Castle
The story revolves around the peculiar relationship between a princess, a castle, and the Bug King. Through a fragmented narrative style, the princess's yearning ambition for her past kingdom is personified, transforming into the Bug King, a being of only faint power. He becomes a surrogate for the princess in reviving the kingdom, creating an imagined fantasy within a forest of strange creatures.
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Jeci ChenDirector
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Jihao YaoColorist
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Music Video
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Runtime:7 minutes 1 second
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Completion Date:September 8, 2024
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Production Budget:1,867 USD
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Country of Origin:Taiwan
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Country of Filming:Taiwan
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital 3D Animation HD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Jeci is a visual artist who graduated from the Department of New Media Art at the Taipei National University of the Arts in 2022. Her portfolio predominantly features 3D/CGI animation, characterized by an experimental approach that integrates various media and animated installations.
In recent years, she has established an image style marked by the use of whimsically humorous characters to express absurdity, curiosity, and surrealism. Her videos often utilize fragmented narratives and a claustrophobic spatial tone that reflects the murmurs and self-contradictory mental states of daily life. These elements are fused with digital artifacts and trends from online communities to create unconventional, bizarrely experimental animated narratives. Apart from video creation, she also enjoys extending her style to three-dimensional sculptures, materializing her work into toys, and occasionally engaging in visual collaborations with music bands.