Phantom Pains

Phantom Pains (NYP Project for Royal College of Art, Digital Video, 47 Seconds)Individual Project (Written, Shot, Directed, Edited, and Animated by Ah Young Shin) Free source Music by: Arthur Benson---------------------Heavily influenced by my moving to London, especially the difficulties of navigating a new physical space and culture, it was intended to capture the anxious and frustrating sides of mobility. Instead of retelling the story beat-by-beat, a more abstract story was created. The ghost was animated on a pre-shot physical set which was designed to resemble a theater that has been torn down and rebuilt in disarray, potentially implying an allegorical theater displaying the most chaotic fragments of life. Mostly foam board and paper, the set was intended to have a fable-like mood, and a blurred line aesthetic of a physical piece and animated cartoon. Deeply inspired by the animated films of William Kentridge and again to enforce the theme of movement, I chose a frame-by-frame animation style. The aspect ratio that resembles a television frame was chosen to represent the personal and claustrophobic aspect of the subject matter. Furthermore, "violent" sounds recorded around W

Submitted 5 March 2024 by Ah Young Shin.