The entire journey of life was achieved without any special effects; it was all entirely in-camera.

Through exceptional casting, emotive choreography, subtle costume and makeup changes, beautiful cinematography, and seamless editing, a whole life’s arc happens in front of our eyes without the viewer ever noticing how we got there. An elaborate lighting rig was designed to subtly but continuously change throughout the film, from sunrise to sunset, echoing the different stages of our hero’s life.

The powerful and diverse soundtrack mapped out the soundtrack to her life, and formed the brief for the dancers and the evocative choreography.

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America.

Reaching a combined monthly audience of approximately 150 million listeners, SiriusXM offers a broad range of content for listeners everywhere they tune in with a diverse mix of live, on-demand, and curated programming across music, talk, news, and sports.

The piece follows a woman dancing as she moves through different phases and milestones of her life while listening to a wide variety of songs and interviews that each have a unique place on SiriusXM, emphasizing the breadth and depth of audio experiences available on the audio entertainment service. By showcasing a life in sound, the creative highlights how SiriusXM brings listeners closer to what they love and what moves them throughout their lives.

A Life in Sound is a short film directed by an Emmy award-winning director, that follows a woman dancing as she moves through different phases and milestones of her life while listening to a wide variety of songs and interviews that each have a unique place on SiriusXM.

The film aims to emphasise on the breadth and depth of audio experiences available on the audio entertainment service. By showcasing a life in sound, the creative highlights how SiriusXM brings listeners closer to what they love and what moves them throughout their lives.

No CGI or morphing was used in this film to achieve the journey through one woman’s life.

The entire story is told in-camera using elegant editing. It is only when you watch the film for the second or third time do you really start to see where the transitions are.

Five dancers were cast, with multiple hairstyles and costume changes, and the editing changes throughout to reflect the different periods of our hero’s life.