Energeia - An Energy Rhapsody

SEM01. D E L T A. FINAL PROJECT
P R O J E C T :: E N E R G E I A
PHASE# D E V E L O P M E N T

Poster of this sem's project

This will be my final project for the DELTA year before I can finally graduate and earn my degree! Yayyy!!! I can't wait to begin already!

For this project, we are free to decide the form of our project as long as we followed the theme selected for this sem, which is the 'ENERGY'. The project can be in the form of :

+ short film

+ 2d / 3d animation

+ music video
+ motion graphic

Me and my classmate, Anna decided to create a mix of a 2d animation with a motion graphic. This project was given the name 'Energeia', an energy rhapsody. The term 'Energeia' derives from the Greek word for 'energy'.


C O N C E P T
The concept that we want to convey in this motion graphic is the advantage and the disadvantage of using the world’s 4 main neutral energies and what will happen when their sources were abuse by overuse.

O V E R V I E W

In the beginning, the world is just a barren place. Then comes the Sun and shed his first light. His light awakens Earth from her deep slumber. The Water hidden beneath Earth rouses himself and pours his tears on the land. Water’s tears flow so great that it began to drown Earth. The Wind stumbles upon the drowning Earth and offers help. With all his power, he blasts away the water as much as he could and spreads it equally over the land. The Wind saves Earth from drowning. Realizing their mistakes, the Sun and Water promises to protect Earth. With all of them working together, the world begins to live. Millions years passed by and comes the invaders. They drain Sun’s light and use it to strengthen their artillery so they can cut and burn down trees, chase away animals from their forefathers’ land. Invaders then built themselves a city; leaving Earth wounded and frail. They built a dam and forced Water to flow constrictly, and wind turbines to ensure the Wind will never escape. Rather than turning into a peacemaker, the invaders have turned themselves into Destroyers. With what’s left of Earth’s strength, Earth shook her ground and destroyed the Destroyers’ city. Earth planted fear in the Destroyers’ heart. Destroyers ran for their lives from Earth, Sun Water and Wind. Once all the Destroyers left, Earth rebuilt her land with the help of Sun, Water and Wind. The land has begun its life once more.

E X E C U T I O N

There are 12 scenes in this motion graphics. Camera moves forward throughout this story. Camera only pans up, down, left and right whilst camera moves forward throughout the motion graphics.

Scene 1, The World Is Just A Barren Place. The world is empty. The view is just like on the moon but the surface is just like a desert.

Scene 2, The Light of Life. The sun god gives his light of life to the world. The scene which the sun god spread his hand and bring forth the light from his chest.  

Scene 03, The Awakening Earth. The earth wakes up from her slumber and raises the mountains, hills and seeds of plants. 

Scene 04, The Water’s Tears of Mercy. Water appears from underground, and splashes her waters all over Earth. 

Scene 05, The Drowning Earth. Earth is too happy raising her plants she didn’t realize she is drowning. 

Scene 6, Wind, The Saviour. Wind come and sweeps the water that is surrounding Earth and spread the water equally everywhere on the land. 

Scene 7, Their Gifts To Earth. Shows that the Sun is up in the sky while Water is below on the ground and in between are the clouds.  This scene represents the evaporation process, the process of how clouds are created. 

Scene 8, The Invasion. Shows the invaders come in from the side. 

Scene 9, The Destruction. Shows the destruction the human did. All the buildings and tress destroy / burnt. 

Scene 10, The Beginning of The End. Earth overheats and the nuclear reactor which the human built leaks into the crack in the ground. 

Scene 11, The Faces of Revenge. Earth wakes up and turns into gigantic monster with angry face, cracks the buildings with her earthquakes. The humans become scared and all run away. 

Scene 12, All Is Well, Ends Well. Earth replants her land and the world begins to live once again.

S U M M A R Y

The story is about how the 4 main renewable energies, sun (solar), water (hydro), wind and earth (biomass) works together in keeping the world well balanced. Later, the motion graphic focuses on how the human, being portrayed as the invaders or the destroyers of nature, destroys the world and overuses the 4 renewable energy resources causing the imbalance of nature and pollutions by abusing the world. The human’s act of selfishness later is revealed to have also become their act of self-destruct when the 4 energies rose and fought back in the name of revenge. Each of the energies brings forth their catastrophically power and cast it down to the humans and once again cleanses the world from pollutions. Towards the end, when the last of the human is gone, the 4 energies regenerate the world as they have done in the beginning.