Application of Fragmented Narrative in MG Music Animation—Taking Incognito as An Example

Abstract

Fragmented narrative has the characteristics of postmodernism: no center, no depth, entertaining, and deconstructionist-center. It intersperses with the shots of text and pictures to change from montage to collage, which subverts the traditional audiovisual language with a strong personality. However, although the music animation video has a lot to express, the short length limits the expression’s completeness. Therefore, it is necessary to express the key points through a fragmented narrative, while the combination of fragmented information can engage the audience. Music animation, more conducive to publicity, combines short music videos and animations. It supplements the content that music cannot express with images. Incognito is an MG music animation produced around cyber-violence, which drives the picture narrative fragmentation with that of the music narrative by organizing the pictures around the music. Meanwhile, the animation produced in MG format adopts MG animation’s flexibility, bringing new audiovisual enjoyment to the audience.