Power of Stories


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Creator/Artist: Vinayak Pancholi

Category: Animation Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2013-2015

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Sumant Rao


Detailed Description

Stories literally shape our decisions. Stories define how we make sense of our lives and the world around us. Stories are everywhere; every day we experience different experiences and remember those experiences as a series of events, which could be translated as a story at the grass-roots level.

The motivation of this short film also comes from similar life-changing experiences I found in books and how they changed my perspective of the world around me. In a similar way, this film depicts the life-changing experience of a person deeply conflicted in his thoughts and actions and how his experiences throughout the film change his perspective on life and, moreover, define the meaning of life and the world itself.

The treatment, texture, colours, and CGI world in this film try to express a visual experience of a person's journey through the pages of a book. The film is not only a journey across the landscape but also a journey of the state of a mind going through a strong turbulence of hard choices. This report covers the formulation of the story, an extensive study of the cultures of central African tribes, the visualisation of the film, and its trailer breakdown.