Coming highly recommended by Sam Mason, Saad was already pre-determined to impress. I was familiar with his work for the legendary Thom Yorke of Radiohead and saw some incredibly impressive projects on his site. Then I found out he had worked for Pixar, Stefan Sagmeister and Google’s Innovation Lab…

Timecodes:

00:01:24 | Backstory: Pixar

00:08:43 | Backstory: Sagmeister & Walsh

00:17:14 | CG Pipelines

00:21:08 | Saad’s Secret Sauce

00:32:35 | Motion Capture Working Process

00:44:50 | Music Video Pros & Cons

00:47:50 | Lil Nas X

00:51:20 | Radiohead & Making Work That Moves People

00:54:48 | The Feasibility of Making a Career On Music Videos

00:58:04 | The Dawn of Animated Music Videos

01:04:02 | Crucial Lessons from Pixar & Sagmeister

01:21:04 | Outro