“Believer” by Ellis

  • ©James Ellis  Secret Sauce


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    07

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    Believer

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  • Secret Sauce

Description:


    Mimi Goese’s record was completed, and I sought to create a music-video for her song “Believer.” Because the video had to be done quickly for promotional purposes, I devised a minimal piece based on animation sketches created in real time using the mouse (to drive Softimage animation channels) as a semi-dance-partner while the song played. These sketches contained the song-sync, lighting, movement, scaling, and dynamic information that I needed. I meticulously tweaked these spontaneous dance sketches into something more precise. Then information was copied, referenced, and reworked to create lip-sync and complexity, while retaining the dance spontaneity from the channel information.


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    Producer: Secret Sauce

    Music: Mimi

    Inspiration: Dwight Rider

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