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Near Light A Video Animación E A Danza by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li

Near Light A Video Animación E A Danza by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Cine, Vídeo e Animación Competition Category.


BronceFilme· 2019

Near Light A Video Animación E A Danza

by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li

Client: Centre for Arts and Design, University of Macau, Macao

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Filme Category

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The Design

About Near Light A Video Animación E A Danza

Mediante a captura de imaxes de luces flotantes na rúa despois da media noite cando a cidade ocupada se calmaba, esta animación de vídeo aspira a evocar unha sensibilidade nostálxica para Macao, unha tranquila península do sur de China preto de Hong Kong. Como reflexo e cuestionamento sobre o próspero desenvolvemento económico nunha cidade coñecida pola industria turística, este traballo provoca á audiencia na procura do significado máis profundo da vida e da felicidade.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Near Light A Video Animación E A Danza gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Near Light A Video Animación E A Danza sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Near Light A Video Animación E A Danza satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Through capturing imagery of floating lights on streets after midnight when the busy city was calming down, this video animation aspires to evoke a nostalgic sensibility for Macao, a tranquil peninsula in southern China near Hong Kong. As a reflection and questioning to the prosperous economic development in a city well-known for gambling industry, this work provokes the audiences into the search of the meaning of life.
Dimensions & Packaging
This work could be a video for a show/screening only or could include dance in a multimedia performance with LED panel on stage or within a museum/gallery installation.
Tags
art video, music video, video animation, multimedia show, synthesis of video animation and dance
Production Technology
Video footages filmed with a Canon 5DSR and edited in Adobe Premiere for the animation. This work could also include dancers in a multimedia performance.
Design Challenge
Capturing the floating lights on street and matching images/animation with music to creative the desired mood. The incorporation of dancers in the production is also a big challenge.
Research
This work is a multimedia video animation for screening and show, but it could also be part of a multimedia dance performance with a large LED panel on stage or within a gallery/museum installation. Through manipulation of the manual focus function during filming, a dreamy effect is captured to reveal a nostalgic sensation. The video footages will then be edited to match the musical texture. In the performance, dancers added another layer of meaning to the video animation and together created a touching performance on stage.
Inspiration
The inspiration of the project came from experiencing the transformation of Macao from a peaceful peninsula to a metropolitan city. As Reinsley Husson wrote in a review of Near Light: "Every life is heading towards an unknown destination - a journey of tragedies and triumphs that ultimately allows us to discover the world, and more importantly, ourselves."
Project Duration
04:35, Lightscape: A Synthesis of Video Animation and Dance,
University of Macau, Macao, 2018
Operation Flow
This work could be a video for a show/screening only or could include dance in a multimedia performance with a large LED panel on stage or within a museum/gallery installation.
Patents
Lampo Leong, 2018
Team Members
Lampo Leong (Directer and Videographer)
Yves Etienne Sonolet (Animation and video)
Ólafur Arnalds (Music)
Zhihou Li (Choreography)
Dance Troupe of the University of Macau (Dancers)
Image Credits
Image #1: Artistic Director Lampo Leong, Photographer Hengchia Hsu, 2018
Image #2: Artistic Director Lampo Leong, Photographer Tiantian Huan, 2018
Image #3: Artistic Director Lampo Leong, Photographer Tiantian Huan, 2018
Image #4: Artistic Director / Photographer Lampo Leong, 2018
Image #5: Artistic Director / Photographer Lampo Leong, 2018

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