Topic：Utopia And Dystopia
Project Name：Double World
Research-002
In this seminar we discussed the interface and transition between the two worlds. At one of the exhibitions this month, I saw a form of painting that I had not known before: the triptych. It is a type of triptych, divided into three sections. The one in the centre is usually the largest, and there are also three paintings with the same size work. Triptychs have been around since the early days of Christian art and were a common form of medieval altarpiece. One of my favourite paintings is The Garden of Earthly Delights, a triptych of oil paintings on oak panels by the early Dutch painter Jeronimis Bose between the ages of forty and sixty. The intent of this work can be read in many forms: a cautionary tale of worldly carnal indulgence; a dire warning of the risks that life’s temptations will endure, to an evocation of ultimate sexual pleasure. The complexity of what it symbolises. I think this painting is relevant to our theme both in terms of meaning and pictorial form. I think that Utopia and Anti-Utopia could be done in a triptych form as well. A triptych showing three different worlds. Using the triptych as a transitional medium.
For the overall style of the graphics we decided to do cel shading, a production method that allows us to do as much as possible in a short time, giving us more time to enrich what the graphics have to say. And we decided to incorporate some cyberpunk elements into the graphics to make the visuals look even better.
Concept：
Utopia is the dream of mankind when he takes a nap in the midst of his miserable life.
Outline：
Dystopia: laboratory, brains, vessels, vessels = house, brains = people
Depressing numbing work, a bunch of people working, transporting mirror to brain, brain in a vessel (depressing tones) Transition to utopian world through reflective objects.
Utopia (with real shot): (object transitions) watching a film on computer with a cup of coffee on the roadside, couple (family) at home in the film (human body makes the effect of poor TV contact, looks unreal), cat going out to play with cat friend, liquid mapping next to anti-utopian world.
Ending: stepping in a puddle both worlds are presented, then the box (painting) closes (Schrödinger’s cat)
Script：
A group of humans each standing in their own position doing their work.
The camera goes in towards the end (the large screen on the wall is a track of neurons, flashing like a map with dots of light)
The camera looks to the sides of the scene, where the table is lined with brains surrounded by neurons.
The camera looks to the left (right) side of the brain, with a close-up of the pulsating blood vessels on it
The camera pulls away slightly and you can see the brains reflected on the smooth table. (You can make a blurred sense of the reflection from the brain into the couple)
The reflection is of the couple watching a film at home (close-up of the couple’s (family’s) faces, taking the shape of the brains)
The camera pulls away from the full scene of the couple (family) watching the film with the kitten sleeping or running on the floor.
Owner gets up to feed cat
Cat eating
Cat goes out to walk down the street (three or two pedestrians on the street)
Cat finds his friends
Cat chasing and playing with his friends (making a mess)
The puddle on the side of the road shows them together in the shape of an anti-utopian world of brains (veins pulsing in the brain) Both worlds are visible (medium shot, puddle and world are 50/50)
Both worlds are shown
The world closes
Group division
Our group is a combination of 3D animation computer and Visual effect.
3d scenery/animation：
•Jiaruo Zhang
•j.zhang03202214@arts.ac.uk
•3D Computer Animation
•Yuhan Lin
•y.lin0320222@arts.ac.uk
•3D Computer Animation
•Zhuolin Feng
•z.feng0320223@arts.ac.uk
•3D Computer Animation
Green screen filming / Compositing / Editing / FX
•Yafang Zheng
•y.zheng0320194@arts.ac.uk
•Visual Effect