Development Process for Project Two . 2.5D

2.5D _Scene01 from Vivian Cheung on Vimeo.

_Starting the project with an accordion audio track leads me to imagine a masquerade ball happened at the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles in the 18th century and with the inspiration from tutorial, I decided to twist the scene to imitate the interior of a train with passing-light and sound.

2.5D _Scene02 from Vivian Cheung on Vimeo.

_Zooming out from Scene01, only can one realise that it's neither a hall nor a train, it's only a trompe-l'œil painting. However strangely it sounds, the feather flying in Scene01 does appear to come back from the window of the living room, where the view outside the window and the fake lawn on the floor blur the judgement of indoor/outdoor space.

2.5D _Scene03 from Vivian Cheung on Vimeo.

_With the feather disappears behind the window/painting (where one can't judge by logic means) from Scene02, the camera pans through section of the wall and the aerial view of the streetscape outside follows. Not until the car moves across the screen, will one question whether the streetscape is real or just a map from the library.

2.5D _Scene04 from Vivian Cheung on Vimeo.

_Taking the narrative from a Chinese saying - "There are golden houses inside books." - meaning: reading brings knowledge (aka. wealth) - and with a change of scale, the library features the City of Knowledge marking the end of the film.