Fishermen’s club


Medium: Animation | Publication
Year: 2021
My father is a fishing enthusiast. After accompanying him on several fishing trips and getting to know his fishing buddies, I realized that this is a common hobby among middle-aged men. They gather by the river to fish in perfect harmony, almost like a middle-aged men's fishing club. Therefore, a series of visual outputs were created around this group and this activity.






Bubble
I participated in several fishing activities and talked to some people in this group, and collected some photos and audio.I also tried to give the camera to my dad to explore what they were saying when I was not there. Part of the sound comes from their conversation recorded that days, speaking in our local dialect. The general content is, for example, How many fish did you catch today? I know  there is a place suitable for fishing in the countryside. something like that …. At first I thought (I suppose )that middle-aged men would talk about some special things when they got together to fish, but when I really listened to them, I found that their conversations were mainly about fish. The conversation among people seems like fish spit bubbles underwater.





By the river
Here are some of my sketches and my plans. I’m trying to build a river bank, using illustration collage and a combination of animation. The scene is full of middle-aged men with dialogue and fishing. When they are enlarged, the details are enlarged. This is a feeling of scene reproduction. Let all the stories happen in this limited space and can be extended. These materials come from my usual observations, and then break time and space, fold them into the same scene, and show the characteristics of this crowd.





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