Flatland｜2022-10
Motion Graphics
Introduction
This story tells about
a man who accidentally entered a two-dimensional world of cards, since he had food belonging to the two-dimensional world.
Brainstorm
The emphasis of this work is using two-dimensional style to demonstrate the transition between the flat world and the three-dimensional world.
Styleframe (draft)
Styleframe (final)
Perspective and Symmetry in Cinematography
Character
Posture
Storyboad
Writing
I began with the idea of animating groceries on paper turning them into real food to demonstrate
transformation between 2d and 3d worlds. I then endowed a story about a big fat bear who accidentally
entered a two-dimensional world of cards since he had pizza belonging to the two-dimensional world.
I
wanted to create a mysterious house and enjoyed the shadow to stand out more.
Card
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I began with the idea of animating groceries on paper turning them into real food to demonstrate
transformation between 2d and 3d worlds. I then endowed a story about a big fat bear who accidentally
entered a two-dimensional world of cards since he had pizza belonging to the two-dimensional world.
I
wanted to create a mysterious house and enjoyed the shadow to stand out more.
The biggest challenge in this
project was using perspective and symmetry in cinematography to refine my style frame. I took a little time to
learn the perspective function in Procreate.
In the animation part, I first attempted character rigging with
Duik. I recorded myself eating and bending my foot while walking as references for the bear eating pizza
(especially the hand position) and walking. And I recorded how a coin rotated to me and laid flat.
Last, because I had different camera angles in my animation, I added flying cards and cards that had already
fallen on the floor in the final correction session to keep the time and space consistent.
Card
Bite
Process
