The theme of my grandpa was already there when I was thinking about the FYP theme last year, and I had already drawn a storyboard at that time, but I gave up this choice because of various problems. I finally chose the theme of "dreams" which is a relatively simple story.

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The theme of "Dreams" is about "Is ok to be no dream", this theme is really something I want to talk about, and I have spent a lot of time on this theme, and the animation has also made good progress, but in the process I do not feel that I care much about this theme, I have more ideas to complete this "homework". Originally, I didn't plan to talk about my grandpa in FYP without the plan to extend FYP. However, when the school told me that I was allowed to extend my FYP, I thought maybe this was my second chance to do what I really wanted to do, so I finally decided to change the topic of my FYP, knowing that time was very short and there was no time for me to hesitate, so I took my storyboard and started working.

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Time was very short and the meaning I wanted to express and the story I wanted to tell was not easy to present, but it was really what I wanted to do, So I won't give up, and there is nothing to stop me. If this is my last creation, I don't want to regret that I didn't choose what I wanted to do most.

 

The reason I really wanted to finish this theme is because of my family background. My sister and I grew up in a single-parent home with my mom taking care of us, but she had to work during the week, so we spent a lot of time with my grandparents, and I think we even spent more time with them than my parents.

Grandpa is a quiet but very gentle and warm person. He didn't talk much but often made us laugh by telling jokes; he walked slowly but liked to go around; we thought he didn't like to play but he would play chess with us; he would even combine the table at home into a ping pong table to play ping pong with us when we said we wanted to play ping pong; and when we were scolded by grandma, grandpa would stand up to "save" us every time; grandpa was also the chef of the family. He cooked every delicious meal at home.

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My grandpa time with me became a fond memory of my childhood as I grew up.

Later, He was found to be suffering from cancer and started his journey to fight the disease. Grandpa was suffering physically and psychologically, and I believe no one else suffered more than he did. Fortunately, in his final moments, Grandpa was able to leave peacefully, without suffering from his illness. After Grandpa's death, my mother was very sad, even though she acted very strong in front of us, and she often told me that Grandpa had a kind of cohesiveness. Grandpa was like the soul of our family, and since he was gone, our family has lost the feeling of home.

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In the past few years, the atmosphere in our family has become colder and colder, and it's like we've lost touch with each other. I didn't want our family to continue like this. Therefore, I wanted to  make an animation about my grandpa, to find my family and my own memories of my grandpa in the film, and to use our memories to bring my grandfather back to our home again. "To "Animate" is literally 'to give live to'" I believe in this phrase, and I believe I can bring Grandpa back to our home through our memories of him, and tell my family that as long as we remember Grandpa, he will always be in our hearts and in our family.

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