Project / Visual FX
Message
Message is a cinematic Visual FX project consisting of two short 30-second video studies. Both videos start from the same simple idea: receiving a digital message. From that moment on, the emotional atmosphere of the scene changes completely.
The first video shows the sad version. Through slower pacing, colder colour grading, darker framing and isolated compositions, the video translates feelings of distance, heaviness and inner tension. The emotion is not explained directly, but carried by the atmosphere of the image.
The second video shows the happy version. Warmer light, softer movement, brighter tones and a gradual sense of release create a clear contrast with the first video. Together, the two videos explore how digital communication can create a deep emotional shift through light, colour, camera movement, editing rhythm.
- Category
- Visual FX
- Focus
- Emotion, cinematic storytelling, light, colour
- Format
- Two 30-second videos
- Tools
- After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop
- Year
- 2025