This essay is a critique on the production of the author’s thesis film, The Card, a two-dimensional animation short. The film intends to illustrate that even in a close family, difference in the hierarchical status within members of the family would cause each to react differently to the same thing. In this film, the author tries to simulate the style of celluloid animation in order to transform the reality into a fantasy. In The Card, a conflict erupts between a father and his son due to opposite viewpoints. The conflict is finally resolved after the father changes his perspective toward the event.

Chapter one of this essay describes the motivation behind, and the purpose of, the thesis film. Chapter two reviews the related literacy regarding the theme of the film, which is related to the psychology of value system. The author elaborates on the reasons why the characters in her thesis film have diverse points of view toward the same event. She compares her thesis film with other animated works of similar theme. Chapter three discusses the concept behind the production of this work, including the characters design, scene design, and production design. Chapter four introduces the creating processes of this project and discusses the result of the author’s experiment with time and space. Finally, in Chapter five, the author presents a self-criticism of the work and concludes with the lessons she has learnt through the production of this thesis project.