Press Release
Capture The Moment Animation by Kohki Kobori Is Granted the A' Design Award in Movie, Video and Animation Design
Kohki Kobori honored for movie, video and animation design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Capture The Moment Animation by Kohki Kobori has been granted the A' Design Award in the Movie, Video and Animation Design category. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Capture The Moment Animation
Capture the Moment is a short animated film about the importance of timing in photography. The film shows individual shapes that move and slowly morph into new forms, building one perfect moment. The work is a cell animation, drawn frame by frame for fluid and organic movement. Style frames were first designed in Adobe Illustrator. Each frame was then animated with the timeline feature in Adobe Photoshop. Compiling, adjustment and finishing were carried out in Adobe After Effects. The result is a video of 1920 by 1080 pixels, viewed without any interaction.
About Kohki Kobori
I am a motion designer who is also a traveler of 32 countries. I have seen different sceneries, unique moments, and diverse people during my travels. In looking at that, I want to do storytelling and visualize my experiences in my motion design. I want to create something outstanding, yet relatable to a lot of people in the world. I have always considered myself as a misfit, therefore, I want to create a design that is meaningful, hopeful, and also upbringing for audiences that ever feel like a misfit themselves.
Award Record
Kohki Kobori is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Movie, Video and Animation Design Award
The A' Movie Design Award is an international movie design competition recognizing outstanding movie designs by best movie designers and directors worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to movie designers, animation artists, directors and film producers from all countries. Entries typically include feature films, short films, documentaries, animations, music videos and experimental films. Awarded movie designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/movie
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/112211
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/112211
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!112211
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/282932
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.kokikobori.com/#/new-gallery-3/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Capture The Moment Animation
- Function
- Animation
- Category
- Movie, Video and Animation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Entertainment and Arts
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Light Slate Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kohki Kobori
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #112211
Credits
- Team
- Solo Project
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Capture the Moment is a very special project because it took me around four months to create it. It is very detail-oriented because each frame per second has different shapes and elements moving and morphing slowly into different shapes, creating different objects. The video is entirely a cell animation made in Adobe Photoshop. This project was also created purely based on my past experience as a photographer without any external references/inspiration.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for this project is the beauty of "timing" when taking photographs. This story was based on my past experience working as a photographer where I would wait for several hours for the perfect natural lighting. I believe that a perfect picture wouldn't exist without a perfect moment. "A second would make a big difference!"
- Challenge
- The most challenging part of this project is in the detail of the aesthetics. My goal is to create a natural, organic fluid movement as much as possible, and in order to create that, I decided to do it with cell animation which takes much more time. The second obstacle is to animate and design all the small elements in a frame to be uniform in the same time.
- Realization and Technology
- Firstly, I designed style frames using Adobe Illustrator. Secondly, I animated it frame by frame using the timeline feature in Adobe Photoshop. Lastly, I moved to Adobe After Effects to compile, make adjustments, and finalize the design.
- Operation and Interaction
- This project is a short movie. End user will be able to enjoy this animation without having to interact with anything.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2017 in New York and finished in February 2018 in New York, and was exhibited in a screening at SVA Theatre located at 333 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011.
- Specifications
- 1920 x 1080 px in .mp4 format
- Keywords
- motion design, moment, camera, photography, capture, flash, cell animation, golden hour
