New animated love song and video released by two Windsor artists

Crissi Cochrane, a Windsor-based singer-songwriter, and Delaney Beaudoin, an emerging local animator, collaborated to produce a new animated music video entitled Why.

It took the pair 450 hours of collaboration and nine drafts of the original concept to get to the finished product. Cochrane, a seasoned performer and recording artist, said she chose to produce an animated video to capture the nuances and complexities of the story.

"It's an art form that I really love," Cochrane said. "I feel there is so much more you can say with animation that maybe would be very challenging to try and capture in a more traditional, live action video."

The collaboration was a win-win for both partners. 

Beaudoin, a fourth-year animation student at Sheridan College, said there were not many internships offered for animators at the time, so she was given permission to work on the project as one of her final assignments toward her degree. 

"The hours and the project worked out super well and I was very lucky that Crissi reached out," Beaudoin said. 

WATCH | WHY the official animated music video by Crissi Cochrane