Preludes Primary Function: ᱢᱤᱠᱥ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ by Matthew Rankin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱪᱞᱚᱪᱤᱛᱨ Competition Category.
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱪᱞᱚᱪᱤᱛᱨ· 2020
Preludes Primary Function: ᱢᱤᱠᱥ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ
Client: Matthew Rankin
A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱪᱞᱚᱪᱤᱛᱨ Category
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About Preludes Primary Function: ᱢᱤᱠᱥ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ
Book Text: Preludes ᱢᱤᱰ ᱛᱤᱱᱟᱹᱜ ᱢᱤᱠᱥ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱟᱸᱜ ᱴᱤ.ᱮᱥ. ᱮᱞᱤᱭᱚᱴ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱠᱚᱵᱤᱛᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱷᱤᱞᱚᱢ ᱴᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱱᱤᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱴ ᱥᱮᱠᱮᱸᱰ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱪᱟᱹᱞᱟᱜ ᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱞᱤᱭᱚᱴ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱟᱨᱤᱧ ᱨᱪᱚᱱᱟ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱢᱮᱲᱮᱫ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱩᱲᱟᱹᱣ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱷᱤᱢ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱠᱷᱟᱛᱤᱨ ᱵᱟᱝᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱛᱮᱢᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱠᱷᱟᱛᱤᱨ ᱡᱩᱲᱟᱹᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ 2D ᱟᱨ 3D ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, Cinema 4D ᱨᱮ ᱢᱚᱰᱮᱞ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, Redshift ᱛᱮ ᱨᱮᱱᱰᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱟᱨ After Effects ᱨᱮ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱚᱡᱤᱴ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱾ ᱥᱚᱨᱚᱜ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱦᱟᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱴᱷᱟᱶ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱥᱠᱨᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱶᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱮᱛᱦᱚᱵ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱢᱟᱨᱥᱟᱞ ᱴᱮᱠᱥᱴ ᱛᱮ ᱴᱷᱟᱶᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱵᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱭ ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Preludes Primary Function: ᱢᱤᱠᱥ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Preludes Primary Function: ᱢᱤᱠᱥ ᱢᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Preludes is a mixed media collaborative animation based on a poem by T.S. Eliot. The process involved the poem being chosen by the producer, who then invited a musician to compose a one-minute piece which was handed off to me to provide to create visuals on both the the words of Eliot and the music.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Duration: 1-minute, 08-seconds
- Tags
- poetry, animation, motion graphics, 2D, 3D, after effects
- Production Technology
- Preludes utilizes both 2D and 3D animation all composited in After Effects. The scenes with 3D were done in Cinema 4D and rendered using Redshift. It also uses several After Effects plugins such as Video Copilot's Sabre, Rowbyte's Plexus, and Red Giant's Particular and Form.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge became putting the many ways this manifests into only one-minute and matching those visuals to an already created musical composition. And that's how an aerial view helps to alienate us from the tracking signals on the street and we are suddenly shifted to street level view to see faceless people bumping into one another with screens blocking the vision.
- Research
- For this project the research fairly straightforward. It started with a cursory reading of the poem, Preludes by T.S. Eliot, and listening to the soundtrack created by Angus Macrae. I listened to the audio repeatedly to let it sink into my memory and to help with visualizing general concepts. This was followed by seeking out deeper analysis of the poem so that I better understood the themes, ideas, and symbols. While I could certainly have skipped this step it was profoundly important as I went along and was searching for visual fragments to add to the density of the piece.
- Inspiration
- Preludes is based on T.S. Eliot's poem of the same name and a one-minute musical soundscape provided to me and composed by Angus Macrae. The whole project was organized by a group called Campfire Poetry that uses poetry as away to promote collaborations between musicians and animators.
- Project Duration
- The project was started 20 December 2019 in New York City and completed in February 2020.
- Operation Flow
- I was immediately drawn into Eliot's non-narrative and slightly abstract form, even though he was describing a very defined and concrete world. I took that as an opportunity to create scenes that were thematically, but not necessarily aesthetically, connected. Instead, I chose to let Macra's soundtrack be the connective tissue weaving together Eliot’s view with my own as I explore how our modern world looks and feels in the context of Eliot’s ideas.
- Team Members
- Director/Animator: Matthew Rankin
Producer: Max Rothman
Music/Sound: Angus Macrae
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