By building a cyberpunk narrative that questions the nature of reality, filmmaker Aditya Rahul breathes new life into the track which was originally released in 2019
A self-taught filmmaker and mathematics student at Delhi University, Aditya Rahul, only had a brief tryst with 3D animation before the lockdown was imposed last year. He primarily worked on documentaries and shorts until singer-songwriter Anchit Magee, a close friend of his, proposed that he creates a music video for his single, Never/Yours. With all the shooting restrictions in mind, Aditya decided to give 3D animation a real shot.
A year into it this month, Aditya rolls out his second 3D animation designed video for Delhi-based psychedelic/synth-pop band, DEE EN’s track, Hope to be from their 2019 EP, Poppin’. It features a neon-drenched, cyberpunk dystopia and follows the journey of a character trying to escape from it. “When I first heard the song’s intro, I imagined a vast landscape in red which…