BelAir Films — 'What Can Music Reveal' Particle Ending

BelAir Films / Music and dementia research / 2022

From a guitar into memory.

My role: VFX and motion graphics

Delivered: A 39-second 4K ending sequence and a shorter 24-second cut

Tools: After Effects, Stardust (Superluminal)

The brief

BelAir Films needed an ending and logo reveal for three medical partners working with people who have dementia. The concept tied music to brain research around two lines, "What can music reveal about the brain?" and "A symphony of possibilities", with the camera moving into a classical guitar performance and through the sound hole into a sequence inspired by memory.

The build

I took the live footage of the guitarists and turned the push through the sound hole into a transition into particles. Inside, a field of glowing particles carries floating memory images, brain scans and musical notation, then resolves back to live aerial footage of a building. The particle work is Stardust inside After Effects.

The delivered experience

A 24-second 4K cut of the sequence is dated 20 April 2022, the day after the contract closed. The full 39-second 4K ending is on Vimeo as "Final Outro".

Client feedback

"Ilya is a true artist and professional. My concept was a little "out there" and not only did he get it immediately, he far surpassed my expectations. I would hire him again in a minute."

Eugene Caputi, BelAir Films