Last Dance
Animation
Cinema 4D, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Collaboration: Winnie Kuo, Anggie Arivia, Lauryn Vania Kuriawan(sound composer)
Objective:
An animation created through a Moth's perspective, collaborating with a sound designer and a large team for the first time, that portrays the "moth to a flame" metaphor
Last Dance
This narrative explores the theme of an overwhelming desire that ultimately leads to one's demise. Using the metaphor of a moth drawn to the flame, the animation explores the dangers of irresistible desires that illustrate how something new and exciting can blind individuals, leading to tragic consequences.
Styleframes
Process
The process includes ideation concepts, sketch explorations, character design for the moth, environment setup in Cinema 4D, lighting tests, having a sound designer, and comping in After Effects.
Storyboard Sketch+Storyline Script
In a moonlit glade, a lone moth fluttered through the night, her wings a soft whisper in the darkness. Drawn irresistibly to a solitary flame dancing gracefully in a lantern, she felt a pull like no other—a magnetic allure, both beautiful and dangerous.
The flame flickered invitingly, as the glass of the lantern opened up, casting warm, golden light that promised warmth and wonder. The moth, entranced by this luminous beacon, moved closer, her heart beating in a wild, chaotic rhythm. She knew the peril, the stories of others who had succumbed, yet she couldn’t resist; the flame was like nothing she had ever seen—mesmerizing, enchanting.
In her imagination, she enters a whole new realm as she dances in the still night—moth and flame, a duo bound by a fatal attraction. As she drew nearer, the heat intensified, but so did her desire. In one final, desperate flutter, she reached the flame, embracing it in a passionate, fiery kiss.
In that brief, incandescent moment, their love was consummated in a burst of light and heat, a fleeting, beautiful union. And then, in a wisp of smoke, she was gone, leaving the flame to flicker alone, mourning its ephemeral lover under the uncaring gaze of the stars.
Character Moth Design Process
Environment Set-up
