3′
Experimental Animation
2023
This film won the 2nd Prize at ISCA – International Student Creative Award in Osaka, Japan in December 2023.
Direction, Animation, Editing
Jaron Kuehmstedt
KWAN Lok Tung
TSE Hiu Yin
WANG Shuxin
Photography
Jaron Kuehmstedt
KWAN Lok Tung
Music
“Burnt Fox” by dadahack ©2010
Advisor
Max Hattler
Sounds turn into abstract images. This black and white abstract animation aims to visualize the underlying music track, enhancing it by adding a visual layer to the acoustic. A combination of mixed media materials and hand and digital drawing and animation are used to create a tightly connected audiovisual experience.
The elements of the animation are simplified and reduced to ordinary shapes and textures. Lines, dots, squares, and more fluid and undefined shapes make up the main elements of the boiling animation. The visual reduction, including removal of colors, is used to gain focus and tightly match the animation to the sound. Having the animation boil enables a more handcrafted approach to the animation through it’s less fluid and rougher appearance, as well as the visual incorporation of the music’s lively nature.
A combination of After Effects, Procreate, and Photoshop were used to create this animation frame by frame.
Festival Screenings
- Punto y Raya – Abstract Art in Motion Film Festival – Portugal
- London International Animation Film Festival – London, UK
- Flatpack Film Festival – Birmingham, UK
- ISCA International Student Creative Award – Osaka, Japan
- REX Animation Film Festival – Stockholm, Sweden
- Vermont Animation Festival – Vermont, USA
- Animakom Fest – Bilbao, Spain
- Future Vision Festival – Tokyo, Japan
- Relentless Melt No. 26 & 31 – Hong Kong; USA
- Balkan Can Video Film Festival – Athens, Greece
