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Sleep Paralysis

Zhongrui Long

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I am an animation student interested in animated scenes and character movements. I enjoy trying different genres of stories, and most of my ideas come from life and dreams. I have a habit of recording my dreams.The software I can master includes Maya, Zbrush, Procreate, Procreate Dreams, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Substance Painter, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe After Effects.

I am an animation student interested in animated scenes and character movements. I enjoy trying d...

This project mainly tells the story of a girl who fainted from exhaustion while working on her design. She then dreams of entering a forest where strange masks chase and scare her. When she sees a cave ahead, she instinctively thinks it would be a good place to escape the masks, only to find that this is where the real horror lies. The masks change their performances, zombies appear, and there are inexplicable bloodstains on her hands. The girl has not actually woken up from the dream; her soul remains trapped in her real home. The only true freedom is represented by her imagined perfect self dancing on the roof of the house. The purpose of creating such a story is to explore the embodiment of perfectionism and surrounding pressure through the format of a horror animated.

Final work

SleepParalysis ZhongruiLong (Graduation show)

The idea for the graduation project is based on the discussion of perfectionism in the "Black Swan" movie, and the running shot is based on "Millennium Actress" directed by Satoshi Kon, in order to show the horror atmosphere, the film uses different camera switches.
Warning: Contains flashing images

Research and process

Sleep Paralysis _ Zhongrui Long (Animatic)

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Sleep Paralysis

This project mainly tells the story of a girl who fainted from exhaustion while working on her design. She then dreams of entering a forest where strange masks chase and scare her. When she sees a cave ahead, she instinctively thinks it would be a good place to escape the masks, ...

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