Animated Narratives - Week 11

Story

The premise is a girl weeps with her back to the window, she hides her face in the shadows, and the sunlight from the window shines on her shoulders.

Bullet point:

• A little girl returns home from her mother's funeral
• she walked slowly into the room
• She looked at the photo of her mother and her, and could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes
• She threw the picture frame on the ground angrily and cried with her back to the window
• The shadows in the room surround her
• At this time, a ray of sunshine from the window came in, as if comforting her, dispelling the shadows around her

This work examined the light in the animation story. By creating the story and illustration, I show a story using light as the main narrative element. The light in this work is utilized to create an atmosphere. I also apply cold and warm colors to enhance the level of painting.

A similar work I found is The Lion Kings, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. In this animation, there are lots of shots have lighting performance, but the part attractive is when Scar appears in the movie, the lighting in this scene is green, and it makes the character look evil.

Through this week’s class, I got a deeper understanding of lighting in animation. Lighting can be used for creating atmosphere, revealing the detail in the scene, and also can subjective and objective lighting to demonstrate the character's personality.