Near Light 视频动画和舞蹈 by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li

Near Light 视频动画和舞蹈 by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 电影、视频与动画设计 Competition Category.

铜电影· 2019

Near Light 视频动画和舞蹈

by Lampo Leong, Yves Sonolet and Zhihao Li

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

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 电影 Category

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The Design

About Near Light 视频动画和舞蹈

通过在繁忙的城市平静下来的午夜后拍摄街道上的浮动灯图像，该视频动画唤起了人们对澳门（中国南部一个宁静的半岛，靠近香港）的怀旧情怀。作为对以旅游业而闻名的城市繁荣发展的反思和质疑，这项工作激起了观众对生活和幸福的更深层意义的追求。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Near Light 视频动画和舞蹈是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Near Light 视频动画和舞蹈将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Near Light 视频动画和舞蹈出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

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