StarClan's Chosen
is a Warrior Cats Multi-Animator Project hosted by Nifty Senpai, set the song "Hand Of God (Outro)" by Jon Bellion.
The MAP, at roughly five and a half minutes long excluding credits, manages to comprise the life and times of eight of the Clans' greatest leaders- Bluestar and Firestar of ThunderClan, Tallstar and Onestar of WindClan, Crookedstar and Leopardstar of RiverClan, and Brokenstar and Blackstar of ShadowClan. It is shot in a Split Screen style, with multiple animators each shooting a different angle or point of view of a certain scene, or often snapshots of certain events in the leaders' lives. It took over ten months to produce, and involved the work of 161 artists and animators to finish.
This animation presents examples of:
- The Atoner: Blackstar's sections frame him as this. He is constantly reminded of the evils he has done and the mistakes he has made, and he is constantly working to amend them.
- Crying Critters: All over the place, to help sell the emotion of the characters.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: The Second Gen leaders get their moments, though Leopardstar's moment isn't her final death. Leopardstar gives her life to try and save her patrol from the foxes, Blackstar drowns in the Great Flood after rescuing a kit of his clan, Onestar drowns his evil son Darktail in the Battle For The Lake, and Firestar manages to finally defeat Tigerstar in the final battle.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: The MAP is full of them, as oftentimes an artist's piece will only be on screen for a second at a time along with the work of several others. Some examples, as pointed out by comments:
- "SophieW": The waves that rush up to drown Bluestar are in the shape of dog heads.
- "Gil": When each of the Second Gen leaders receives their nine lives, they are greeted by the leaders that came before them. Leopardstar, who is greeted by Crookedstar, is the only one whose forehead doesn't glow when her former leader greets her. Unlike the other three leaders shown, Crookedstar didn't give her one of her nine lives.
- "Panthalassic Poet": When Firestar is fighting Tigerstar in the final battle, Bluestar in the bottom-right corner is initially worried and fretful, but as soon as Firestar lands a blow she becomes confident and assured in her successor's ability, becoming calm and proud once Tigerstar is defeated.
- Rule of Symbolism: Most of the imagery during the chorus is abstracted and metaphorical- Bluestar charging into the waters, Crookedstar meeting a mystic carp, Tallstar running alongside a hare that resembles his father.
- Split Screen: How most of the MAP is formatted, showing multiple angles and perspectives on critical moments in the leaders' lives. Sometimes as many as seven animators' parts will be on screen at any given moment.
Your whole life's in the Hand Of God...
