Exhausted
On the next project，the Reflection on Reality, the keyword I need to chose，which is called ‘Exhausted’. This word is used to describe a person who is exhausted and doesn’t want to do anything. Among the reference short film I have collected from Youtube, Vimeo and other website, I chose the short film is very suitable for the living conditions of our young people in the contemporary society. The name of this animation is Alarm. This animation short film is directed by Korean director Jang Moo Hyun in 2009. There is no dialogue in the animation, only the dynamic performance of the characters.
The content of this animation is also very straightforward. It tells the story of an otaku living in a single apartment and getting up after being tossed by an alarm clock in the morning, which indirectly reflects the current living state of urban people. When the sun came out, and the warm sun shone through the window into the warm house. A new day is coming, at this time, the stereo placed on the bookshelf releases wonderful music at the set time. The sleepy young man feels exhausted when he gets up, so he presses the stereo. At this time, the alarm of his mobile phone rings again, and the young man presses to stop his mobile phone ringing. However, the alarm clock on the table opposite the bed is also noisy. The young man picks up the pistol and stops the alarm clock. Finally, the stereo, mobile phone and alarm clock rings at the same time, but the power of sleep is so powerful that the young man is still unmoved by the deafening alarm. When he cannot bear it, he jumps out and stops all the alarms before continuing to go back to bed. After he falls asleep for a while, he wakes up naturally. He finally gets up and he is still bleary eyed. He brushes his teeth, washes his face, eats breakfast quickly, everything goes step by step and follows the instructions of the alarm. This man seems like a machine, completely losing his personality and sense of purpose.
The reason why I chose this animation is that it has a very moral meaning, that is, the problem of our youth’s life attitude. In real life, some young work resources, even some college students, lose the motivation to work and study in the workplace or in school, live without plan and sense of purpose every day, and exhausted themselves every day, thus entering such a disgusting cycle. If a person is so depressed every day, has no willpower, and is exhausted, he needs external stimulation to do everything. He just wants to be beautiful, doesn’t take action, and is confused every day, he is wasting time.
Therefore, in this project, I intend to make a monologue animation of an exhausted person. He gradually realizes that he is lazy and wastes the price of a good time, so he gradually changes himself, transforms into a new self and faces life again.