"Lions and Tigers," only in Kenya!

Pattie Belle was right!

I was very excited about the chance to select my very own video to analyze! For this assignment I chose Lions and Tigers from Weeble-Stuff.com.

To begin, I would like to add that this particular flash video is one of my current favorites. I have seen it on many occasions when searching simply for humor. Lions and Tigers, also known as Kenya on the website, is a comedic flash video which cycles through its animation. This is the first of its kind I have seen so far this semester.

The cycling method seems to be very effective; it draws the watcher into the video and makes it easy for one to keep watching.

There really isn't a whole lot to the story line purse, but there is a lot of activity in the video. First off, it starts off with a small lion in cartoon form. It is swaying from side to side going along with the music quite effectively. They say, "Where can I see lions? Only in Kenya" Then it shifts to a tiger, swaying just like the tiger and the music sings, "Where can I see Tigers? Only in Kenya"

The music is even different, it is created by the flash animator, it isn't something that was borrowed or sampled (chopped up). But the music is very funny as well and really gives the video its edge, they way it is sung and the instrumental sounds are almost bizarre, but then again so is the idea of lions and tigers existing in Kenya... there are no lions and tigers in Kenya.

This appeals to perhaps a small plot of the video, to joke, make you feel good, and to laugh. There are so many elements in this video, which are purely for comical reasons. Such as the humans in the end on the "Holy Crap! Lions Tours" buss, they look very characterized and very funny.

The colors are all pastel and bright, they combine to look like the colors of Africa and create a soft tone/feel to the entire video. There is no need for dark or incredibly bright colors, the animations as well as the music does all the work, and the color pallet simply supports all that is going on.