EGO- "Are you really you?" Graduation project

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"Are you really you?"

-part I-

Short animated illustration Projection mapping

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Graduation project

(Duration 4 months)

.Mentor : Bao Chau Jackie Phan

.Illustration,character,background : Lame apollos, Thai Le

.Frame by frame animation : Thai Le

.Key animation,sound & VFX : Dang Khoa

INTRODUCTION

- This is my team graduation project, a story about EGO- a character that we wanted to represent for human being minds.

- Our methods is short animated stories of 4 main characters which is represent for 4 types of pressures on daily life, they are Happy, Humble, Kind, Tough and a short projection mapping showcase.

- Each personality have 2 opposite forms, this is also represent for the True and False self in every human being conciousness.

LOGO VISUAL

- The eye in the middle of the letter "G" represents for our eyes to deal with the outer world, and the star in the middle of the letter "O" is for our true heart from the inner self.

POSTER

CHARACTERS

Rough frame by frame

HAPPY

False self form

A young girl who is a famous phenomenon on social networks. For young people, she is a symbol of freedom and excitement, her happiness is spreading the message of love and living for ourselves.

HAPPY

True self form

but deep down in her is a deep sadness and loneliness, she's coping with depression.

HUMBLE

False self form

A smart student with excellent academic achievements and a different mindset, but for those students who are not special as him who consider him a weirdo

HUMBLE

True self form

but deep inside him was something colorful and full of dreams.

Kind

False self form

An employee always said yes with every offer, always welcoming the job, he suffered all the pressure that people put on his shoulders.

Kind

True self form

But only when he got out of his desk and company, he was angry and smash everything before his eyes.

Tough

False self form

- Without fears and emotions, Tough forgets every physical pain and fights throughout his life under the attack of bulliers.

Tough

True self form

- But in contrast, Tough is just a weak and fragile little hare, his wounds are unhealable, the wound of sharp toxic words that stabbed into his heart.

BACKGROUNDS

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ELEMENTS

Sketches

- The idea behind the main background was 4 towers that represented for 4 characters.

Final rendering

- Each background scene represent the environments and challenges of each character.

-Everyday in Ego, there is a light that always comes in a few moments. Every time it comes, four entities will take off their masks to heal the wounds which they held behind the masks.

Rumor cobra

Tough's enemy