APD Week9 Play and Abstraction

link: https://youtu.be/OIzJ7FIARGo

Theme

My response to this week’s theme is an 3d animation using particle system in blender. The aim of it is to test out using 3d animation to convey a feeling to audience. Thus, only basic shape and color is used in this response. I made two clips to convey the feeling of ‘refresh’ and ‘excited’ without any word, image or linear story.

Context

In this week’s lecture, the discussion about abstraction animation attracts my interest on conveying feeling without any specific image. Many 2d animation examples were shown which made me think about if I can achieve the same thing by 3d animation.

“Animation is a visual technique that creates the illusion of motion, and abstract animation is the conceptualisation of pulling the inner meaning out.” (From “what’s up with Abstract Animation?”, http://animaticmag.com/anitech8.html) This sentence inspired me to develop a clip about summarizing a feeling by abstract animation. Instead of telling a story by animation, I decided to explore conveying emotions or feelings.

Method

This response is produced by blender’s particle system. Firstly, I summarize the color and motion of a feeling should be. Then I use the feature of it to visualize the animation. A sound track is also used to make it more clear to audience.

Reflection

The visualization in 3d looks really good and I believe it conveys the feeling of mine. Although audience could have different interpretations. Rendering it costs lots of time so I could only finish two clips. I was aiming to produce more emotion clips. The shape particle could be enriched for better conveying the feeling like sharp edge or soft edge shapes could give different feelings to audience.