Seen You Before - Music Video

Seen You Before – FuturePast Zine

Looping Music Video for Digital Single | Memory, Distortion & Repetition

Overview

Seen You Before is a looping short music video commissioned by FuturePast Zine for the release of a digital single. Created as a social promo asset for Spotify and Instagram, the piece explores how memory distorts perspective, drawing visual inspiration from Inception-style recursion and spatial paradox.

Role & Tools

Role: Director, Animator, Environment Designer
Tools Used: Cinema 4D (Camera Mapping), After Effects

Visual Style & Concept

Built around the concept of memory loops and fractured timelines, the video features a seemingly ordinary room that subtly shifts and reconfigures each time the camera passes through a door. Though the setting appears unchanged, the objects, lighting, and spatial relationships morph with each cycle, creating a disorienting and poetic sense of déjà vu.

By using camera mapping techniques in Cinema 4D, I was able to texture the space with photographic realism while allowing for animated distortions and transitions. The result is a seamless, loopable video that plays with time, space, and perception — echoing the emotional ambiguity of the track it accompanies.

Process Highlights

  • Used camera mapping to project real-world textures onto 3D geometry.

  • Built a seamless loop that evolves subtly on each pass-through.

  • Composited in After Effects to layer distortion effects and spatial transitions.

  • Designed specifically for loop playback on social media platforms like Instagram and Spotify Canvas.

Credits

Client: FuturePast Zine
Direction & Animation: Jacob Faulkner (Ordos)
Software: Cinema 4D, After Effects