This Land by Gregg & Evan Spiridellis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Q-sRdV7SY&feature=player_embedded#!

This land is an animation on JibJab.com that was made around the time of the 2004 Election between George W. Bush and John Kerry. This is an animation of the two presidential candidates having a debate but singing while doing so. They go back and forth in each verse singing arguments and counter-arguments to each other in ways that are humorous.

The art style is very original, it has a funny-looking pop art style that uses actual pictures of the two President's and their cabinet members. Their heads are proportionally too big for their bodies, and the way their mouths move almost makes them look like puppets because the jaw simply drops as the rest of their face remains the same. This gives the animation a goofy and lighthearted theme because it looks like the animators didn't put much work into making the characters look realistic, but they did that on purpose.

The best part about the sound in the flash animation is the fact that the music is their own original creation. It is a spoof of an already existing song, but the creators of the flash animation wrote their own lyrics and composed the music themselves from scratch. The creativity behind the lyrics is impressive, the lyrics are semi-informative about the 2004 election, but mostly humorous because it points out the flaws and quirks of both candidates.

Another great aspect of this animation is that the creators showed absolutely no bias, they weren't trying to make one candidate look superior to the other, they were only pointing out the flaws of both candidates, and some strengths.

And at the end of the whole animation, they show Bush and Kerry getting along and singing "This land belongs to you and me." This shows the animators lack of bias because it's trying to show the viewers that it's more fun to get along. Showing the two opposing candidates getting along makes the animation a "feel-good" animation. Rather than making one candidate look bad like a lot of people like to do, they made fun of both candidates.