This week I found a lot of reference pictures of labs and forests, and I tried modeling large scenes in C4D. I wanted to convey a quiet and anti-tech feel, so I needed to add a lot of detail.
There is the proposal:
The Last AI
Team Members:
Director & Screenwriter: Bin Li(b.li0420202@arts.ac.uk) MA film
Executive Producer: Mao Lin(m.lin0320211@arts.ac.uk) MA media(extra)
Cameraman: Mingxuan Yang(m.yang0520201@arts.ac.uk) MA film
Post-Production: Mengyang Yin(m.yin0420211@arts.ac.uk), Yaozhang Zhong(y.zhong0420212@arts.ac.uk) MA 3D computer animation
Project Brief:
This is a short film exploring difference, humanity and technology working with Film major students. The film will be shot using live-action and post-production special effects compositing. The story takes place in a future where humans fear that the technology they create will rule them. They lead to a series of anti-technology movements, one of which is the destruction of AI robots
Story Brief:
When only one robot named Noma is left in the world, the person sent to hang her is Steven, the professor who created her at the time. Noma has almost human-like feelings and consciousness, and she is based on the image of Steven’s deceased daughter. When they meet, a conversation ensues…
Reference Style:
Task Assignment:
I am responsible for scene design, mapping, lighting, rendering of the scene, modeling and the fusion of characters and scenes in the later stage in this production.
Aiming to get and career direction:
In this project I want to learn about filmmaking. There are too many things worth learning, such as the use of lighting, the integration of virtual and reality, and so on.
3D Animation Fundamentals Showreel
Animation Challenges Hyperlinks
Challenge 01: 12 Principles of Animation research/analysis
Challenge 01: Good & Bad Animation research/analysis
Challenge 02: Bouncing Ball with Travel
Challenge 03: Bouncing Ball Obstacle Course
Challenge 05: Ball & Tail Animation
Challenge 06: Walk Cycle Animation
Challenge 07: Finding/Recording Reference Footage
Challenge 08: Body Mechanics Animation
Research Visual Presentation
Weekly assignments links:
Week01: Timeline&Understanding of the history of film, animation and VFX.
Week04: Analysis of Mise-en-Scène
Week05: Film story & Characters Breakdown & Timeline
Week06: Character & Story development breakdown
Visual metaphors in animation scene design
Introduction
As a cognitive phenomenon, metaphor is used in many fields. The visual metaphor established on the basis of metaphor theory has profound inspiration for artistic creation. The visual information of vision, and then generate new interpretation and associative cognitive phenomenon. This paper analyzes the application of visual metaphor in animation scene design from three aspects of animation scene color, shape and function design by combining the similarity principle of metaphor, and discusses the function and influence of visual metaphor on animation scene creation.
Keywords: metaphor, visual metaphor, animation design
Main Body
Part1: Metaphor and Visual Metaphor
In this part I will talk about metaphors, visual metaphors and their connections
In the field of visual art, the visual language established by metaphor theory has profound inspiring significance for artistic creation. The existence of visual metaphors can be seen everywhere in the creation of advertising, animation, film and television. Creators use visual metaphors to establish connections between abstract information and visual forms, and realize the visual expression of information meaning on the cognitive level.
Part2: The connection between visual metaphor and animation
Part3: The Application of Visual Metaphor in Animation Scene Design
(1)color The Lion King
(2)shape Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
(3)function Spirited Away
Conclusion
Reference
Does the topic motivate you to research and discover?
I chose this theme because I love watching movies and reading reviews of all kinds of movies. Digging deeper into the plot of the film, metaphors are found throughout the film. So I want to analyze metaphors so that I can watch movies at a higher level in the future. You can even write your own reviews.
How might the research impact present or future theoretical and practical study? Are there potentials to apply new learning?
Let the reader know the important role of metaphor by demonstrating with examples. As a cognitive phenomenon, metaphor is applied in many fields, and the visual metaphor established on the basis of metaphor theory has profound significance for artistic creation. The topic of studying the application of visual metaphors in animation scenes will have a positive impact on the future or the present, and has certain application potential.
Audience: who and what is the report for?
Student and film or animation producer. Or a film or animation lover. Through research they can better understand the profound meaning of the work.
Purpose: what do you want them to know?
I think that in a work, both content and expression are indispensable. As an important form of expression, metaphor is worthy of our study. So I want them to have a better understanding of metaphors by reading my research and make better work.