For my senior thesis project, I’m interested in creating a series of motion graphics inspired by music. I’m inspired by graphics that both accompany live musical performances and smaller scale looping graphics that accompany tracks on Spotify Mobile. I’d like to create motion/video graphics that will accompany a song and add more depth and elements of storytelling when paired with the music.
This past summer I interned for a marketing company doing motion graphics and video editing, gaining more experience using After Effects and video editing software. I really enjoyed it, so I’d like to strengthen my motion graphic skills and create some work for myself. I was inspired by the looping motion graphics which accompany many songs on Spotify Mobile, and would love to try my hand at creating my own.
Over the summer I also went to a Billie Eilish Concert where I was captivated by the background visuals which spanned 3 huge screens and the stage itself, and the ways which they accompanied her performance so well. With my thesis I’d love to create a variety of visuals that tell a story when paired with pieces of music.
I’ll likely have to reach out to the artists who’s work I’m interested in using for permission, but I guess it’s all part of the process. I’m hoping to create some looping, formatted for mobile, “spotify-esque” graphics as well as some longer, standard video format graphics that may change throughout a songs entire duration, and possibly even some graphics designed to span a series of screens, perhaps to accompany a live performance.
I’ve always been interested in combining my love of music, performance, visual art and animation, and I feel like this is a great opportunity to do so.