Branches
Heath Hanlin
Syracuse University, USA
: J Comput Eng Inf Technol
Abstract
Branches, a short animated film is an exploration of line, light, and sounds: A moving drawing, a study in the relationship between order and chaos. It is unsettlingly complex and entropic, yet deeply and abidingly orderly. The animation is based around a five minute musical improvisation with Hanlin playing a Moog synthesizer and Joshua Dekaney playing percussion. The visuals serve in some ways as the melody instrument in the composition, taking cues from the accompaniment, but never hewing too closely. The animation is in many ways a controllable physical simulation based loosely around the branching patterns of trees. Rendered in 4K HFR, ‘Branches’ is a visceral piece of experience design. Available in DCP format from full 4K HFR to 2K 24fps
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