Hello, everyone! I’m Eunseo Ryu, a motion designer +
illustrator who turns ideas into little worlds. 🎈
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An Elephant Sitting Still
An Elephant Sitting Still portrays a community so preoccupied with personal struggles that individuals become unaware of the suffering around them. This main title sequence highlights the characters’ endurance and the small signs of hope that emerge as they search for a better future.
Collaborator
Ashley Song
Role
Art Direction, 3D Environment & Lighting, Compositing
Visual Reference
The sequence was set in an old, ordinary room in China. To achieve authenticity, we incorporated cabinets, frames, and a fan, which are commonly seen in older Chinese households. We focused on portraying a warm and nostalgic feeling throughout the sequence by using the desaturated yellow and brown colors and warm light coming into the room through the window.
Textures
Porcelains with different designs represent each storyline from the film. They are delicate and fragile, and a tiny fracture is enough for them to shatter like the piled-up traumas of the characters.
Compositing
I used Photoshop for color and lighting correction and typography, while my teammate Ashley used it for Kintsugi touch-up. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The cracks that are mended with Kintsugi illustrate both the absence of care for the characters and their resilience.
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