Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie has been viewed over 16 million times on YouTube. As Techdirt points out Oren is giving his fans a reason to buy. It's a stop motion video which was created by shooting 2096 frames with a still camera. Each of these frames is signed and for sale starting at $250 for one frame. 1761 are left to purchase according to the HME Gallery website. The video was storyboarded in animatics. The gallery has an intro that breaks down the elements of the video. It is nominated for a Grammy. The video was originally released as a free download on iTunes in January of 2009. It was downloaded 200,000 times in that first week.
According to his website, he hasn't toured the US since February. He was born in Tel Aviv. and studied theater in London. In 2001, he moved to NY directing plays and devoting more time to songwriting. After two years in NY, he settled in Berlin. He is the author of funny books for sad children, as his MySpace page states.
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