Pink Floyd | Breathe Animation Competition Entry

Entry for "Breathe" to the 50th Anniversary Animation Competition for The Dark Side Of The Moon. Animators: Marisa Jacques - [email protected] Alyssa Curran - [email protected] Tessa De La Fuente - [email protected] Carlos Carrillo - [email protected] Jais George - [email protected] Special Thanks To: Michael Gayk Software used: Houdini Unreal Engine 5 Adobe Premiere Pro This entry for the Pink Floyd song "Breathe" was a group collaboration among five Graduate Student artists. The animations were created in Houdini, using primarily vellum nodes. Once the simulations were compiled, they were exported into Unreal Engine 5 for layout, texturing, camera work, and rendering. Compiling work, editing, and audio was completed in Adobe Premiere Pro. None of the final work shown was created using AI or AI generation software but Adobe Firefly was used in pre-production planning. For a unified look among our five animation contributions, a collective mood board, color palette, and texture library was created. While our animations were very different, we committed to establishing a visual narrative following the rhythm and lyrics of the song. We also strove to make creative transitions between our parts to not interrupt the flow of the video. We wanted to draw inspiration from earlier Pink Floyd animations as well as create our own take on the topics presented in the song such as birth, life, and death. Animation Competition Information: https://www.pinkfloyd.com/tdsotm50/competi... The 50th Anniversary release of the iconic album will continue to be celebrated as Pink Floyd invite a new generation of animators to enter a competition, curated by Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell of Hipgnosis, to create music videos for any of the 10 songs on the iconic 1973 album. Pink Floyd have a rich history of collaborating with animators from the beginnings of the band (Ian Emes, Gerald Scarfe, etc.), and in some cases the visuals that accompany the songs have become synonymous with the music itself. The band would like to give all animators an opportunity to present a fresh take on these timeless aural works. Animators can enter up to 10 videos, one per song on the album. A winner will be selected from a panel of experts which will include Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, renowned directors Terry Gilliam, Anton Corbijn, Sarah Smith, Kyle Alba, Daisy Jacobs, illustrator and Floyd collaborator Gerald Scarfe and UK Chairman of design company Pentagram, Harry Pearce. The deadline for submissions is Decmber 31st 2023. Featured Song: 'Breathe' by Pink Floyd. Submission followed the guidelines set by Pink Floyd Music Ltd. which allows for the use of Pink Floyd's song 'Breathe' for purposes of the competition submission.