3D, Music, DVD, Oh MY!

The assignment: Make a 20 – 30 second video to promote the services of MSC in between bands at drum corp competitions in Europe and Japan. I was given 7 graphic slides created by MSC graphic designer, no more than a week’s time, and complete creative freedom. (Do I work with great clients or what!?!) After toying with a couple different options, I finally decided I wanted something unique and that would stretch me a bit, so I created this:

The video was created in Blender. It’s one complete sequence from start to finish, so there’s no editing per se. Every element is a flat object created from the original photoshop file that I flew a camera around.

After the video was done, I imported it into Logic and wrote the music to match. The first step was to find exactly the right tempo so slide changes happened at musical moments. Once the meter was determined, all I had to do was write the music. I distinctly remember lamenting to Betsy as I was working on it that I somehow had lost the ability to compose, and that I didn’t think I’d ever get this music written. I guess we all have our moments of doubt. I’m actually thrilled with how the music turned out!

The last step was to put it all together on to a DVD for delivery. Done and done!

Thanks for watching!

Much Metta,

John