Wednesday 21 October 2009

Coen Brothers Title

At the start of every DVD Menu as part of the Coen brothers collection i will have the same Coen brothers text shooting past an image/sequence from the relevant film, just before the film title.
I Have been working with the placement of letter/words, Fonts and size, also the style in which they appear

A Short experiment of Coen Bros Titles.

ditto

Final Coen Brothers Title

The Background Footage for this title will be relevant to the film DVD Menu it is for, in this example it is the rising sun from Raising Arizona, I have not yet decided if this will be the final footage for raising arizona.
The Blackout type i feel works well as a generic feature between the searies,

E4 Animatic

The video below is an animatic, an animated storyboard which depicts the strongest out of my ideas for the E4 Ident. It is a close representation of the pace and obviously actions of what i want to achieve with video.

The idea is that the girl is pretending to be buffy the vampire slayer as she walks round her house, this ident would work as a set, each of the "Guilty Pleasure" films would be parodied in order to advertise E4's Monday Night Movie.

E4 Animatic

The video below is an animatic, an animated storyboard which depicts the strongest out of my ideas for the E4 Ident., its a close representation of the pace

Monday 19 October 2009

Maya

i have wanted to learn 3D animation software for a long time now and have finally got the opportunity to take part in a Maya workshop, in the first week we got to grips with the controls, something which i am finding to be quite challenging. iv never struggled with a software command system so much, but i am sure i will pick it up over time.
This is a truck, it was the 1st thing i built on maya. the construction took part in the 1st session and i animated it moving along the path in the 2nd.

Truck from above

Truck as 3D shape

In the 2nd session i was also shown how to map the movement of an object on the "graph sheet" a line graph which can change the movements of an object on the timeline, changing the curve of the line at the arc of its bonce to be flat and the point of impact to be straight pointed gave the movement of bouncing balls. The green ball i applied a 'squish' movement to replicate the elasticity of a rubber ball.

Tuesday 13 October 2009

Comedy Central Mood Board


At the begging stage of character design i thought it would be a good idea to compile a mood board of characters which can be used to inspire the right mood and personality of our characters. At this stage all i know is that our characters have to be well rendered, stylish, funny and silly. We have still yet to work out their, moods, number, weather they speak or mumble and what they are actually going to do.

E4 Mood Board


So far whilst researching and trying to develop my ideas for my E4 Ident i have decided it should be funny, it should show the E4 branding and some embarrassing scenarios/"guilty pleasures" should be used to illustrate (possibly by the use of parody) the monday night movie.

Saturday 3 October 2009

Briefs.

I have been asked as part of the course to pick a minimum of 4 briefs to work on until the deadline (16th December 2009)

As i work with moving image it would be foolish to try and produce more than the minimum at a professional standard in such a time period.

As a result of deciding what i want to prove and how i want to do it i have chosen the following 4 briefs.

D&AD 2009/10 - E4 30 Second "Monday Night Movie" Ident Accompanied by atleast 1 x 5 Second Sting (Competition Brief)

I chose this brief because it allows me to work for a specific branding and client. I intend to complete it with the use of video (and motion graphics for branding) which continues my practice on After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Camera & Lighting use and general skills in video production, such as storyboarding and treatments. Also I like the challenge of a competition brief.

[D&AD 2008/9 - Faber Faber Modified] Coen Brothers Collection - DVD Menus

This DVD Menu brief is the perfect opportunity to learn the software DVD Studio Pro and try to apply my skills to different themes/genres professionally. Also i feel it is necessary to be able to control my work from start to finish, the finish in this case being DVD Design.
Another plus side to this brief is that i have the oppertunity to work with interactive and moving type.

Collaboration - Character Animation with Dean - self written brief:
[Character based Ident for Comedy Central Channel]

This brief gives me the chance to work with short narratives, and most importantly character based animation which i have had very little experience in. I am Also looking forward to the collaboration with Dean.

Self Written - Storyboard Brief (opportunity to be a live brief)

My Final Brief I chose so that i could continue my work in the avenue of video/moving image without using a computer. Also as story boarding is a vital part of video production, professional practice in it can only help my own professional development. This brief will illustrate my cinematic and industry understanding, and develop my story telling ability.

What i Want

Iv decided to start this blog with an explanation of what i want to gain from my design practice.
I have decided that at the end of my final year at university i want to have developed my ability in:
Character based animation
Moving type
Story telling
Video Production
DVD Menu design
Online design
and treatment construction.

This list is basically what i want to prove i can produce in order to feel confident moving into the professional industry.