Conscious Mind and Depth of Emotions: Revisiting Memories
Pictogram
CHAN Pui-sze, Louise 陳佩詩
Student of SM2105 Narrative Strategies and Aesthetics of Time-based Media
Abstract
I chose this work because I felt the power of delivering the story and expressing the emotion through a simple but beautiful animation. I took an in-depth look at its narrative structure, how emotions acquire depth, and the use of colors and symbolism. In my pictogram, I combined the format of a storyboard, a landscape map, and photo collage. I interpret the fish to be a symbol of Popo, and water of the memories flowing in Lillian’s mind. And so I divided each scene into layers of waves that also function as the landscape of Popo’s life. The layers are in chronological order in both the x and y-axis. The thickness of each wave represents the depth of the emotion developed through pictures and music.
