A music video "CYMATICS" that really lightning lightning runs and music so that the flame will collapse in conjunction with music and its behind-the-scenes

It is not a special effect, but a movie in which the flame is burning, the lightning runs and the liquid bounces, together with the performance of the music really is "CYMATICS"is. It is becoming a tremendous movie that borrowed the power of science from the desire to link music and visual elements to create various devices.

CYMATICS - Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford
http://nigelstanford.com/Cymatics/

A tremendous movie that combines music and science can be confirmed from the following.

CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford on Vimeo


A microphone installed in a certain studio.


Near the microphone the man suddenly began sowing something like sand on a square plate.


When you hit the keyboard, the sand which received the vibration of the sound starts to draw a pattern on the plate.


Changing the sound ...


The pattern changed to more complicated one.


Furthermore, I found a speaker on which liquid is placed.


Also as the music began to sound, a pattern was drawn on the surface of the water.


From the middle to the outside, spreading a gentle circle ......


It got a small wave.


Next is the drum set.


Even though it is a drum set, somehow the water is flowing.


Don, when stepping on the bass drum of the feet, the vibration propagated to the tube and the water caused a mysterious shake.


In addition, Pashan and liquid pop out every time you hit a keyboard with a keyboard.


A liquid that has a strange excitement.


While interlocking mysterious visual effects, music is established and flows steadily.


Plasma ball is playing music while playing keyboard.


When placing your finger on the surface of the glass, electromagnetic waves appear as visible plasma.


When you hit the cymbal, fine particles dance, receiving light and making it a fantastic atmosphere.


And the performance members started doing something even more.


A man who took off his wearing hood and took out a huge device from under the cloth.


While the keyboard is playing, the flames are burning violently ......


I will change into a dubious costume.


Adjust the equipment.


Lightning will run from the equipment that appeared earlier.Tesla coilThis device called resonance type transformer can generate high frequency, high voltage.


Lightning reaching to the cymbal.


Plasma balls ......


Lightning is running to the blazing flame.



And surreal performance by cover group brings you into a beautiful setting.


At the end lightning strikes through the human beings.


In addition, you can understand well how much you are committed to making ingenuity and creating a movie by checking the making image.

Cymatics Chladni Plate - Nigel Stanford on Vimeo


Nigel Stanford, a musician who performed a fusion of music and science this time, is a photograph male.


It is handmade by a team including Stanford as well as a device appearing in the movie.


The experiment was repeated many times before making a single device.


Shahir Daud, who is a friend of Stanford and who produces music films in New York, served as the director.


This is the state of the experiment.


The shape of the plate on which sand is placed has been studied many times. A triangular plate was also considered at the beginning.


Also a round plate.


The pattern that the sand draw depends on the sound played on the keyboard, but depending on the sound it is too fine and it becomes a blurred pattern ......


Sometimes a clear pattern could not be drawn. The amount of sand is not too much, it seems that the best amount which is not too small seems to be finely adjusted by repeatedly experimenting many times.


Next, the state of making "Speaker Dish" poured water with a speaker as a dish.

Speaker Dish - Nigel Stanford Cymatics on Vimeo


Plate set on the speaker.


The liquid poured into it is vodka that was chilled to the quince without water.


This also seems to be the result of the experiment that "what kind of liquid is the most beautiful and creates a wave pattern?"


From the center to the outside, many heavy circles will spread beautifully.


After thatMagnetic fluidExperiment using.

Ferro Fluid - Nigel Stanford Cymatics on Vimeo


A magnetic fluid is one of functional fluids having the property of being attracted to a magnet like sand iron.


When putting the one generating the magnetic field at the closest distance, a horn grows like this. Since it is liquid, it does not hurt even if you touch it.


Once the magnetic fluid is spilled, it is said to be very difficult to clean up, and care needs to be taken carefully, but there seems to be some spillage.


However, in the end, we succeeded in interlocking the keyboard and magnetic fluid.


A unique device was created, which sounds sound and liquid jumps.


The way to set the burning keyboard is from below.

Ruben's Tube - Nigel Stanford Cymatics on Vimeo


Stanford has digestive organs in his hand. It is a dangerous device using fire, so it is prepared for emergencies.


Propane gas is prepared.


Set a long tube with a hole.


When opening the gas and bringing the fire close to the tube, a number of flames will accompany such a feeling.


If too much flame momentum is too strong, it will be integrated and beautiful appearance can not be kept, so experiments and adjustments are repeated as to how much is appropriate.


And finally Tesla coil.

Tesla Coil - Nigel Stanford Cymatics on Vimeo


Tesla coil is a special machine, so it seems that Tesla coil engineer Jay Howson helped when using it.


Tesla coil is used near fire, challenge not to do too much.


Of course, while listening firmly to the experts' setting of the equipment. In terms of safety, thorough preparation was done.


Stanford wears herself in a special costume made of metal to shed the lightning striking from the Tesla coil.


The scene penetrated by lightning was jumped over and over and it took a picture until a convincing picture was taken.


The state of making other movies is published to fine detail also in photos and sentences. The project started in July of 2013 and the movie was released in November of 2014, so it took more than a year to finish a tremendous movie "Music and visual elements are linked".

CYMATICS - Behind the Scenes
http://nigelstanford.com/Cymatics/Behind_the_Scenes.aspx