The Mind’s Eye (1990) - Early Computer Animation Music Video

Of course, these early CGI images seem simple looking compared to almost anything made from after 1990. But back then we would watch this Laser Disc a lot.... The Mind’s Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey (Miramar Images, Inc., September 25, 1990) was the first effort by director and co-producer Jan Nickman which served as a demonstration of computer animation when the art-form was still in its relative infancy. It is composed of a sequence of segments ambitiously chronicling the formation of Earth (“Creation“), the rise of human civilizations (“Civilization Rising“), and the technological advances of humanity from the advent of agriculture to the future exploration of the cosmos. The video speculatively concludes with a segment of what might be the next sentient species to arise on Earth, as well as the CGI short Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice. The soundtrack was composed by James Reynolds. The sales of this video were RIAA certified as “Multi-Platinum“ and reached as high as #12 on Billboard’s video sales chart. The computer animation sequences that appeared were generally not produced specifically for the Mind’s Eye series but rather were work originally created for other purposes, including demo reels, commercials, music videos, and feature films. Director and co-producer Jan Nickman then assembled these sequences into a narrative through creative editing, which resulted in a double platinum selling film considered to be a milestone in the field of computer animation. Thank you and please show your support by voting thumbs up and subscribing to my @Digital Guru channel! All that follows from here is provided by Youtube-------------------------------------------------------------------------