the deep yellow

3D Animation
May 2016

This three-month project was a fascinating experiment that translated the liveliness of fish into an abstract, three-dimensional experience. After an intensive period of observation and building my own aquarium, I filmed the fish from above and used the "displacement" effect in Cinema 4D.

This effect transforms the video's brightness values into geometric heights and depths, turning the fish into organic 3D objects. The result was three five-minute films featuring an immersive camera movement, which were projected onto the walls of an aquarium. The resulting shapes were abstract and surreal, but their fluid motion gave the animation an impressive sense of life.