Low Morale: Creep is a music video of Radiohead's 'Creep' song. It took 3 months to create and contains over one million key frames. I know this because I counted them. I counted them because I made the animation and delivered every one of those mewling baby key frames.
Creep was created as an extension to a series of shorts called 'Low Morale' which I began to develop during a well-paid, comfortable yet soul-destroying job as a senior designer in a multimedia agency. The countless days spent in the run down converted office, churning out banal multimedia and animation for faceless, lifeless, clueless blue chips had taken their toll on my soul. Creep became my creative escape tunnel.
The video actually started as a lip-syncing experiment with the central Low Morale character but rapidly grew into a cathartic opus that aimed to reflect my job dissatisfaction and the pain caused by a broken relationship. As I'm sure you'll glean from the video, they were indeed happy days. - Laith Bahrani
Low Morale: Creep is a music video of Radiohead's 'Creep' song. The animation is a cathartic opus that aims to express the despair caused by a soul-destroying job and the pain of a broken relationship. Warning: may cause depression.
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Blake -- Los Angeles, CA
Dec 4, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Wonderful...give us some more.
Misspress -- Paris, FRANCE
Dec 18, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Amazing! I hope you found another job. Take care and keep working on projects like that.
Ashvin DX -- Cyber City, Mauritius
Jun 25, 2008 at 2:35 AM
Excellent animation. Being a Flash developer I can say there was a lot of work put into this clip... Nice use of tricks and details as well.I bet you could make a very successful TV mini series. Get some designers to help, some funding, and another masterpiece. Cause I'm a very positive person, as opposed to the creep.
Mark -- Brooklyn, NY
Jun 20, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Wow, Simply Amazing. Alan Ball was the writer of American Beauty. He wrote that movie as a way to realease is frustraions of being a TV writer on shows he didn't believe in. He won an oscar for American Beauty and went on to write and prodUce Six Feet Under on HBO. I can't wait to see more from you. Thank you for not going postal because of your bad job and sharing your gift.
Leonardo Suarez -- Bogota Colombia
Jun 10, 2008 at 5:24 PM
I think it goes a little bit apart of the media storm style ...
Jason -- NYC, NY, USA
Jun 9, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Not impressed. Sorry.
Karen -- Florida, USA
Jun 8, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Not only is Radioheads' music amazing but this video really expresses the song. I loved it. It was interesting to see how things transformed, were added on and were erased.
Cal -- Dhaka, Bangladesh
Apr 2, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Great work! Truly a soulful video that goes with this soulful song. Thanks for the hard work. Keep it up!
Anthony -- Michigan, USA
Dec 22, 2007 at 5:38 PM
I always loved that song and I think that was amazing. My life sometimes feels like what you decribed.
Dan Bartel -- Chicago, IL, USA
Dec 20, 2007 at 12:04 AM
Truly amazing. Loves all the small details like the clock and the clouds. You have an abundance of talent and patience.
Rodolfo Paez -- Santiago, RM, Chile
Dec 1, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Wooo, man this animation is great, and it goes with the music realy nice, maybe a little depresing, but amazing well done. Congratulations on your job.
Pascal -- Germany
Nov 9, 2007 at 1:55 AM
i'm speechless.....this is great work....
deti -- australia
Oct 21, 2007 at 8:06 PM
it's brilliant. loved it.
Mamey -- Boston, Ma
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:36 PM
I find myself drawn to this piece over and over again. It's wonderful; brings on tears. Great work.
Janeq -- Poland
Oct 14, 2007 at 6:02 AM
It was beautiful. So touching. I think I`m getting to like Radiohead. Cheers for that!!!!!
SS -- Manhattan, New York
Sep 5, 2007 at 12:58 PM
God when have I not felt like this - the animation is simply amazing and I just love this song.Great work!
JA -- Kansas City, Mo., USA
Jun 25, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Awesome job. Loved the story and constant flow of the animation.
Len -- Santa Cruz, Calif USA
Jun 18, 2007 at 9:59 PM
No good sense comes without sense of humor. Nice work!
Pablo -- Charleston, SC
Jun 4, 2007 at 12:21 PM
This is truly an awsome video, its art at its best.
Charles Elad -- United Kingdom
May 9, 2007 at 11:28 AM
Patience and a high level of tolerance are skills which only special people can have. You are one of them!!!
Fabio -- Parma, Italy
May 9, 2007 at 10:33 AM
Man, you have great skills, do the right thing!
Nic -- London, UK
May 6, 2007 at 11:52 AM
Beautiful. I hope you now get paid lots of money for something at which you enjoy, and deserve.
Ana -- Cordoba, Argentina
May 4, 2007 at 7:46 AM
Exelente!!! Ojala no a todos nos pase eso alguna vez!.Por ahora trabajo dia a dia para que no suceda...Besos!! Anita Mussolini
Katie Barnes -- Columbia, MO, USA
May 3, 2007 at 12:04 AM
I saw this video a while ago, I'm so glad it's showcased on MediaStorm! My favorite thing about this video is the credits text over the flash keyframes at the end. Unbelievable. And yet - it's great motivation for why I hope never to work in a cubicle. But... you did make this amazing project out of it... eh?
Joseph Storozhev -- Victoria, BC, Canada
May 1, 2007 at 1:53 PM
I wish I was young enough, and healthy enough to go back to my homestead. I should have stayed.
The Moth -- Australia
Apr 30, 2007 at 9:26 AM
Compelling. Do your own thing Laith - you'll be sweet.
Melody -- Malaysia
Apr 27, 2007 at 5:59 AM
Excellent stuff. Perfect visuals to go with the perfect song.
Toni -- Maryland Heights, MO, USA
Apr 26, 2007 at 1:24 PM
Your animation is an incredible interpretation to the lyrics. You have crossed over into the realm of poetry. And now that you have created this, we all think you are special. Doesn't it feel great to be judged by the fruits of your labor?
Tim -- Columbia, MO, USA
Apr 24, 2007 at 11:30 AM
And that's why my boss gave me an office without a window.
Christina Nation -- WA
Apr 23, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Perfection. I watch the slow blight walk across the faces of my freinds and family while they bitter away in office jobs...also in media...just wiping their soul off their hands, every damn day. Great, great video, from one filmmaker to another.
Mark -- Atlanta, GA, USA
Apr 23, 2007 at 9:47 AM
I am seriously depressed after watching this. Very cool, but incredibly depressing. I hope there's an alternative to jumping out the window.
Kelly Bradley -- UK
Apr 23, 2007 at 7:45 AM
This was a fantastic piece of animation. Brilliant concept and well executed. It had me transfixed. Amazing.
J F -- Mexico, DF, Mexico
Apr 22, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Great! I loved this video. The acoustic version gives it a touch of sadness, which goes well with the animation's idea.
Brian -- Dallas, TX, USA
Apr 22, 2007 at 9:24 AM
Excellent! As a coporate drone myself, this video really strikes a chord.
Julie E -- Athens, Ohio, USA
Apr 19, 2007 at 6:02 PM
Ditto to the comment before this one. Mesmerizing visuals and music. And oh so sad. I could totally empathize.
Emma -- New York, NY, USA
Apr 19, 2007 at 11:33 AM
Love it! And love the fact you have used the acoustic version. Lends a pertinent gravitas to the whole thing. Bravo!
Director, Animation & Concept: Laith Bahrani
Music: Radiohead
Music cleared by: Pilot Music
Special Thanks: Pandy, Pea, Oby, Leon, Gurney, Carly, AdamB, W.A.S.T.E, Hairy Duck and Greg the Peen.
