Anchenbach - The mellow Trip (2022)

Daniel found me on Facebook and we started talking. He ended up giving me full creative control over what I’d do, but the catch was, we had only two weeks to finish the video. So, I came up with a very simple storyline: a dead astronaut floating in space, with parts shown from her perspective. I wanted to combine different elements like a gyroscope as her point of view, leaving it ambiguous whether what she’s seeing is real or her final visions as she dies.

Since we had such a tight deadline, I created the character in ZBrush and textured her in Substance Painter. I rigged her using Mixamo and decided to render out some sequences of her floating, focusing on one “money shot” towards the middle of the video where we see a medium shot of her reaching out to touch a red glowing orb.

From there, I duplicated the sequences and created different backgrounds using Video Copilot’s Element 3D and various space images.

I also ended up using a still image from my ISS render from 2019. Using a technique called camera projection, I created very simple geometry and projected the image onto it, allowing for a parallax effect and more natural camera movement.

I think this was the first project I made in Cinema 4D, and it convinced me to switch to using it and Redshift for the majority of my work.

Music credits 
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Credits:
Philip Sindy: Trumpet
Matthias Alexander Preÿsinger: Violin
Stefanie John: Cello 
Bene Aperdannier: Keys 
Daniel Achenbach: Bass/Synth/Composition 
Jan-Hendrik Friedhoff: Drums 
Video by: Anton Egorov 
Produced by Lars Friedrich & Daniel Achenbach 
Mixed by Lars Friedrich 
Mastered by Emanuel Uch