PAPER TELEPHONE // Visualising Sound

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Ideation

The main idea of the project is to visualize the background music or soundtrack with illustration. The story of the animation is a story-telling of heartbreak “first love”, therefore the overall feelings is bring out the mood of the sweetness and sadness of the relationship. It will express the feelings/moods of the background music or soundtrack by using illustration. The colours used in the animation is soft and pastel.

Inspiration

The idea of my animation is actually inspired from “Secret” movie that directed by Jay Chou. The soundtrack of the movie was very inspire me. Therefore, I would like to use those soundtrack in my animation to bring a new story.

Soundtrack

Background music of the animation is OST of the movie “Secret” which is:

- Angel - Secret - Lu Xiao Yu - Relaxing Piano Song

Style

Soft pastel colour and combination of the line/brushes and watercolour.

Storyline

The story of the animation is a story-telling of heartbreak “first love”, therefore the overall feelings is bring out the mood of the sweetness and sadness of the relationship. The woman recalled her memories which is her first love through the paper telephone.

Message

The message of this animation that I want to tell is our life is just a journey. People will come and go. There will be people that passing by our life. We must appreciate the moment. The people we meet are with reason. But be grateful with whatever they bring us.

Colours

The colour pallete used in this animation are more into soft and pastel colour so the audience can easily go into the romantic and story-telling mood. It can also bring the audience into the ambience.