Month: January 2023

I recently attended a group meeting with my team to discuss the style and theme of the short film we wanted to produce. During the discussion, we agreed that the short film we wanted to produce should be a funny and humorous format, from some unique angles, and that we wanted people to be able to watch the piece with a light heart and think about it afterwards.

The first issue we discussed was the style of the short film. We felt that a fun and humorous format would be best suited to the themes we wanted to convey. This style would make the viewer feel happy and relaxed while watching and would also make it easier for them to accept the message we wanted to convey.

We then discussed the theme of the short film. We wanted the piece to come from some unique angles that would pique the viewer’s interest and curiosity. We wanted to make a piece that would relax people, but also make them think about certain aspects of life or the social environment we live in.
We cited a number of themes: fertility, technology, the excesses of human self-awareness, religion and prejudice, and so on.
In the end, we decided to create a humorous, looping animated short film with a unique perspective that would allow the audience to watch the work in a light-hearted way and think about it afterwards. We felt that such a short film would allow people to unwind from their busy lives and would give the audience a taste of our creativity and imagination. We plan to plan and prepare this work carefully in the coming days and hope to produce a great short film that will be well received by our audience.

We envisioned a sheep character to convey the hard-working nature of contemporary people. A sheep works constantly in the office, making his wool weave into threads and trading it with his boss for money. But he takes the money to the petrol station at the end of his shift to buy wool for the top of his head.
We would like to use the dandelion to represent the issue of fertility. The dandelion is gently blown up by people and they scatter their seeds. But the modern busy urban society has a low fertility and willingness to have children. Yet in poor countries and regions fertility is like dandelions. If human fertility could be as simple as dandelions sowing seeds, wouldn’t it reduce many of the fears and difficulties people have with fertility.

I recently attended an inter-professional gathering and had a very interesting and fulfilling evening with new friends from different professions. The party was a number of people from different professional fields including 2D animation, 3D animation, game design, and VR.

During the party, we had various activities, such as playing games and chatting. Through these activities, we not only got to know each other better, but also learnt about each other’s expertise and experience. For example, I learnt about animated short films from fellow 2D animation students and others during the chat, which was very interesting and surprising.

More importantly, the gathering also succeeded in creating a team and we plan to work on some meaningful projects together in the future. Through this interdisciplinary gathering, we met many like-minded people who were also very interested in our project and willing to join our team.

Overall, this interdisciplinary gathering was a very rewarding experience. It gave me an insight into the ideas and abilities of students from different professional fields, and it also allowed me to meet some very talented and passionate new people, and together we created a team that will hopefully work on more meaningful projects together in the future.