Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2020
Yen C Chen's animated creation operates within rich symbolic territories where the pig figure, traditionally associated across numerous cultures with prosperity, abundance, good fortune, and earthly contentment, undergoes transformative elevation through its astronaut equipment, suggesting that humble origins need not limit aspirational reach, the segmented spring-like body construction carries multiple interpretive possibilities including references to resilience and adaptability, the capacity to compress under pressure yet maintain essential form, or alternatively the visual metaphor of potential energy awaiting release into joyful action, the astronaut helmet functions as a powerful symbol of human curiosity and the universal desire to explore beyond familiar boundaries, its protective enclosure simultaneously suggesting both the vulnerability that necessitates such protection and the courage required to venture into unknown territories, the helmet's transparency allowing the character's essential nature to remain visible speaks to authenticity persisting despite the armor or roles we adopt, chromatically the dominant pink palette carries associations with tenderness, nurturing energy, and unconditional positive regard, while the metallic silver and white of the helmet suggest technological achievement, clarity of purpose, and aspirational purity, the cobalt blue accents traditionally associated with trust, depth, and contemplation provide grounding stability, the multiplication of similar figures in the background evokes archetypal themes of community, collective journey, and shared experience, suggesting that the pursuit of happiness unfolds not in isolation but among companions, the circular and spherical forms predominating throughout invoke wholeness, completion, and cosmic unity, the work's title directing attention toward simplicity as a value invites contemplation of contentment found not through complexity or acquisition but through presence, connection, and the courage to dream
The Chinese zodiac in that year is the pig, so Yen C designed the sliced pig, and it's a pun in "many hot movies" in Chinese. The characters are very happy, just in line with the channel's image has always wanted to give the audience the feeling. And combine four movies elements into the video. Children who are playing can best show pure happiness, and hope that the audience will have the same feeling when watching the movie.