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19. LJ Kruzer - Tam (music video)
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This is the promotional video for the the track Tam by the very talented LJ Kruzer.

Before working on this piece, I spent a lot of time listening to the track and album as I really wanted to immerse myself in the subtlety of the music and create a video that reflected my own emotional response.

Visual concepts developed as a response to repeat listening. I was then inspired to develop a new technique using expressions in After Effects. This technique allows me to create markers in the audio track which can influence pretty much any effect or property of the visuals.

There was an element of experimentation in what I was doing and although I was able to control, tweak and steer the piece, there was always an element of surprise. This became a really interesting process as I was able to let the visuals begin to take their own direction as they responded to the structure and nuances of the track.

'Tam’ is taken from LJ Kruzer’s second album, ‘Manhood And Electronics’ released Summer 2009 on Uncharted Audio.
unchartedaudio.com/releases/unch020/

The Tam Variations, eight engaging experimental versions of Tam are available for free download as 128kbps mp3s and name your price for higher quality formats from...
bit.ly/ljk-tamv.

unchartedaudio.com
ljkruzer.co.uk
audio.ljkruzer.co.uk/

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  • Jason Shevchuk plus 5 months ago
    how did you trigger the "pops" to distort the dots?
    did you use an expression connected to the audio?
  • JimJam Graphics 5 months ago
    Hi Jason. Yeah basically I added some markers to the 'pops' in the audio track. I did this in Soundbooth. I also added a value from 0 - 100 (depending on the loudness of the 'pop') as the marker name. In After Effects I then has expression that used those markers to increase that flicker effect. I hope that helps?
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  • Loup Thévenin 5 months ago
    well done, it really looks great
  • JimJam Graphics 5 months ago
    Cheers Loup!
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  • Thomas Damsgaard 5 months ago
    This is really good! Nice use of particular!
  • JimJam Graphics 5 months ago
    Thanks Thomas.

    It is actually using Trapcode Form for most of the piece as it was more suitable for the effect I was after.

    Glad you like it though.

    J
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  • Thomas Damsgaard 5 months ago
    You can make them look like each other very easily though.

    Tricked my eye!
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  • Accent Creative 5 months ago
    Very immersive, I like this a lot!
  • JimJam Graphics 5 months ago
    Cheers AC - and thanks for your support! :-)
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  • Beyheef 4 months ago
    Cheer for your work, it is splendid
    Bravo pour votre travail, c'est magnifique
    Bernard
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  • LEE SUETORSAK 2 months ago
    love!
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