Jin Wang
Jin
Wang
Coke
and
Fries
Adventure
Video/Animation
00:01:23
2020
Coke and
Fries
Adventure
This animation is based on my two cats. To me, having pets is one of the
most important experiences, I know them well, and they are cute. The
story tells how two cats accidentally enter the computer during a fight.
They have an adventure in the computer, they beat the monster and
finally come out of it, friends in the end.
I chose the animation form as my project because I think animation
gives more meaning than static works of art. I feel that the diversity of
animation, the choice of different sounds, actions, and images, have
more advantages of expression. And I wanted the challenge of a new
way to make animations, not what I have learned before, which was
traditional hand- drawn animation. Therefore, I used Adobe Illustrator
to shape their body parts, make the monster, and the background. And
I used After Effects to make the different layers move, and to add some
special effects to the animation. Then I edited with Premiere and other
editing applications, and combined real life video with the animation.
Predecessors for my animations include movies like Ready Player One
(2018) where people can use VR to enter the virtual world; Pokémon
Detective Pikachu (2019) made from the perspective of a Pokémon, and
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) with the combination
of reality and fantasy animals. My animation is mainly based on the
combination of Ready Player One and Pokémon Detective Pikachu point
of view, that my cats go into the computer from their perspective and
experience an adventure.
As the video shows in the beginning, they don't get along well with each
other in reality. The original intention of this animation was to express
my wish for them, to accomplish things that are impossible in reality,
and hope that they can live in harmony after experiencing dangerous
things together.
