The whole story is based on the concept of traveling back in time. The first seven seconds of the animation are a close-up of a running clock. This clock hints at the theme of time in the animation and helps the viewer buffer before entering the main content. Then, like the curtain of a drama, the lights first dimmed and then slowly came back on. Here, I deliberately made the lighting of the lights not so smooth, and combined the flashing of the chandelier for two seconds with the sound effect. After that, a warm room scene comes into view. In the scene, the clock that appeared in the first scene quietly moves in reverse in the upper left corner and a girl with dangling legs reads a book on the carpet. I designed several elements that keep moving here, namely the clock, potted plants, calendars, red wine, and the little girl’s legs. Suddenly, all moving objects are interrupted by a shutter sound, and a hand simulating a cursor appears. The hand first searched back and forth for four seconds as people normally search for documents. Then, the portion that best highlights the theme arrives. The cursor stopped at the potted plant, girl, book, potato chips, and red wine in turn in an identical frame, and they changed back to their original appearance magically. After a brief black screen, the title of the animation appears at the end. In terms of color selection, most items use warm colors because the warm scenes fit the content of the video. In outline design, most lines are not smooth. In Zixi's opinion, the curved outline is more in line with the virtual theme of magic and time travel.
Animation production with pochoir is a very complicated process. Each part of the picture is drawn, cut, colored, scanned and combined. The uneven color and special texture brought by pochoir are the main reasons why Zixi chose pochoir technology.
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