[Animation work3]Nostalgia and Memory — Developed project

Inspiration

According to my first stage，i watched some people's projects
This one is come from a Chinese animator-Ron Hui

Ode to Summer

This is a 3D animation,but seems like a ink painting, very beautiful scene and colour,Chinese traditional style.

Deer in Village

This animation was was made by Shanghai Movie Company during 1980's

In that time，there are lots of water ink animation were made by many awesome animator in China 

Lovely colour and image，the characters also wonderful，this style is only one in the world and unique.

I tried to study these style but ues my own way to display what i want to show to viewers.

I use my sketches into this projects and the lullaby.

beside i read a poetry from a Chinese poet guangzhong Yu，this poetry called Nostalgia（its match my aim）

Nostalgia 

by guangzhong Yu

When I was a child, 

Nostalgia seemed a small stamp: 

"Here am I 

And there ……my mother." 

Then I was a grown-up, 

Nostalgia became a traveling ticket: 

"Here am I 

And there……my bride." 

During the later years, 

Nostalgia turned to be a graveyard: 

"Here am I 

And yonder……my mother." 

And now at present, 

Nostalgia looms large to be a channel: 

"Here am I 

And yonder……my Continent!" 

i decided to create my world.

I created a world from my deep mind in my memory，i just want to show the simply line world because that is easy for to draw，and a boat means i，i always beside my family.

Candy rain from the lullaby“Grandma gives me lots of candies ”

I stay at the front of my grandma's home，it seems like i never leave  

This is my hometown my childhood my first and most deep memory in my life，this is my gold age.

In our surroundings

Talking about somethings in our daily life，can bring a lot of inspiration to me

Figure1: Fingerprint(sources:http://shmector.com/_ph/4/389479084.jpg）

Fingerprint 

Everyone has fingerprint, and we can observe our finger.

Everyone’s fingerprint is comprise with lines.

Same lines around and around, always repeat this motion.

But these lines make the fingerprint is different for every people and one of a kind in the world.

So in means we can use someting which are very normal,but also can create very special thing.

Figure2: Kaleidoscope(sources:http://www.ohcrafts.net/kids-homemade-kaleidoscope.php）

Kaleidoscope is a normal toy in our life

This is a toy in the shape of a tube with a small hole at one end. If you look through the hole and turn the other end of the tube, you can see a pattern of colours which changes as you turn the tube aroud.

It is very easy to play, you only need to turn the tube than you can see pattern, but when you turn other side you will see different pattern.

This tube like triangle and when you repeat your action you can find different things in it,

When i do my topic, i can not only focus on one part, i need to consider all of them.

Figure3:Clock(sources:http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0175112_PE332983_S5.JPG）

Clock is a normal thing in our life

And it use minute hand and hands of a clock to

record time.

This is a very simply way to record time.

And hands of a clock always repeat motion, turn around and around, like a circle.

This thing can teach me when i make flash, how to plan every frame to display the action.

Figure4:(sources:http://tintcity.com/wp-content/uploads/oldimages/2013/03/wheel-upland.jpg）

Everyday, i need to by shuttle bus go to University.

And i find car how to work.

If car want to move, it is relate on wheels.

When wheels turn around, car can move it.

So wheels always need to repeat this motion that can let car or bus move, also like bicycle.

So repetition also is a power lead to something happen, so i can not confined to one point.

Figure5:Melody(sources:http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/nqmusic/national3/concepts/repetition.asp）

Everyday we often listen music, for example alarm, headphone sound, and different kind of music.

In fact, it is easy to compete a song, but how to make a song is difficult,and you need to use notes to compare melody.

So notes are same，but when you put notes on different floor, you will get different melody, when you repeat this motion，final you will get a song.

This teach us although you use same thing to do, but we can get different outcome.

Figure6:Wave(sources:https://tattahaara.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/2.jpg）

Waves on the river.

When wind, raining day, people can see curve on the river and make different patterns or shadow.

So this is waves, they are always like a winding line , although curve are same, but they can make different things.

Reference

Figure1: Fingerprint(sources:http://shmector.com/_ph/4/389479084.jpg）

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Figure2: Kaleidoscope(sources:http://www.ohcrafts.net/kids-homemade-kaleidoscope.php）

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Figure3:Clock(sources:http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0175112_PE332983_S5.JPG）

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Figure4:(sources:http://tintcity.com/wp-content/uploads/oldimages/2013/03/wheel-upland.jpg）

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Figure5:Melody(sources:http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/nqmusic/national3/concepts/repetition.asp）

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Figure6:Wave(sources:https://tattahaara.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/2.jpg）

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[Animation work5]Light and shadows

Inspiration

The shadow puppet play, also called "shadow play", is a drama form in which the player holds the human figures that are engraved by the animal hides with colored paintings, and reflected on the curtain through the light, singing and dancing controlled by the player with the silk string, gongs and drums music, playing a series of stories. It is widely spread in most regions in China, except Tibet and Xinjiang, with different styles of shadow puppet play in different places. However, the characters shaping and performance skills are all quite exquisite, with play themes including the Chinese ancient magic, myths, religions, monarchs, legal cases, wars, as well as talented scholars and pretty ladies, the secular life and so on.

Figure1: shadow play(sources:http://www.yejocircle.com/uploads/9/2/4/9/9249622/1875998_orig.jpg

The shadow puppet play with written records dated back to the Song Dynasty, and Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty had the performance of shadow play yet. At that time, the shadow plays were divided into the shadow hand play, the shadow puppet play, and the large shadow play. Many grand occasions of the performances had been recorded by the Song people. While in Yuan Dynasty, owning to the westward conquest by the Mongolia troops, the Chinese shadow plays were introduced into the Middle East, Arab, Turkey, Egypt, and other countries, and later brought to some East European countries. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, the contents and forms of the shadow plays had some new developments, thereby forming the various genres with local colors.

Figure2: shadow play(sources:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-02/16/131413770_11n.jpg

Revolving scenic lantern is one of this play

Revolving scenic lantern is a traditional Chinese art installation. And it is perfect to combine Chinese tradition drawing with Animation. Because image on the screen can move it without electricity.

This lantern originate in Han dynasty. Traditional lantern bracket by the main body and composed of two parts, a main body formed with a cylindrical onionskin paper fixed to the cylindrical screen and the top of the pinwheel paper screens, various patterns painted on the surface of the paper screen and through a rotatable shaft is connected to the bracket bracket, bottom hollow, set on a candle holder.Candle is lit, paper screens inside air is heated up, rising hot air pushing paper screens at the top of the windmill rotate and rotate with paper screens, you can see the difference from the pattern troops chase, moving image material for King .

Figure3: Light(sources:http://13gramm.com/bilder/produkte/gross/Geschenke-Weihnachten-Krippe-Windlicht-in-Geschenketube.jpg

In this work，we need to study and creative use of light in the animation.

I watched short animation from Lotte Reiniger - Papageno(1935)

In this animation Lotte Reiniger used shadows to their fullest extent.The whole animation is a shadow play. Very interesting animation and it has a distinctive artistic style to display a story.

Although Lotte didnt use colour in this animation, but we still can feel rich emotion from image and music.

One of this work's way is Chiaroscuro, It seems like negative space.Negative space means the empty or open space around an object that defines it.In layman's terms, it is the breathing room around the subject that determines how appealing it looks.

Figure4: Negative space(sources:http://tangyauhoong.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Negative-space-thumb.jpg

So i want to use this way to create a short animation of people who come home but still busy to work or other things until midnight.

I just want to use simply shape and line to display what i want to tell.

I use moonlight，light and some cloud shadows in it.

With rhythm of music illuminate the ambience

Reference

Figure1:shadow play(sources:http://www.yejocircle.com/uploads/9/2/4/9/9249622/1875998_orig.jpg）

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Figure2:shadowplay(sources:http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-02/16/131413770_11n.jpg）

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Figure3:Light(sources:http://13gramm.com/bilder/produkte/gross/Geschenke-Weihnachten-Krippe-Windlicht-in-Geschenketube.jpg）

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Figure4:Negativespace(sources:http://tangyauhoong.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Negative-space-thumb.jpg）

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[Animation work4]Music and animation

Inspiration

This inspiration is come from rain.
As we all know UK often rain in all year,the climate in the United Kingdom is defined as a temperate oceanic climate，These conditions allow convergence between moist maritime air and dry continental air.
So this is why often rain in the UK.

Most time when people talk about rain they all feel melancholy,unhappy or upset.
Some people don't like rain so when raining，they are feel blue.

But some people can let it become a happy thing,for example，the famous musical—Singing in the Rain （1952）this is a really famous one in the world and we can feel love,happy or any emotion in the rain, that is a amazing musical

I even love the rain and can feel the rhythm of rain.

I watched some people's work,rhythm is real important.This is one of the first music promos to feature characterization of a performer

This short animation bring me the inspiration.

This work by Oskar Fischinger （1938）rhythm of music and simply pattern to display all of visual effects, we can feel the power,energy and emotion in the animation.

I choose a music “Rainbow”This song sound good and feel happy and enjoy

But at the first of animation，the colour is black and white and feel blue，only sound of rain，very boring.

The raindrop cross the cloud and when they falling down on the umbrella，something changed，colour and bgm changed. Everything become colourful.

Liking this song—rainbow

Different shape and status

Figure1: rain(http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/shutterstock_140523640-984x500.jpg

Figure2: rain(https://regmedia.co.uk/2013/06/08/rain_cloud.jpg

Figure3: rain(http://www.aliasstudiosydney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rain-1080p-wallpaper_113126502.jpg

Reference

Figure1: rain(http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/shutterstock_140523640-984x500.jpg）
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Figure2: rain(https://regmedia.co.uk/2013/06/08/rain_cloud.jpg）
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Figure3: rain(http://www.aliasstudiosydney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rain-1080p-wallpaper_113126502.jpg）
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Sunflowers

Vincent Van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch post-Impressionist painter after Rembrandt, although he was not popular and famous throughout his life. Van Gogh's life is a sad story. When he took up painting, it was only in the last ten years of his life. According to Klein (2007), Van Gogh painted about 700 drawings and 800 oil paintings during that time, and now Van Gogh is known as one of the most well-known artists, for whom color was the main symbol of expression. In addition, Van Gogh’s works were famous for their emotion and color, also influenced 20th century art.

Figure1: Sunflowers (sources: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpg)

“Sunflowers” (1888) was completed by Vincent Van Gogh in Arles and was made just two years before his death. This art work is the most famous one from his works, and Vincent van Gogh's Sunflower painting have been duplicated many times by various artists. Looking at this painting one begins to notice aspects that seem to flow from one piece to another. The colour is vibrant and express emotions typically associated with the life of sunflowers, bright yellow means alive, brown colour means wilting and death. Moreover, people can find two of his characteristic drawing skills. Van Gogh used his brush to draw angular and this can express Van Gogh’s mental life. And yellow is main tone and little green in this work, people also can experience passion and rich emotion. Before that, there was never has still-life painting can express so strongly effect in history of painting. Although Van Gogh's sunflower paintings are very similar in many aspects, each stands out as its own unique work of art. Without the vigour new colors, such as chrome yellow, Van Gogh may never have achieved the intensity of Sunflowers. Regardless, Van Gogh's paintings of sunflowers have altered mankind's perspective of art and life. These paintings captivate the mind and leave you astounded in their simplistic beauty.

I really like colour in his work，bright and vivid in your mind and you can feel what he want to display and show his idea or emotion to us.

This is a real successful work，and worth to study.

Reference

Figure1: Sunflowers (sources: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpg)
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Klein, A. (2007) Vincent Van Gogh，pp20-26

[Animation work3]Nostalgia and Memory

Inspiration

Nostalgia—Most people remember their gold age
Memory—maybe about you first memory,or something you can't to forget and other impact in your daily life

In my opinion,homesick is root of everything include memory.
According a nursery rhyme, I want to show memory of my childhood
This nursery rhyme called “Grandma's Lullaby”this is a famous lullaby in my hometown.when i was a child i often lived with my grandma, so this is a deep memory in my early life,and my grandma is one of the most important person in my life.

Grandma's Lullaby

We go to grandma's home by boat,waves shake the boat.

I said Hello grandma,Hello grandma,grandma smiles to me.

We go to grandma's home by boat,waves shake the boat.

I said Hello grandma,Hello grandma,grandma gives a lot of candies to me.

We go to grandma's home by boat,waves shake the boat.

I said Hello grandma,Hello grandma,grandma gives a lot of cakes to me.

We go to grandma's home by boat,waves shake the boat.

When the rain,the storm,and all is done.

caress me with your sweet lullaby.

This is the lullaby

In my hometown Suzhou is famous for historic buildings and classical garden in the world.

White wall and black tiles、old street and deep lane、Water bridge,sheltered in the rain.

Figure1: Garden(sources:https://meromtzion.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/china-2012-302.jpg

Figure2: Garden(sources:https://meromtzion.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/china-2012-302.jpg

Figure3: scene(sources:http://www.tropicalisland.de/Suzhou_canal_b.jpg

I found lots old photos in my computer, my father took these photos when i was 2-3 years older.And then i did some sketches about these old photos

And then i created a picture about my memory

I choose abstract way to show. 

I only use black,white and grey to display my work,because this is like an old photo in my memory, i try to tell viewer, this memory is a party of my life even i

This is also a powerful experience that happened to me.

Reference

Figure1:Garden(sources:https://meromtzion.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/china-2012-302.jpg）
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Figure2:Garden(sources:https://meromtzion.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/china-2012-302.jpg）
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Figure3: scene(sources:http://www.tropicalisland.de/Suzhou_canal_b.jpg）
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