# Opus 5.5 — Artistic interpretation of Rick Astley

A 58-second animated music-video piece in which a trench-coated singer lip-syncs and dances through five painted worlds: a night harbour, a brick stage, a pop-art grid, a theatre and a Starry Night landscape. It ends in a gallery that reveals the painting has been 'Rickrolled'.

- Code: SO-0033
- Kind: Social cut
- Format: Music-video style
- Brand: Opus 5.5
- Length: 57.9s · 14 beats · 14.5 beats/min · 10 hard cuts
- Industry: AI, Entertainment, Music
- Style: Flat 2D, Characters, Match cuts, Morph transitions, Music-led, Humorous, Maximal, No voiceover
- Original: https://x.com/petergostev/status/2103033635397898433
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/opus-5-5-artistic-interpretation-of-rick-astley

## The breakdown

The full breakdown has eleven sheets: Snapshot, Opening, Structure, Timeline, Rhythm, Look, Movement, Sound & words, Why it works, Production, Build brief. It is available to Cutmap Pro members at https://cutmap.co/v/opus-5-5-artistic-interpretation-of-rick-astley.