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Playing love
"Playing love" by Huei-yao Hsuan
Artist's Statement
The meaning construction of this last project, "Playing Love" is two-fold.
One is to tell a story that creates an immediate connection with viewers by using the first-person point of view. The audience first sees how the eyes are drawn, and then the eyes start to roll around lively. Suddenly the eyes see you, the audience. The eyes themselves and a few dialogues interact with the audience, showing the emotions such as happy, confused, annoyed, and angry, that generate an invisible link between viewers and the eyes. In the end of the sequence, the eyes are smiley followed by a quick flashback of the whole so called "playing love" experience. Given more facial parts of the face, an implication towards a happy ending (,or I'd rather keep it as open-ended as possible.)
The music is the other key element that constitutes the story formation. I've wanted to express how I feel about this song for a long time. "Playing Love" (by Ennio Morricone), was selected from the movie: The Legend of 1900 (1998.) In the movie, the man creates an impromptu piano piece while watching the girl he loves walking by his window. I was moved by the way how the director used only two characters' headshots and facial expressions along with the music to beautifully showcase the whole storytelling process.
Note-
The quote in the very end of the clip:
"May you live as long as you wish and loves as long as you live"
by Robert A. Heinlein
Are You Fan Enough?
Here is my final project. The project statement is on the same page as the flash.
http://www.spasticsolarium.com/time_based/
Note: The file size is about 6 MB, so it may take a minute to download.
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