Off World Drive - Animation of Music
On another world, musical notes take flight over a landscape made from drums, bass, and keyboards, allowing audiences to literally see music displayed by frequency.
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Randy WilsonDirector
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Randy WilsonWriter
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Randy WilsonProducer
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AnimationKey Cast
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Randy WilsonMusic Composed & Performed by
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
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Genres:Short, Animated, Music Video, Experimental
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Runtime:2 minutes 42 seconds
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Completion Date:October 28, 2017
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Country of Origin:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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BASH - Bay Area Shorts Film FestivalRodeo, California
United States
June 17, 2017
Semi-Finalist -
CyberiaVR Film FestivalSan Francisco, California
United States
April 10, 2017
North American Premiere -
Sound And Vision International Film & Technology FestivalNew York, New York
United States
September 22, 2018
New York Premier
Award Winner -
Colorado International SciFi & Fantasy Film FestivalDenver
United States
November 23, 2018
Award Winner
Randy Wilson is a musician who has been immersed in the field from the age of four. Like many creative people, his interests grew in other areas; photography, graphic art, film, and more. Over time, he became an all around creator on the Mac and has worked for Apple. Involved in photography and graphic design for decades, he has started producing animated videos due to his development of a system to create detailed three dimensional images from music.
Film Screenings
These 3D animations of music have been screened at the Athens Animation Marathon, the Hollywood Screenings Film Festival, the Berlin Flash Film Festival, the Los Angeles Cinefest, Colorado International SciFi & Fantasy Film Festival, The Sound & Vision International Festival in NYC, and the CyberiaVR Film Festival.
Art & Photography
Randy was a finalist in Denver’s Cherry Creek Arts Festival’s “Five Years Out Challenge” supporting work that will influence art in the future. His artwork has also been displayed at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, the HUD Gallery in Ventura, CA and the Arc Gallery in San Francisco.
Randy has expertise with Adobe, Apple, and other software used for graphic art, design, photography, and 3D animation.
Composer & Musician
Accomplished composer, instrumentalist, and singer. Randy’s music is distributed on iTunes and by other online vendors, CDs, and a music-for-picture library, as well as used in films and videos.
Digital Audio Developer
Randy has developed a patent pending system for unique 3D displays of music and audio with numerous applications in the fields of entertainment, education, pro audio, and more. He’s helped develop leading edge audio and music products leading edge Silicon Valley companies.
Personal
He has lived near San Francisco for over a dozen years with his wife and daughter after many years in Silicon Valley.
From Beethoven to Kandinsky artists and musicians have dreamed of portraying music visually. I build virtual 3D worlds from the frequencies of music. Notes and other important musical events are clearly seen in these animations. The challenge is in presenting these shapes in ways that capture the spirit of the music. This is a true intersection of visual art, music, and technology.
I have animated phrases from recordings of famous music by Beethoven, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Erik Satie, and The Who.
To create these videos, a passage of music is analyzed for its frequency content (what we hear as the pitches and tone of the music) thousands of times. Up to one hundred thousand “slices” of the analysis are strung together to assemble a 3D terrain.
After viewing my work, a man told me he will never think of music the same way again. A woman says she is dreaming of musical mountains. I invite you to explore these worlds of sound. To literally see music as never before.