How I make animated music videos

Name: How I make animated music videos
Uploaded: 2024-09-19T15:30:03+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this concise walkthrough, Ryan Maloney explains his end‑to‑end process for producing animated music videos. He begins by repeatedly listening to the…

19 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this concise walkthrough, Ryan Maloney explains his end‑to‑end process for producing animated music videos. He begins by repeatedly listening to the track and sketching rough concepts, deliberately visualizing the ending first. He then builds a quick animatic to test ideas and lock in timing. All shots and tasks are logged in a spreadsheet that serves as a production checklist. The visual assets are painted in Procreate, and the animation is assembled in After Effects. Throughout, he shares rough cuts with the client to confirm direction, and finally delivers a high‑resolution MP4 along with supplemental artwork.

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This is how I make animated music videos. I listen to the song over and over and sketch out rough ideas, trying to think of the ending first. I'll create a rough animatic to see what ideas work and to get the timing down. <LYRICS>My hands on myself—</LYRICS> Once I have that down, I organize everything into a spreadsheet, and that becomes my checklist to create the final art and animation. For this video, I created all the art in Procreate and animated in After Effects. I check in with my client with rough cuts to make sure the direction's on point, then deliver a high-res MP4 video and a little extra artwork.