Rochester Institute of Technology RIT Scholar Works Theses 10-2017 The Nearness Of You Tianyi Yin
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[email protected]. The Nearness Of You By Tianyi Yin AN ANIMATED THESIS PRODUCTION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS IMAGING ARTS/COMPUTER ANIMATION SCHOOL OF FILM AND ANIMATION COLLAGE OF IMAGING ARTS & SCIENCES ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 2017 Committee ______________________________________________________ Brian Larson, Professor/Animation Program Chair School of Film and Animation ______________________________________________________ Mari Blanchard, Lecturer School of Film and Animation ______________________________________________________ Naghmeh Farzaneh, Lecturer School of Film and Animation Abstract The Nearness Of You is an animated 2D graduate thesis film. The entire film, including the credits, is 4 minutes 55 seconds long. The production phase went from September 2016 to May 2017. This is a love story about two mannequins. The story takes place in a European looking city. The male mannequin meets the female mannequin under a romantic scenario.They fall in love as the time pass by. However, in the end, they don’t get to actually end up together. As a result, the male mannequin gets to have a symbolic figure as the female mannequin and they spend the rest of their lives happily ever after.