An allegorical mystery revolving around identity, freedom and violence, Straw Dog depicts the struggle of individuality in the digital era through a Taoist fantasy that is as old as time. It invites viewers to reflect on the existence in the online space as well as the death and mortality in a contemporary context.
This is an experimental short film using a combination of CGI technology and live-action. It is a collaboration between students from many different universities, with me working mainly as a VFX director.
Team Members
Credit:
Director and Writer:Tianchenglong Yao
Presenter: Yuanyuan Sun
Producer: Jia Tang
Co-producer: Yuchu Zhao Zihan Li
Assistant Director: Yuxin Zhang
Script supervisor: Haonan Hu
Director of Photography: Yue Hou
Focus Puller: Jiakun Li
Assistant Camera: Jiakun Li Xueying Zhang
Gaffer: Naichen Xiao
Lighting Technician: Zeyu Liu Xuan Qin
Production Designer: Bopeng Hao
Assistant Art Director: Junru Chen Yufu Wu Lu Zhong Shu Teng
Poster Illustrator: Chaohao Xu
Chinese Calligraphy: Lan Tang
Costume Designer: Jundai Lin
Costume Assistant: Shuyu Xiong
Mack-up Artist: Ziyou Yang
Visual Effects Director: Meng Lu
Concept Artist: Chaohao Xu
Visual Effects Artist:Meng Lu Ningkang Wen Shuang Lu
Modeling Artist:Meng Lu Yuhang Han
Assistant Modeling Artist: Xuan Liu
Motion Graphics Artist: Dan Wu
Compositing Artist:Meng Lu Wenda Huang
DIT: Rouqi Wang
Editor: Jiakun Li
Colourist: Yue Hou
Composer: Zixiao Gong
Sound Designer: Zixiao Gong
Mixer: Zixiao Gong
Special Thanks:
Chris Ratcliffe Mingyu Xu Yuxi Song Yoyo Zhuang Ziqing Geng Xinyi Ren
