Cities & eyes 3
BRIEF
The project involved creating an animatic as part of the Concept Project titled "City Project" during the Fall semester of 2024. The animatic was based on the book "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino (1972) using After Effects and Photoshop.
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Framed as a conversation between Mongol emperor Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, the book describes 55 fictitious cities that are narrated by Polo, many of which can be read as a didactic commentary on culture, language, time, memory, death, and human experience.
Moral: If people don't reveal themselves, rumors grow
Basic-Story: Version
Design: Grunge, Collage Design
Alt: Graphic
Sound: Fantastical + Quarky
Cities & Eyes 3 | Baucis | [BAU] pg [77]
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The traveler arrives at Baucis.
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Slender stilts support the city above the clouds.
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Inhabitants rarely come down to the ground.
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Only the long flamingo legs create angular shadows on sunny days.
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3 hypotheses about inhabitants: hating the earth, avoiding contact, or loving it as it was before their existence.
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They contemplate their absence with fascination.
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The city remains distant and mysterious, hidden above the clouds.
