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16. Sparks
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9. We Own The Sky
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2 years ago
8. M83 Blue
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3 years ago
7. Banger Beer
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3 years ago
6. Happy Holidays
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5. LIGHTNING BOLT
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3. Brograph -- Take 2
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3 years ago
2. Shatter
by dannorton
3 years ago
1. Brograph -- Take 1
by dannorton
3 years ago
Video for M83's music video contest. Particle animation all done in Trapcode Form.

Directed by David Altobelli
Motion Design by Dan Norton
Additional VFX by Matt Divito

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  • Endless Sky Pictures LLC 2 years ago
    Damn good. Way to kick some particle ass.
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  • Simon Bronson plus 2 years ago
    sweet
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  • gr-video 2 years ago
    wow super!
    good animation!!
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  • Dalmasso Olivier plus 2 years ago
    Well done.
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  • Shannon Wilkerson 2 years ago
    Tips on using form would be highly appreciated!!
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  • elias ressegatti plus 2 years ago
    beautiful
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  • elias ressegatti plus 2 years ago
    yeah, tipps..
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  • rickflick 2 years ago
    Nice work.
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  • Michael G Buck plus 2 years ago
    mmmm trapcode, I need some of that. I love the DoF effects on all of the particles. Also M83 is an excellent choice.
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  • John Dombroski 2 years ago
    I think you pretty accurately captured the feel of M83's music with those bright neon particles and light in space. I've always imagined something similar in my head when listening to their music before. Well done, I really enjoyed this piece!
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  • Kevin Sheurs staff 2 years ago
    great video! it was played at vimeo offline last night...
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  • TextArtist 2 years ago
    Sweet - and catchy!
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  • Peter Mosiman 2 years ago
    really cool.
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  • Navarro Parker plus 2 years ago
    Seems like it's using a lot from this tutorial:
    ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/how-to-create-a-cinematic-opening-title/
  • dannorton 2 years ago
    yeah I started experimenting with Form after seeing that tut, which led to this project. the author knows and has seen the video. real useful stuff on aetuts+, love it.
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  • studio9.tv 2 years ago
    cool video, gash tune
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  • Ellz Ramclam 2 years ago
    Wow. I could never understand form but have seen what it can do and it definitely shows in this music video. Congrats.
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  • Marc Jonathan de Jesus plus 2 years ago
    awesome.. video gave me some cool ideas
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  • matir 2 years ago
    yeah,coool
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  • matir 2 years ago
    cool
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  • Hafandhalf Productions 2 years ago
    The bulb thingy at 1:40 is way too cool. All form camera movements /DOF are innovative and classic
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  • Anthony Reddix 2 years ago
    hot damn great work
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  • BrightPhoton plus 2 years ago
    so shiny !!! well done
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  • Rodrigo Tavares 2 years ago
    Great work, trully an inspiration!!!
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  • Alex Fuerst plus 2 years ago
    I really really liked this! How long did it take to do the Trapcode?
  • dannorton 2 years ago
    the whole project was about 4 days worth of work shooting/animating, then Dave edited over a month or so before this final piece was ready. I made maybe 2 or 3 more clips over the course of that month; in total i'd say about 6 days of AE/Particular work.
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  • Samuel Rustenburg 2 years ago
    Wow great stuff I really love this video, I hadn't really used form before, not until recently. Im designing a similar feel to Pierre Michel's Polar and form is quite amazing. Since watching your video I am inspired to produce more animations using form.

    Keep up the good work
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  • Yegor Lymarev 2 years ago
    Beautiful!
    You all did a stunning piece of art!
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  • ismail kaleci 2 years ago
    great job and amazing beatiful.
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  • Geoffrey Joe 2 years ago
    this is amazing. Is anything else used apart from Trapcode Form? Is Shine used?
  • dannorton 2 years ago
    no shine; form is the only trapcode stuff on there; other effects were simply glow and CC time blend/timewarp....pretty sure that's it.
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  • daniel elmnas 2 years ago
    awesome work what is the song called? please.
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  • Roman Villarreal 2 years ago
    this is really inspirational. thank you.
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  • eyd ryan 2 years ago
    one of the few tasteful uses of trapcode and particles in general. i like it and i like how you integrated it with footage (great job on the bulb reflection ;)

    music sounds a bit low-fi though, could be my headphones but i doubt it. i think normalization is in order. and if you don't mind my saying, changing the band :P

    love it, great job!
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  • Jacqueline Stahl 2 years ago
    This video is awesome! I love how simple it is yet it still kept my attention the entire time. Great way to combine both video work and Trapcode form! I thought the music was perfect for it!
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  • Bristol Hall 2 years ago
    Simply Beautiful! :)
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  • Hache 2 years ago
    Great pleasure...
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  • Olivia Abtahi plus 2 years ago
    seriously gorgeous. who needs food when you can just watch juicy, deliciously sensual videos? also- was this the same technology for radiohead's house of cards video?
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  • Dmitry Futoryan plus 2 years ago
    Very inspiring use of Trapcode Form!

    I look forward to your future work.
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  • Kenneth Kirkpatrick 2 years ago
    This is a very beautiful looking work. My only comment would be about the swinging bulbs near the beginning. They looked like flat artwork, and I found them kind of jarring against the soft and glowing look of the entire rest of the visuals. I liked the motion as they swung around, though.
    I really love the feel of space, and the incorporation of real video with the particle work.
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  • Wren Weichman 2 years ago
    easily one of the most amazing uses of trapcode form ive ever seen.
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  • kumi 2 years ago
    I really like this video i think its much better the the official M8 video, i made something like this using trapcode form check it out

    vimeo.com/6232024
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  • Zif268 2 years ago
    hello ^o^ like your work in this one, i`m not that fan of the music but still great work ^o^
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  • Alan Cross plus 2 years ago
    Loving your work!
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  • The Caligraphist 1 year ago
    Awesome visuals!
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  • Naren 1 year ago
    i like the beginning
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  • sanmar 1 year ago
    looks amazing, did you won the contest??
  • dannorton 1 year ago
    thanks sanmar!

    sadly, I didn't win, but it was a great project to work on and the response here has been awesome
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  • cormaction 1 year ago
    Really really fanstastic work. Haven't used Form but how did you manage to get the Depth of Field working, is that the After Effects camera or a feature in Form?
  • dannorton 1 year ago
    thanks dude! -- in Form, you have to enable the camera DoF in the render settings, so a combo of both.
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  • gara-ni 1 year ago
    This is amazing! I wish you would've won :)
    I would rather watch this everytime I see M83 than that shit video with the teenagers! You're fantastic!

    & I love M83.
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  • Adam Blumert 1 year ago
    this is just fucking brilliant. <3
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  • Audrey McGuire 10 months ago
    Love Love Love LOVE this. Inspires me every time I watch it.
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  • kj white 9 months ago
    this vid is simply amazing! so very well done!
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  • Mike 3 months ago
    ever heard of processing or cinder? i wonder how difficult it would be to port just the particle animation into that. then all that would be needed is dof additions in ae.
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