For example, German band Dan Freeman and the Serious has released a video for their recent song “Dagner” that takes advantage of 3D printing to create a fluid, dreamlike landscape. Designer Michael Fragstein was approached to create the video, which melds a variety of techniques including photography, painting, digital effects and 3D printed models. The result is a surreal blend of elements: landscapes that fold, fragment and flow into one another; human figures that meld with and detach from their surroundings; and, running through each scene, bright red threads that frame and move the figures.
“I approached the project from two sides,” said Fragstein. “A visual side with a collection of pictures, paintings and sketches, and the other side was the playful usage of my technical tools.”
“Our goal was not to create perfect copies of the original scenes but to play with inaccuracy,” he said. “We were feeding the system with imperfect footage and low quality values of our software. The intention of this approach was to let the setup appear more vivid and mysterious. In visual terms we wanted to refer to paintings.”
Fragstein studied architecture and design at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, and his portfolio contains an impressive array of videos, installations, advertising materials and more. His design work includes both 2D and 3D animation, and one look at his “Dagner” video shows that he’s incredibly talented at both. Discuss this video in the 3D Printing a Music Video forum on 3DPB.com. You can see his surrealist work of art below: