Project Completion Summary
Realistic scene design: Xiaoan
Production of realistic scenes: Xiaoan and yeri
Drawings and Illustrations in Real World: Ann and 2D
Virtual scene design: the whole group (the basic sketch is kiki)
Virtual scene production: Clio and yi
Virtual scene character design: yi
Virtual scene role model: Xiaoan
Bone-bound textures for virtual scene characters: Clio
Virtual scene character animation lighting rendering: Clio
Post compositing: Clio
Sound Effects: Clio
Real scene storyboard: yeri
Virtual scene storyboard: Clio 2D
All Animations: Ice & Amy
Initially, we made this animation to realize the theme of virtual and real worlds, belonging, and virtual communities.For us Chinese art students, we agree that a studio is a place where we accumulate experience, maybe it is where nightmares can originate, and it might be where a sense of belonging can come from, so we also believe that criticism of art is a very personal and subjective act, which is why we chose the virtual space, which is closer to the environment on the internet.Our theme is the virtual and real worlds, with the drawing room as the primary setting. We highlight the ‘fantasy’ element by comparing the actual drawing room with the virtual one. We have three main 3D characters and a 2D element throughout the animation to represent the current situation we want to show. The story follows a real-life studio where the students’ drawings are uploaded to the virtual studio without permission and critiqued at will by the virtual community. Here the act of ‘scanning and uploading’ shows the message that any object in the virtual community can evaluate the painting and represent all human groups, which is why we have chosen three sculptures instead of human figures. objects of criticism representing people of other countries, ages, races, religions, and colors. The animation shows the three prominent sculptures having different opinions about the painting, which emphasizes the subjective nature of the act of ‘criticism.’It is a nightmare for all of us to be criticized from such personal behavior, so we have simulated this scenario through a virtual community and used 2D characters – three tiny frogs – to represent people who are criticized, who may go unnoticed, who may be disgusted, who may be noticed and listened to, and the three different frogs also represent the personality of the authors of arts. By doing this animation, we can show our embrace of the pain and the wish to overcome it with a sense of humor
Assignment Submission Requirements
You will need to present your collaboration and development processes by submitting a research blog, a portfolio which includes a work in progress and a final film to showcase your research, development and collaborative process.
The portfolio should include:
• A work in progress film. (3-5 min).
• A final rendered moving image of the work produced in a film format.
• A Hero Image for the project.
• Sketches, images as well as written analyses and reflections.
