On 13 June 2019, I uploaded a 47-second short film titled Karate Klash! to YouTube. The short film was made using Moho 12 and was my Final Major Project at college and is themed around power, which is shown/demonstrated with strength, skill and fighting (a combination of karate and boxing), and was inspired by Japanese manga, the Japanese sport of karate, and the sport of boxing, all of which show/demonstrate power with their strength, skill, fighting and drama. Karate means “open hand” or “empty hand” in Japanese, and an open hand is not only welcoming, but powerful, as well. I based the short film on a karate-themed comic strip that I drew at the beginning of my Final Major Project’s production.
The short film’s plot goes like this: Oliver M. and a goblin named Gary Smith are wearing white karate gis and standing outside a building in Japan. They bow, and they glare at one another with determination in their eyes. They begin with flying kicks. Oliver begins to punch and block. Gary begins to perform many roundhouse kicks and punches (including double punches) and block with upper blocks. Boxing gloves appear on Oliver and Gary’s hands when they punch, and both characters are shown against anime-style speed line backgrounds when they fight. Gary does a flying kick and tries to hit Oliver, but misses, when Oliver ducks to the side. After Gary gets up and glares at Oliver with determination in his eyes, Oliver begins to punch at him, and, while doing so, notices a cliff with pink and yellow daffodils. They approach the daffodils as they fight. Oliver tries to punch Gary who defends himself with an upper block. However, he is too quick for Gary and his punches are far too strong for him, and they push and send him falling off the cliff. After Gary hits the ground, Oliver bows out of respect for him and waves at the viewer, ending the short film.
I was originally going to use a mosaic picture of myself as my Final Major Project, as the face can be powerful in revealing a person’s life journey, but I changed the idea and decided to make the short film instead.
From September to November 2021, I dedicated my 14 remaining sessions with Arts Education Exchange by designing a poster for Karate Klash! as a final project. The poster was put up on display at the Turner Contemporary as part of an exhibition named Power to the Young People on 2 December 2021.
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