DEMOREEL
MOTION/DESIGN
03
“Before Light” is a concept opening title for the Zigong Lantern Festival. Inspired by the traditional Zou Ma Deng (Carousel Lantern), it turns the rotating lantern into a symbolic stage. At its center, a dancer, the living wick, awakens six panels that portray moments of the Chinese New Year. As the camera pulls back, we realize she has been inside a lantern all along, reminding us that we are not just users of light but part of its culture.
BEFORE LIGHT
“Before Light” is a concept opening title for the Zigong Lantern Festival. Inspired by the traditional Zou Ma Deng (Carousel Lantern), it turns the rotating lantern into a symbolic stage. At its center, a dancer, the living wick, awakens six panels that portray moments of the Chinese New Year. As the camera pulls back, we realize she has been inside a lantern all along, reminding us that we are not just users of light but part of its culture.
BEFORE LIGHT
This title sequence visualizes energy as memory, where data, electricity, and human consciousness merge into a single flow of light. Inspired by Ball Lightning by Liu Cixin, the story follows Chen, a scientist who witnesses his parents vanish in a mysterious lightning event and dedicates his life to understanding it. As scientific discovery collides with military ambition, the project explores curiosity, loss, and the dangerous power of turning knowledge into a weapon.
BALL LIGHTNING
06
This project explores the boundary between man and machine, questioning if artificial intelligence has the capability to create in the profound sense traditionally ascribed to human artists and craftsmen.
Central to the narrative is the birth of a life form from a mechanical gynoid, leading to critical questions: If we endow AI with the ability to create, how should we interpret its creations when it brings forth life?
Are these entities human? Do they have souls?
If only creations borne of craftsmen and artists are deemed meaningful and ensouled, does that reduce AI-generated life to mere soulless products of industrial-scale production?
HUMAN 3.0
This project explores the boundary between man and machine, questioning if artificial intelligence has the capability to create in the profound sense traditionally ascribed to human artists and craftsmen.
Central to the narrative is the birth of a life form from a mechanical gynoid, leading to critical questions: If we endow AI with the ability to create, how should we interpret its creations when it brings forth life?
Are these entities human? Do they have souls?
If only creations borne of craftsmen and artists are deemed meaningful and ensouled, does that reduce AI-generated life to mere soulless products of industrial-scale production?
HUMAN 3.0
07
We are always on the move, rushing through life, as if every frame must be filled.
But the most touching moments often lie in the unspoken,
the unseen—the blanks.
Inspired by the cinematic technique of "empty shots"
A reflection on life’s quiet moments and personal memory fragments.
EMPTY SHOTS of DREAM
We are always on the move, rushing through life, as if every frame must be filled.
But the most touching moments often lie in the unspoken,
the unseen—the blanks.
Inspired by the cinematic technique of "empty shots"
A reflection on life’s quiet moments and personal memory fragments.
EMPTY SHOTS of DREAM