Animation & Motion Design

Seán Parnell

Did You Hear That?

Did You Hear That? Is a surreal animated short about a musical presence in a supermarket. As customers are distracted by the strange melody, a shop manager searches for the source.

This film explores the intrusive thoughts experienced in public during the COVID-19 lockdown. Using a cohesive audiovisual style, the piece follows a range of characters as they carry out mundane activities during social distancing, and how they are affected by subconscious tension, expressed in the form of music.

When approaching this project, I knew its soundtrack would be an integral part of the piece. The track fades in with a faint reverberating guitar, that is carried with sweeping strings and vintage synth lines before reaching a crescendo of distorted chords and layered vocals. By featuring a lyrical element in the piece, a chanting of “Did You Hear That?”, I wanted to blur the line between song and soundtrack and create a definitive tagline.

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Welcome

We formally welcome you to the Limerick School of Art & Design Graduate Show of 2019 featuring the work of final year LSAD Graduates from Painting, Photography Film Video, Print Contemporary Practice, Sculpture & Combined Media, Ceramic Design, Fashion Design, Fashion and Textiles for Product & Costume, Graphic Design Communication and Game Art Design,

By the time you see these words your work will be on display, representing a segment of life, time, effort, energy and creativity that form the final chapter of your four year journey. Take a bow, savour this moment, not just in a singular manner but as a collective body of students, sharing in each other’s trials, tribulations and success. There is a special magic here at LSAD that allows individuality, collegiality and diversity to prosper. Here in our LSAD world, there is space and time, and the work that now inhabits the Clare St Campus, in digital and physical forms, is the residue of that experience. It is not the work that leaves with you, it is the lived experience of striving to make sense of our environments and of ourselves in the world.

As you go forth to pursue your passions in your selected field or simply to make a living, what is the collective strength that you hold within you all? You are part of the creative and cultural sector and how you exercise your abilities and strength can really affect and change our society. This expectation should not be a weight, imagine it more like a catapult or launch pad for your future selves.