A pictogram on Jiri Trnka’s The Hand
Pictogram
TSANG Chun-leung, Steven 曾俊良
Student of SM2105 Narrative Strategies and Aesthetics of Time-based Media
Abstract
The pictogram I have made is an analysis of the original animation picture following its timeline, not only of the content, but also character, emotions, actions and musical aspects.
This pictogram focuses on the theme of our “reaction to destiny,” in the form of a timeline, to mark out the ideology as a generative process. While a small plant is the seed of the subsequent conflicts, a large part of the events revolve around the confrontation between the doll and the hand. The work’s generative process intensifies alongside the action and reaction between the hand and the doll. I have also included other elements such as a graph indicating a three-act structure, to show the dynamic of the work as a time-based narrative. I consider this an important aspect as the same object, such as the hand, represent very different meanings by studying the unfolding process of the narrative. The pictogram of The Hand highlights generative thinking and the presentation of ideology as a series of representation of the same object in multiple iterations.
