独立动画 | 影子 Shadow - 纽约动画电影节半决赛作品

《影子》是在UCA读研期间创作的一部作品，采用了传统逐帧动画加数字绘画的方式制作的2D独立动画短片。

' Shadow' is an independent 2D animated short film created during the graduate studies at UCA, employing a combination of traditional frame-by-frame animation and digital painting techniques.

影片通过一个男孩的梦境描述了一个从阴影中诞生的怪物捕猎小镇中的人类的故事。希望以此讨论一种不愿面对内心阴暗面的逃避心理状态。故事中的人们宁愿放弃生活在色彩斑斓的真实世界中，也要保持自己看似纯洁的身份。

The film portrays a story of a monster born from shadows hunting humans in a small town through a boy's dreams, aiming to discuss an evasive psychological state towards confronting one's inner darkness. People in the story prefer to forsake living in the colorful real world, opting instead to maintain their seemingly pure identities.

● Made in 2022

● 5' 40

Animation Marathon 2022

International Art Film Festival 2022

Anmtn! - Online animation awards 2022

KidzCINEMA 2022

AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival 2023

New York Animation Film Awards (NYAFA) 2023

DRAWTASTIC "GOLDEN PENCIL AWARDS" 2023

/ INTRODUCTION

在日常生活中，影子是很多人既熟悉又陌生的家伙。它在艺术作品中逐渐成为创作的有力线索之一。卡尔 · 荣格将影子解释为人的另一面。当人们在面对他人时，总是把自己认为不好的特征隐藏起来。我希望通过这个短片能引发一些思考，我们是否正在变成我们所讨厌的那个人，而我们却不愿意面对这件事。

In daily life, shadows are both familiar and unfamiliar companions to many. Gradually, they have become a potent creative element in artistic works. Carl Jung interpreted shadows as another side of human nature. When facing others, people often conceal traits they deem undesirable. Through this short film, I hope to provoke some reflection on whether we are becoming the very person we dislike but are unwilling to confront.

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/ CHARACTER DESIGN

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/ CHARACTER DESIGN

故事所描述的世界观中，黑白与色彩交替出现。人们会为黑白世界欢呼 ，因为他们需要躲避彩色世界中的影子。在没有颜色的背景下，每个人都是白色的。这产生了一种乌托邦式的讽刺。白色象征着一种 “美好 ”的身份，人们渴望像光一样圣洁光明。他们在压抑的环境中努力保护这种身份。日出带来的色彩揭示了另一个我们无法预测和控制的短暂过程。在这个过程中，人们无法预测和控制阴影的产生，因此所塑造的 “好 ”身份也无法与阴影联系在一起。

In the worldview depicted in the story, there's an alternating presence of black-and-white and color. People cheer for the black-and-white world because they need to avoid the shadows in the colorful world. In the absence of color, everyone appears white, creating a utopian irony. White symbolizes an idealistic identity; people yearn to be as pure and bright as light. They strive to protect this identity in a repressive environment. The colors brought by the sunrise reveal another transient process beyond our prediction and control. During this process, people cannot predict or control the emergence of shadows, thus the constructed "good" identity cannot be associated with shadows.