤
I love that song. It is pure John psychedelia. And this display of paintings is so incredible
Amazing and beautiful!. 💜
I love artists who get that "first day of kindergarten" excitement when starting or talking about a new project. That is an absolutely wonderful video, and the work that went into it is pretty mind-blowing. I really hope more videos like this - or from other artists will continue to be made celebrating The Beatles vast library. Congratulations Ms. Cooper on a job spectacularly done!
The amount of creativity and effort that went into the making of this video is astounding and hugely inspiring. Such a brilliant artist, and what a wonderful visualisation of one of Revolver's best tracks!
Awesome work! It has a trippy flow to it.
This style would work well for "Tomorrow Never Knows."
This is the way I did animation in my television days so it is wonderful to know that not everything has gone digital there is still a place for old fashion animation that Walt Disney used to do. 👏👏👏
I love her vision of reverse guitar solo.
They picked the right one to create a fantastic piece of visual art for another piece of musical art. I can already see those cells selling at Christie's in a few years.
The video she created is GORGEOUS! Nice to see her speak about the process; I really enjoyed it.
What an absolutely wonderful collaboration. I've yet to see the full video but from the clips you can see, i already love it. The process must have taken so long. What a labour of love. ♥️♥️♥️
It's such a brilliant animation, and really captures the spirit of the song. Well done, Em. You're amazing. :)
Congrats on the Grammy
What an amazing extra layer of beauty and thoughtfulness, on something that was already a piece of art for the ages. You can't help feeling blessed and uplifted by experiencing her work - and then hearing her thoughts and feelings on the process and the original.
I have always been fairly certain the music of The Beatles would live on forever.
Now I am confident it will keep inspiring future artists, adding to this legacy with their own talented input.
This video demonstrates why the Beatles are up there with the greatest ever composers. Artists can add and interpret the music revealing it to a new audience. It will last forever. We havent yet appreciated how great they were.
Its nice to think that the Beatles work is still appreciated And it's nice to think that this lady really cares it's touching
Thank you for sharing this!!! She really deserves all the credit for doing this amazing work of art!!!
Such an incredible music video, i just had to see a behind the scenes of this! You've done an amazing job Em Cooper 👏
Being an artist himself, I can only believe John is loving this video.
I love this music video! It’s great to get more context behind it.
Heart warmingly lovely, the sound and swirly vision go so well together❤
Hello, how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.
Best types of things on UA-cam. Talented artists making music videos for Talented musical artists.
As awesome as this is visually, Em hits it right on the head, when she explains the song, and what it means to her. The Beatles, especially John and Paul had to be under a lot of stress to put out so much music in those days. Her saying it's like John writing "I'm not hurting anyone, just sleeping" is spot on.
This was really awesome!
I didn't realise how much work went into it, and from only one person too!
Amazing and inspirational!
❤Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!!! I’m 70 years old. I saw them in 1966 at the age of eleven, and got my first guitar soon after. They have been with me ever since. They truly are still relevant and your masterpiece most certainly reaffirms that. THANK YOU !!
Everything perfect: the song, the painting, the artist’s saying about time and the song… I am a regular person and it blows my mind what people achieve and can put out to the world! 🖤🖤🖤
Wow, she has worked so hard to make a hymn towards inactivity. Well done Em. As a child in the 60s The Bs 4:04 were astonishing with every new song/sound. Thank you for taking me back.
Em, you did a phenomenal job. I can’t imagine the time and effort this took as a painter myself, I’ve never seen anything like this before. Well done.
Congratulations on the Grammy! This video revived my love for this older, less mainstream Beatles classic
This video is unique and amazing. Thank you for this beautiful work of art. I love the Beatles too. ❤❤❤❤
Her style of painting suits the song so well!
I love the blending of old art (audio) with new (video). Em Cooper did a heroic job bringing this song to visual life in such a playful way that is true to the spirit of the Beatles as people and musicians. I mean, when you yawn in a song, and dub in backwards guitar, you’re being playful. This video is the visual equivalent.
Ms Cooper seems so excited about it. That's an amazing artwork and it's impressive she could translate this feeling of dreaming and awake through her paintings.
Brilliant. Love the artwork and the effort.
Grammy winner 🏆
I was flabbergasted when I first watched the music video. It was so enveloping, I replayed it over and over just to grasp the transitions and frames. It wasn’t rushing though, it gave you a glimpse of anything and then washed it away to bring something new. Sort of like dreams.
My deepest thanks to you, Em! I'm a Peruvian Beatle fan and to know the story behind this video is really beautiful. The message you found in it is perfect for this times so stressing and violent. I really congratulate you and I admire your beautiful art and I feel happier knowing that you did l it with all your heart because you are a Beatle fan.
A big hug from Peru!
Beatles 4ever!!!!
Hello, how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.
Cooper is a true Artist and...she really got the feeling of the song.
What a great interview! I love her interpretation of the song, something I hadn't considered before
And congrats to Em for the Grammy win, a lovely speech she gave too - check it out Beatles fans
The highest compliment I can pay her is that I'm pretty certain John himself would've loved this video 👍
The BEATLES always INNOVATE in other people's works! what historic, phenomenal ,amazing TALENTS they have.....hundred years ahead of their time! Numero Uno es por los Beatles..No Contesta!
It is really cool how someone's art inspires someone else's art.
It's a fabulous job of directing as well, you'd almost have to make decisions early on about what you're going to do, break the scenes up, figure out how many frames you need painted and what the transition frames will look like. I would think she'd have had to storyboard it out with sketches first and figure out what can be done in a 3 minute run time. What a tremendous amount of work.
She should be very proud of the end result. It is a beautiful video.
Em Cooper -you are a real artist, totally taken by your art and totally committed to creating it.
Wow. Such amazing work. The video compliments the music perfectly and the swirls of paint adds to the psychedelic elements of the song.
Many Congratulations, Em, on winning the 2024 Best Music Video Grammy for this wonderful work of art! So well deserved.
I love how younger people are still discovering the Beatles and finding their own meanings and relevance in their catalogue. And being inspired by them to make their own unique creations... That's the way art should be...
Congratulations for the Grammy! You can tell she loved making the animation so much, that’s why it’s so good
Congratulations, Em!! You did it!! #GrammyAwards
Think of the kick ass feeling of seeing your work like that.Let alone to win a award.
I love the video goes very well with the song. I love how John is only sleeping lol. Hope she wins a Grammy for best video👍🏻. Hope she does more videos.
Amazing! Congratulations on your Grammy. Beatles are forever!
Beautifully done! Suits the ethos of the song perfectly