Shivani Varandani | Motion Design Portfolio

SHIVANI VARANDANI | DEMOREEL 2021

Here is a collection of my best works! 

REMAINS OF THE DAY | TITLE SEQUENCE

The play Remains of the Day is about a butler who sacrifices his personal life and personal relations in order serve his master. This story is metaphor of the people who constantly try to find success and never enjoy while trying to achieve it. This title sequence represents the melancholic mood in the house that butler served in. 

REMAINS OF THE DAY | TITLE SEQUENCE | PROCESS

START UP | TITLE SEQUENCE

Start Up is an annual design competition hosted by student of Savannah College of art and Design. The theme and the branding of the project was very futuristic and hence it incorporates technological design such as HUDs and glowing cables. I collaborated with my friend, Banks Maynard on this title Sequence and my contribution to this is title the 3D logo animation. 

START UP | TITLE SEQUENCE | PROCESS

The abstract curves were made by flattening the edges in tropical landscape mesh in Cinema 4D. The hair shader in Cinema 4D allowed to give the curves volume and the final animation was added using the sweep effector. 

THE CHASE | STYLEFRAMES

The Chase is a project which portrays the importance of letting go. It depicts how feelings could be so toxic sometimes that holding onto them can entirely consume us, which often leads to mental disorders like Anxiety and Depression. We cannot possibly move forward when we are constantly holding on to that bar from our past; and letting go is the only healthy way to move on.

​This visual narrative presents a character who is trying to chase a cloth, which is a symbolism of his toxic thoughts and feelings. He eventually catches the cloth, but then tragically gets entangled into it, which metaphorically portrays how he get trapped inside of his own feelings. To get rid of cloth, he tears it apart, depicting that we must let go off the toxic and suffocating feelings that otherwise would consume us.

THE CHASE | PROCESS

To understand the how to simulate cloth in a specific, it was important understand the how it behaved in real life. Hence, these photographs were captured in order to understand and study the nature of the cloth.

SQUID GAME | TITLE SEQUENCE

Mesmerized by the beautiful visuals of the famous Korean show Squid Game, I was inspired to create a branding package for the show. The package includes the title sequence, morteses, transitions, lower third and social media assets. Significant elements from the show itself were used in the title, such as the pink-yellow architectural aesthetic, the game 'Ddakji' and the piggy bank. The use of dramatic lighting and rough textures allowed to create a tensed mood, representing the mood of the show itself.

SQUID GAME | TITLE SEQUENCE | PROCESS

I modeled, textured and animated the environments for the title sequence in Cinema 4D. I used various techniques for the animation including dynamics, cloth simulation and camera movements.

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