"Memories of the Metro" by The Initials is a lo-fi hip-hop song that carries a distinct melancholic ambiance. The concept behind the video aimed to complement the music through uncomplicated visuals that enhance the song rather than overshadow it. The artistic concepts, narrative, and inspirations that drove the creation of the song were seamlessly integrated to craft the accompanying visuals.
Modelling and Texturing
Modelling for the project took some time. Some generic objects are stock models, but most were to be specifically modelled according to the artist’s description.
Texturing took a lot of experimentation to decide the desired look. The textures were obtained using normal maps and then a base colour, for maintaining the animated look.
Lighting, Lyrics and Animation
Lighting of the video mainly consists of warm tones and the lyrics also have a glow to them to give a dreamy look. The lyrics were handwritten and were embedded in the 3D scene itself to match lighting, shadows and camera movements.
Animations were lyric centric so all the camera focus and angles depended on the visuals.
Rendering and Compositing
The project is rendered using Eevee render engine to avoid having photorealistic render. The batch renders of EXR image sequence were then composited in DaVinci Resolve.
Wireframe Modelling
Lighting
Textured Scene
EXR Render
