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MIRADA

2023 · Experimental music video · XCRUZ

An experimental 3D music video for XCRUZ, produced entirely in Blender in one week.

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MIRADA is an experimental music video produced in Blender for artist XCRUZ. A sequence of characters, objects, and three-dimensional environments creates a shifting visual universe around the music.

MIRADA · XCRUZ

Overview

The project was developed with broad creative freedom in just one week. Rather than illustrating the song literally, the piece accompanies it through a series of scenes and 3D experiments.

I produced the entire visual side of the video, from defining its language and building the scenes to animation, lighting, and rendering. The music and final edit were completed by XCRUZ and their team.

My role

  • 3D art direction and visual production.
  • Modeling and composition of characters, objects, and environments.
  • Animation, materials, and lighting in Blender.
  • Development of the kaleidoscopic effect.
  • Cycles rendering through a render farm.
  • Delivery of the sequences for the final edit.

Visual process

The process evolved through fast tests evaluated directly in motion. The Blender screenshots reveal the number of cameras, lights, and elements arranged around each shot; the rendered frames show how these setups became dark, reflective, and increasingly dense scenes.

The one-week schedule required quickly selecting the ideas with the strongest visual presence. Using a render farm preserved the quality of Cycles without allowing computation time to become the production's main limitation.

Blender file overview: cameras, lights, and planes arranged around the scenes.
Blender file overview: cameras, lights, and planes arranged around the scenes.
Building the ballerina scene and adjusting the camera framing.
Building the ballerina scene and adjusting the camera framing.
Early lighting and material study on the figure.
Early lighting and material study on the figure.
Refining the framing, reflections, and contrast of the scene.
Refining the framing, reflections, and contrast of the scene.
Setting up another organic scene within the same visual universe.
Setting up another organic scene within the same visual universe.
Arranging roses, cameras, and lights before rendering.
Arranging roses, cameras, and lights before rendering.
Close-up study of the roses reflective material.
Close-up study of the roses reflective material.
Intermediate composition as the flowers begin to occupy the frame.
Intermediate composition as the flowers begin to occupy the frame.
Camera variation within the structure of roses.
Camera variation within the structure of roses.
A closer view that turns the scene into an immersive space.
A closer view that turns the scene into an immersive space.
Wide view of the complete arrangement and end of the floral sequence.
Wide view of the complete arrangement and end of the floral sequence.

Project details

FieldDetail
ArtistXCRUZ
Year2023
Music video length4:10
Production time1 week
Role3D art direction and visual production
ToolsBlender, Cycles
RenderingRender farm
Final edit and musicXCRUZ / artist's team