Brief
Identify key themes, metaphors, emotions, or messages to interpret a song and produce frames for a music video of that song. The lyrics should act as creative fodder to produce visuals that support an emotional, sensory experience of the lyrics beyond just explaining them literally. The style frames and storyboard are interpretive springboards for all creative choices in making this realized vision come to life on screen.
Concept
Orrery is about scaling larger than life things down to a more palatable and human scale and taking a look at them. The song is about new beginnings, not being afraid to try, and that we’re not always in control.
But within this randomness are also patterns and repetition that emerge in both this piece and in life. Only through perseverance are we able to get a better grasp of who we are and what we want to do.
Song by: Riot Games Music
Designed and animated in Cinema 4D
Composited in After Effects
There would be a couple other scenes between the last two frames where we see the machine seize for a moment.
The sudden stop makes water and bits of foliage fall onto the environment. They start to grow on the surface of the machine, getting in its way as it continues to move.
Composite Mockups
It was initially a more fantasy based planetarium design with floating rings that orbit around a freestanding Sun. But an orrery provides a more grounded and realistic approach to the process, to make the place feel like a human could be standing in it.
Review
This is one of my first attempts at working in 3D. The concept is all about uninterrupted continuation, and 3D lends itself very well to that.
I am quite a bit more familiar with the workspace of C4D, I still need more practice with all the functions it offers. I learned a lot about parenting, how it differs from AE, and the power of null objects.
I want to improve on understanding C4D materials, creating atmosphere, lighting, and representing motion.