Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Deep Down’ by Maciek Janicki

When I composed “Deep Down” I always knew what the visuals should look like. First step was to create a very high level imaginary map of the city and to start thinking about various elements that will create it. In the meantime I divided the song into separated stems – one .wav file for each instrument.

I used the C4D sound effector and some basic scripting to link sound frequencies with various parameters and animations. I did series of tests where I linked music with the movements and it worked great. Later, I sculpted the main character and started working on the buildings and components to be driven by the sounds.

To add organic and unpredictable feel I created a world that moves and reacts automatically. In this way it also became really fun experience because I was always being surprised by the results. One thing, that always helps me with big ecosystems is a good organization. I use layers, bake dynamics, use multi instances and I always try to run my projects with the highest frame rate possible.