— FILM TITLE
Lockdown Zone
— GENRE
Visual Music
Experimental Motion Graphics
— DATE
Oct, 2021
Lockdown Zone is a a short visual music video inspired by what I observed during my residential area while in lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Different aspects such as shapes, lights, forms, colors are taken from my observation, then interpreted into the motion graphics elements of this piece, following a surrealist palette that expresses my connection with the current scenery. These animated elements are eventually accompanied by an electronic soundtrack and put together using a real-time visual mixing technique.
'Lockdown Zone' visual mixing | Music by Sro
Photos taken as reference | Lockdown August 2021
Photos taken as reference | Lockdown August 2021
SYNOPSYS
This is a piece of visual music inspired by what I observed around me during the lockdown in the city of Saigon. There have been many changes to the city during the time its residents stay indoors. The 'sleepless city' is apparently asleep in this strange time when there is no sign of loud sirens, traffic, and people activities. The little details in life such as blinking street lights or the patterns of the street which are usually unnoticeable during normal life became vivid when people recede.
By creating tailor-made motion graphic pieces, I want to portray a visual performance on this canvas by mixing these elements in real-time using VJ techniques and tools to reflect the abnormal vibrations of the current situation.
Inspired by pylons laid on the street during lockdown
Windows modeled from the neighbor’s apartment.
The blinking effects also inspired by the action of turning the lights on&off
A nice sunset | View from my rooftop
The word ‘Hotel’ taken from one of my neighbor’s building
Walking person inspired by the traffic light under my place
Pictures taken during sunset | View from rooftop
Copyright attribution for the Lil Buggers soundtrack
‘“Lil Buggers” by Sro, used under CC BY-NC 4.0 / Trimmed 30 seconds from original