{"id":2691,"date":"2024-11-12T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ksi\/?page_id=2691"},"modified":"2024-11-12T23:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T23:00:35","slug":"kim-moon-saeng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ksi\/kim-moon-saeng\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Moon Saeng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Kim Moon Saeng is South Korea\u2019s premier animation director.<\/p>\n

Kim Moon-saeng started his career as a television commercial director within the early childhood nutrition industry in Korea. He was known for his distinctive visuals and creative ideas, which intrigued domestic and international clients within this industry.<\/p>\n

Kim focused on using new and creative visual expression through many different types of animation.\u00a0 He used techniques such as stop motion, rotoscoping, claymation, miniature and cell-in-one before CG was even introduced.<\/p>\n

His first feature animation, \u201cWonderful Days, a.k.a Sky Blue,\u201d was made with three different animation techniques in one scene: miniature setting, CG VFX, and 2D animation characters.\u00a0 This process became what is known as the \u201cmulti-layered animated feature\u201d.\u00a0 It was a very challenging task to achieve in order to express the beautiful, symbolic and poetic scenes that reflect the very sensitive and emotional journey of the characters in \u201cWonderful Days.\u201d<\/p>\n

After \u201cWonderful Days\u201d, he directed a stereoscopic 3D CGI animation called \u201cTree Robo\u201d which was exhibited in the Korean Pavilion during the 2005 Iichi Nagoya EXPO in Japan.\u00a0 With its theme of \u201cThe Wisdom of Nature\u201d, the visuals and storytelling impressed visitors at the EXPO, making the Korean Pavilion one of the most popular exhibits at the expo.<\/p>\n

He is now facing the new challenge of creating a world of ants based on bestselling international French writer Bernard Werber\u2019s novel \u201cEmpire of the Ants.\u201d\u00a0 The director is creating this \u201cant world\u201d in a very different point of view from his other animations. It is more realistic, yet fantastic and mysterious\u2014allowing viewers to experience an otherworldly version of Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n

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