Animation

We created a tunnel animation with touch designer and added another particle layer on top of that. We wanted to create a"tunnel vision" for the audience to go into the journey. Since we finalized our design as the audience will be lying on the ground, we also wanted to leverage the gravity effect. Therefore, the movement of the tunnel can really create a moving visual effect. 

In terms of the color choice, the inspiration came from James Turrel's lighting installation, where he played with lighting and perspective really well. Therefore, we choose a gradient of blue-violet color transition as the audience going through the tunnel.

We also chose to added a particle effect layer to the animation, in order to indicate the movement of the viewer as well as creating a dynamic effect on the overall experience.

The parameters of the animation controllable by the viewer are the speed of the camera movement, diameter of the tunnel, color gradation, and the particle birth rate. The same four knobs are also tied to the four audio samples that are continuously looping to create the soudscape of the piece. The knobs each control the volume on one of the samples.