Pink Floyd Speak To Me / Breathe Animated Music Video

Part of the 50th Anniversary Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Animation Competition

Years ago I had written a script for an animated 3D IMAX experience of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon – it was the ultimate dream project I just had to get down on paper. From there I began the storyboarding process of Speak to Me and Breathe. This music video is the realization of those original storyboards.

I’ve always been a fan of 2D animation in a transcendental 1970s blacklight poster aesthetic with my own modern edge. I refined my craft during my time in the Experimental Animation Program at Walt Disney’s California Institute of the Arts – I wanted to learn how to achieve Disney Magic and use that magic in my own work.

This project is a culmination of my skills, a mix of 3D computer graphics, hand-drawn pencil tests to achieve natural motion, 2D vector animation, rotoscoping, stop motion animation using a homemade light through crystal ‘clavilux’ setup, and AI art generation for concept development that I could then remodel and bring to life using traditional animation techniques.

I hope you enjoy this project as much as I enjoyed creating it :)

Special thanks to:
Amanda Reed
Julianne Reed
Steve Reed
& John Knott