Artist Statement
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‍Sounds turninto abstract images. This black and white abstract animation aims to visualizethe underlying music track, enhancing it by adding a visual layer to theacoustic. A combination of mixed media materials and hand and digital drawingand animation are used to create a tightly connected audiovisual experience. Theelements of the animation are simplified and reduced to ordinary shapes andtextures. Lines, dots, squares, and more fluid and undefined shapes make up themain elements of the boiling animation. The visual reduction, including removalof 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 animationthrough it’s less fluid and rougher appearance, as well as the visualincorporation of the music’s lively nature. A combination of After Effects,Procreate, and Photoshop were used to create this animation frame by frame.


Credits
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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
 
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Technical Information

Runtime: 3:10 Minute(s)
‍Framerate: 24fps
‍Resolution: 1080p
‍Aspect Ratio: 16:9
‍Sound: Stereo Made in Hong Kong, 2023, at School of Creative Media, City University Hong Kong

‍Animation Techniques
‍Photography, drawing, mixed media based boiling animation, hand drawn animation. 

Software
‍After Effects
Procreate
Photoshop