Originally a song sung by vocaloid Hatsune Miku, the lyrics sung in Rolling Girl describes about a young girl who is constantly "falling" and "rolling away" constantly getting hurt in the process. Many fans speculate that the song is mainly about bullying and that the girl is not facing up to the problems faced in front of her. The version I have shown above is a cover sung by Utaite akiakane. Not only did she provide the vocals but also the illustrations used in this version of the video.
The video uses a monochrome colour scheme and is very simple yet quite dreary in atmosphere. This sets the tone of monotomy in the girl's actions as well as her feeling of hopelessness in her current situation. The lyrics of the videos move and are manipulated to give the video a sense of dynamic movement, but due to the font and the colour of the text it blends well with the video and rarely ever gets in the way of the animation. The art style is also quite simplistic at times, with details added on specific close-ups and low angle shots, making it easy for the audience to digest. There is a lot of animation in the video, more so then other utaite/vocaloid songs, making it more enjoyable to watch. At the end there is a moment when the video then transcends into a brilliant colour and shows the conclusion of the narrative of the video by exaggerating the joy and happiness featured in the ending. As with other utaite/vocaloid videos, the video is edited well with the song's tempo and lyrics.
I like Rolling Girl's use of simplistic art style, it makes it easy to watch and the way the colour is used to set tone is quite important to me as well. The video also uses a filter that makes it seem a bit more grainy and I might consider to do this as well to continue to give the audience an idea on what is going on as the general public will probably not understand the lyrics and thus the story that I want to tell.
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