Emes' first major work, 'French Windows', was started while he was subsequently a student at Birmingham College of Art and finished while he was unemployed. It was set to the Pink Floyd recording "One of These Days" featuring animated ballet dancers. After it was shown at Birmingham's Ikon Gallery, it was screened on the television program The Old Grey Whistle Test, and thereby came to the attention of Pink Floyd. The band invited Emes to give them a private screening, and afterwards to make films to be projected during performances of The Dark Side of the Moon. The visuals for the Dark Side of the Moon tour were created by the Timeless Films company run by Independent British animator Ian Emes.