APD_WEEK10_PLAY&ABSTRACTION

Theme 

Play and abstraction

Context

For this week’s theme play abstraction, I think about psychedelic animation or trippy videos. It likes kinds of visual effects. Basically, it uses abstract elements to generate such as infinite video, never-ending zoom in GIF image. 

I was inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=38&v=rMGaJLEMjSM&feature=emb_logo

Actually, I don’t know why this is so attractive to me. I stared at the changing graphics on the screen and watched the video all the time, even though there was nothing specific about it. But with the psychedelic music, it's really addictive.

This is a way to stimulate our inner feeling. So I’m going to make some video like this to figure out how that is attractive. And how this idea can communicate with audience and Give the audience a sense of playful experience

Method

After Effects. 

I use the radio wave effects to create a floating image. And change the curve and outline etc. To make different shapes.

Then use cc Kaleida to create this image.

Set a composition for basic shape, and another for animation.

Response

 I’ve got this set for theses shapes animation timing and spacing. Then I could change the basic shapes on the layer, that will show another abstract animation. Which means I can set different values and parameters to create different abstract animations. Of course, I don't know what abstract graphics will be. But by changing the colour, changing the shape, path and so on. I was able to make some abstract images. The point is that in this process, I feel very playful and immersed in creative processing.

 Music was added to improve the overall experience of this work as it can be considered with abstract of arts as well. This could create an aural and visual experience to viewer.

As a player, I could find some exciting experiences through I create this abstract animation. This is a way to express our inner experiences. For lots of films, audience want to ask what is the story and what does that mean? However, for abstract animation, there could be no story.it just like an experienced.

Reflection

This practice tries to create something infuse a sense of fun and entertaining to viewers. Let audience watch this abstract video that we extract their intrinsic meaning from the objects we observe

This practice could have some disconcerting. That is how I have to improve exact feeling. These can’t just look like some moving images. It shouldn’t be hard to understand. May be is not a specific feeling such as happy or dark. It just want audience feel some scenes of peaceful and relaxed.

Based on that, how this “moving images” can communicate with viewers. We could create like VR environment to let audiences feel more immersive.

Reference

Turner, P., 2003. Content and meaning in abstract animation.

Music

Warm Sea --- Savvier

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