{"product_id":"the-minds-eye-experience-computer-animation-collection-vhs-boxset","title":"The Mind's Eye Experience: Computer Animation Collection VHS Boxset","description":"Before Pixar, before Toy Story, before computer animation was a household concept, a series of VHS compilations assembled the most extraordinary CGI work being produced anywhere in the world and set it to original music. The result was something genuinely new: not a movie, not a music video, not a demo reel, but a sustained visual-musical experience with loose narrative threads running through abstract imagery of creation, evolution, consciousness, and the cosmos. The three tapes in this box set document three years of CGI's most explosive developmental period.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mind's Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey (1990) was directed and edited by Jan Nickman of Miramar Productions and produced by Steven Churchill. It collects work from approximately 300 artists worldwide - ray-traced landscapes, fluid simulations, morphing faces, abstract forms - assembled into a loose story of Earth's creation and civilization's rise, set to an original score by James Reynolds. It reached No. 12 on Billboard's video sales chart and achieved multi-platinum sales, making it one of the best-selling video releases of its era. Roger Ebert championed the sequel on Siskel \u0026amp; Ebert as his Video Pick of the Week.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBeyond the Mind's Eye (1992) was directed by Michael Boydstun of Odyssey Visual Design with an original score by Jan Hammer - the composer of Miami Vice - and selected by Roger Ebert as his Video Pick of the Week for December 23, 1992. It features work from studios including Rhythm and Hues, Kleiser-Walczak, and XAOS, with segments including the widely remembered \"Particle Dreams\" by Karl Sims and the insect predation sequence \"Afternoon Adventure.\" Pantera used footage from this tape in their music video for \"Planet Caravan\" from Far Beyond Driven (1994).\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994) was directed by Michael Boydstun with an original score by Thomas Dolby, and was designed as a more continuous cinematic experience than its predecessors - a narrative thread connecting CGI from Sega, Rhythm and Hues, Angel Studios, Boss Films, BUF, MacGuff Ligne, Karl Sims, and others. The music drives the structure throughout, with Dolby's score drawing from historical, architectural, and painterly source material alongside the series' signature futuristic imagery.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Mind's Eye (1990):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDirector \/ Editor: Jan Nickman (Miramar Productions)\u003cbr\u003e\nProducer: Steven Churchill (Odyssey Productions)\u003cbr\u003e\nMusic: James Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: BMG \/ Miramar\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeyond the Mind's Eye (1992):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDirector: Michael Boydstun (Odyssey Visual Design)\u003cbr\u003e\nProducer: Steven Churchill\u003cbr\u003e\nMusic: Jan Hammer (Miami Vice composer)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: BMG \/ Miramar\u003cbr\u003e\nRoger Ebert's Video Pick of the Week, December 23, 1992\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDirector: Michael Boydstun\u003cbr\u003e\nProducer: Steven Churchill\u003cbr\u003e\nMusic: Thomas Dolby\u003cbr\u003e\nContributing Studios: Sega, Rhythm and Hues, Angel Studios, Boss Films, BUF, MacGuff Ligne, Karl Sims, Kleiser-Walczak, XAOS, Lamb \u0026amp; Company, Santa Barbara Studios, and others\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: BMG \/ Miramar\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVHS Box Set Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n- The Mind's Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey (~40 min, 1990)\u003cbr\u003e\n- Beyond the Mind's Eye (~50 min, 1992)\u003cbr\u003e\n- The Gate to the Mind's Eye (~45 min, 1994)\u003cbr\u003e\n- All three tapes in original box set packaging\u003cbr\u003e\n- Stereo \/ Digitally Mastered audio on all three tapes\u003cbr\u003e\n- Note: Beyond the Mind's Eye and The Gate to the Mind's Eye were also released on DVD by Simitar Entertainment. The original Mind's Eye was also released on LaserDisc by Image Entertainment.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e VHS (NTSC), Stereo Digitally Mastered\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e 3-VHS Box Set - The Mind's Eye Experience: Computer Animation Collection\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTotal Runtime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~135 Minutes (3 tapes)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRelease Years:\u003c\/b\u003e Individual tapes 1990, 1992, 1994; box set compilation c. 1994-1995 (BMG \/ Miramar)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BMG \/ Miramar Productions \/ Odyssey Productions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e VHS (NTSC), Stereo Digitally Mastered\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e Not Rated\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Multi-platinum selling series. Beyond the Mind's Eye footage used in Pantera's \"Planet Caravan\" music video (1994). One of the most important documents of early CGI animation history. DVD releases exist separately for Beyond and The Gate.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Computer Animation, Art Film, Music Video Compilation\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Early CGI History, Computer Art, Electronic Music Score, Abstract Animation, Pre-Pixar Digital Filmmaking\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOnly multiple item orders that combine to $120 or more get free shipping.","brand":"Pre-Owned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43008336199765,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/the-minds-eye-experience-computer-animation-collection-vhs-boxset","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}