In my animation I attempted to relay the emotions and motifs of life/death, shadow, and mystery. I used a red plate as my backdrop throughout the entire animation, which to me acts as the archetype of mystery. If you look closely at the red plate you will see my reflection, which relates to shadowing. Also red is the obvious color of death, so I thought that worked nicely. I used the Flatiron building to highlight shadow imagery. I also think a tall buildings is an excellent way of stressing our current state of “life”, where we are contently trying to achieve greatness and superiority. My last image was candles, which draped them all over the animation. To me candles are the most obvious forms of life/death, shadow and mystery. Candles don’t last forever which relates to death, but during their lives they shine brightness on all of us, something we all strive to do. Candles also bring about shadows no matter where they are placed. Lastly, there is a certain mystery to candles and flames; their size is always changing as is their impact. Throughout my animation everything starts off very simplistic but as the animation continues things become more and more convoluted, only in the end to end-up black with just one spec of light left. This evolution of sorts symbolizes ones life span starting off simple but getting more convoluted as it goes on, in the end to black out.

I hope you enjoy!