Spirit Jumper Music Video

This is definitely different than the normal Noir Labs content, but it’s actually because of you all that I was able to make this video. For that, I’m eternally grateful.

This music video took 5 years to make. Back when the world shut down I decided to try writing and directing an animated music video even though I couldn’t draw whatsoever AND make it feel authentically cel animated…how hard could it be?

Very very very hard is how hard.

But we got there in the end thanks to an absolute wonderful team.

Painstaking detail went into researching the effects of film on animation, from grain, halation, bloom, and color shifts, to how traditional optical effects were achieved and how subtle movements in cel photography gave the image additional texture. The goal wasn't just to mimic a style, but to capture that feeling you have when you watch old animation.

We couldn’t be more proud of how it came out.

Enjoy!