Visual Metaphor Documentation

This project is about Oedipus Rex, who’s my favorite character in greek mythology. His tragic life and the moral behind the story are all perfect materials to do a project with, and I chose the part of after he killed Sphinx and got to be the king of Thebes, eventually blind himself because he realized that he is the source of all disasters happening in the city. In the project I emphasized the element of eye, since itself already contains a lot of power, the eye as a symbolism in the story again stronged it’s influence on audiences’ heart.

This is my storyboard, and it really helped me on structuring the whole story. Without this I wouldn’t know what I should put in and how to control the the pace.

I finished the project all on my own, since I think that myself is the only one who can understand my feelings on the story. And because I don’t have those special effects technique and costumes or actors, I eventually decided to animate it. And in the project I used a lot of technologies of transforming the angle of camera, for example, when zoos come out, I used it from a long scene to a close up, so people can feel the pressure that those god give us, or to say, give Oedipus. Meanwhile I also use a lot of close ups focusing on Oedipus’s eyes, so people can feel that it’s a very important element in his story.