In December I had a talk with Daniel Bauer to discuss my ideas for my Master’s thesis. To be honest, before this talk, my feeling towards the Master’s project was quite negative. I felt very overwhelmed and burdened by all the research I had done. It felt more like a heavy task than a creative fun project. But after talking to Daniel, my mindset changed. He gave me a lot of motivation and helped me see the Master’s thesis as something cool and fun rather than just a struggle. In our conversation, we first talked about my general interests. I told him that I really like animation, motion design, and what I did for”Klanglicht”. I’ve always enjoyed working in an abstract way and creating abstract animations. At that point—which was actually before I directed the short film “Blau wie der Morpho”—I told him that live-action film didn’t really suit me. I thought I would definitely go into the direction of motion design because it felt more like “me.” A big part of our talk was about the abstraction of forms and how they can trigger emotions or reactions in people. Daniel gave me some great examples of this, which I found very helpful for my own thinking process. We discussed a very artistic way of visualizing data. This was a new idea for me, and I became really interested in how to combine data with art and motion. This talk was very important for my personal process because it opened up new directions. It showed me that my interest in abstract forms and motion design could actually become a solid foundation for a Master’s project. I started to think about how I can take something complex, like data, and turn it into something visual and emotional through abstraction. It made me realize that I don’t have to follow a traditional path; I can mix my interest in sound, light, and motion in a way that feels right for me. What I am taking away from this talk with him is that the Master’s project is a chance to experiment. I stopped seeing the research as a burden and started seeing it as a way to find more examples of what I like. Even though I discovered later during the film shoot that I also enjoy directing real people, the thoughts from this meeting about abstraction and data art are still very relevant for my work. I don’t have to decide yet but I guess sonn, but now i feel much more motivated to write my master thesis and explore what subject I am gone be focusing on.
