This project seemed like a good opportunity to test myself in evry aspect. Selection of music, its composition, different camera angles, a more niche approach. I wanted to take a more psychaedllic approach, wher one shape transforms into another i.e. a more abstract one. This time around I skipped the storyboard process and took more of a leeway here and improvising on the imagery and story. The visuals are basically based on the sound design rather the other way around.
The Music
Composing the music was the most fun part where, I collaborated my old colleage and learned various new insturmental combinations. I tried for a more orchestral music as I felt it as a certain gravitas value to it and could fit more in line with my concept. The music at its center has sitar music and incorporates an aousitc guitar to give a sense of chakras and give a sense of how balance is important in life.
The Concept
Your life is supposed to be a roller coaster. There are good things and bad things. You need a ying to your yang, as life would be much mundane if you did not experience both sides. In order to experience those emotions and get a sense of realisation you need your ying to be a yang, so that you could truly appreciate what matters. You need vicious eyes to your sitar. I took inspirations from my friends who have mentals breakdowns once a month in their perfectly going lives and in those down moments only then they apprecaite their value and lifes.
Ideation and Research
I was really inspired by Aangs Harnessing Chakra scene form Avatar. It one of the basic lession in being a hero that yould must become one with yourself. I think that this would be a great pallette for the projcet.
The following is an animation project I did for a senior of mine. Altough I worked as a character animator, but was involved throughout the whole process. The concept was fairly similar of about accepting your flaws and being one with yourself.
References
Avatar The last Airbender. 2005. [Film] Directed by Bryan Konietzko Michael Dante DiMartino. s.l.: Nickelodeon.
Arsalan Awais 