Week4 – Formative animation

Composed of lines, planes, a three-dimensional female figure and other patterns, the animation is a dynamic collage to show the feelings of humans. For example, the connection between black and white lines and inner emotional fluctuations, as well as the difference in color contrast between black and white lines and red and blue ripples, show the ups and downs of people’s emotions through spreading, stretching, and extension of pattern forms.

The female body is also a typical symbol in the animation. The model rotates, lies down and dances, while being skillfully cut into several parts: and the head, chest and buttocks are cut off respectively. While the model is moving, the streamlined body shows the connection with inner desire, impulse, and power.

Spreading lines Red and blue lines, as the third element of the picture, extend on the chest, head, and legs, combining with the model’s arm and other movements to visualize the spread of desire. But at the same time, it conflicts with the calmness of the facial expression, which also represents a competition between good human nature and inner desires.

In his work, he used two-dimensional dynamic patterns that loop infinitely, three-dimensional real patterns, and visualized video editing software such as AFTER EFFECT. The authors cropped digital images in a nontraditional, nonlinear editing mode to represent a difference from traditional clip art. In addition, the use of ripples, lines, the female body, and facial expressions functioned as a medium to convey the desire and inner impulses.

V&T (Vernunft & Triebe) fits the standard for formative experimental animation, which is animation with movement, rhythm, color, and light, along with the fact that the author develops macroscopic emotional concepts in the form of concrete figures and patterns.