Dear Future
Role: Director; Editor; Screenwriter; Animator;
Made by: Unity; Premiere Pro;
Year: 2021.
Info:
While the digital is taking up everywhere in life, humans will reach the next age called "post-digital", which is the smart thing that becomes as normal as water.
This animation is feedback for post-digital, and it is meant to showcase how digitalization affected people during the time.
Concept:
At present, digital makes life much more convenient, but it also makes people obsessed. This manifesto animation reflects my thoughts and attitude about the post-digital age.
Although it is inevitable that digital generally takes up the physical, I hope people could find out more beautiful parts of physical rather than obsessed with all digital things.
Shots in Scenes
Behind The Scene
This animation was made in Unity. The character is combined with multiple 3D objects. And I add animations for each object to achieve movement. And I set up a timeline to organise all animations in the scene.
The channel on the left side is in edit mode, so I can stand in the third-person view to see my animation. and on the right side is in play mode, which is the animation view.
Manifesto in Animation:
Dear Digital,
Today, It’s the last day to live in your age. And it’s my last time to be physical,
I am leaving, and I decided to leave.
It’s the right choice at the right time.
Remember the first time I met you. You are like a boom, rush into my life,
Everything around me starts to change, my life becomes much more colourful than ever,
You bring me the thing that I have never experienced before,
At that time, I was insanely following you. Follow your style, follow your trend,
Even I never miss any steps. You can still surprise me every time,
I know you are smart and powerful, and all the things you create are beautiful,
But I found, I lost my genuine joy. I couldn’t find the happiness of my childhood anymore.
Since you came into my life. Me and my family become distant.
No more talking and sharing. All we have is silence.
Sit together in silence, eat together, live together. Watch our screens together.
I miss the sounds of the house.No matter if it's laughing or crying.
So what can I do for that, what can I do to you,
I can’t quit you anymore. You already root in my mind a long time ago,
Accurately, It’s capitalists root you into my mind at the beginning,
It’s not your fault. We are both puppets,
You are living in their intense desire and imagination. And me just a money machine for them,
I am done for being a puppet and living for the money,
Although I love the physical body. It’s time to end,
Miss you, digital and physical,
Hope to see you in the post-digital space.
