IOL Week7

https://youtu.be/xHUFlAxYGFA

My idea was to create a changeable shadow of the object. So at the beginning I had a general idea, let the shadow cover the surface of the object, and then flow back to the original position like a fluid.

After finish the rough concept, I found that the flow down was very sudden, so I added a bouncing animation to show that the shadow is spiritual and can control itself. This bouncing has also become a preparatory movement for the flow down. But I failed to adjust the rhythm of the animation, making the animation of the shadow bounce incoherent. I was thinking ahout the principle of the shadow rising and falling is the same as the bouncing principle of a ball. So I first created an animation of the red ball bouncing for my own reference. Then refer to the movement of the small ball to complete the bounce of the shadow. The animation of the shadow bouncing becomes a lot more vivid and elastic.

So In the beginning I intended to express the contrast of positive and negative space. Then I found that the contrast between shadow and light, and the contrast between inside and outside, can also happen in this animation, so I switched the color of the background and the color of the shadow at the moment when the shadow fell. The replacement of black and white adds variety to the vision, and also establishes the feature of changeability for the character of the shadow.

After finishing the second half, I tried adding animation in the first part as the shadow moves from the ground onto the box. Slowly appear and move until the fold is on the cuboid and slowly overlaps a face. From the very hard texture at the beginning to the texture that can be folded and then to the fluid texture, the change of shadow is progressive.

After the final version of animate, I found the right sound effects on a free website. I put the file in the premier for editing, and I did time editing after I found that the overall animation rhythm could be improved.

After the music is added, the work is more vivid, and sound effects are very important for an animation.

Downloads:

Download File: shadowlight3.png