This is the first Depeche Mode video i made, on one of my favourite songs.
The software used to create this is Abode After Effects with a number of plug-ins:
Trapcode form- as I usually do in most of my videos, it's the audio reactive graphic. Pretty much all the magic is done with this plug-in.
Optical Flares, from Video Copilot, for the lights in the room. There's a lot of options to choose from and i think almost all of my videos have light in it. And darkness :)
The room from background was made with Element 3D which is not Overkill at all ( it is .. ) considering a simple shape layer did the trick just as well...but hey.,it works. And the elements are already rendered so that speeds up the process.
And now for the most interesting and most controversial part, The joker:
This interesting character, the joker, the jester, the clown, the (court's) fool has a very interesting history and role in our civilisation. I did quite a bit of research on the subject and it turns out he was always around a king and his purpose was to generally make fun of every situation or story to show that nothing in this world should be taken too serious. ( Why so serious ? ). He was unique in every way, and necessary.
Also, if you pay attention to the original video of this song, there is a joker at the exact same time for a second or two :)
So, considering that the song is mainly about one's mind and consciousness, the joker would most certainly be the wildcard which cannot be controlled.
That's pretty much it, I didn't put the joker in to scare you, that's just a bonus :)

Enjoy and tell me your ideas on the song and video in the comments below.

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