The music industry has been quick to use 3D printing to market new albums. Back in December, Bloc Party’s
Kele Okereke 3D
printed vinyl records at a pop-up shop in London to mark the release of
his LP. Now, indie electronic band Cut Copy has released a music
video starring neon green cubist figures created using 3D printers roaming the streets of L.A. The
video was animated with stop-motion techniques.
According to ToneDeaf, "
To get the mini-explorers to glow, the
figurines were printed in a special UV-reactive material so that when
Director of Photography Sesse Lind shot them at night, under black light
bulbs, they gave off the necessary fluoro effect."
Cut Copy isn’t just using 3D printers to create elements in their
video. They are also encouraging their fans to recreate these little
guys by posting a
BitTorrent Bundle that includes the 3D printing files, footage, storyboards, stop-motion schematics, and music they themselves used to create their video. T
he band
hopes that people will print the characters and shoot
their own footage.
