This animated piece is inspired by the 2010 Academy Award Winning film, Black Swan. This animation finds the intersection between the film and the classic Tchaikovsky ballet Swan Lake, juxtaposing the whimsy of the classical performance with the suspense of the psychological thriller.
The intention with this piece was to create a loop that would have the image completely transform into another and then back into the original image, all in one continuous video. Using Adobe Animate, I made the two different morphing styles different, with the figure transforming into the swan first by morphing, and then implementing a zoom technique to transform the swan back into the figure. The artistic choices of the animation: the direct eye contact with the viewer, the simple, blocks of color and almost minimalistic cartoonish style all highlight the dynamic transformation from person to animal and back to the person.
Additionally, the music is utilized in the video in an intentional manner, taking the song Les Danses des Cygnets from the original Swan Lake ballet. The song starts and stops in a manner so that it could loop with the video as well.
