Friday 18 December 2009

OUGD301 Module Evaluation

1. What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
Through out this module I have developed my After Effects Skills, Which greatly helped my Comedy Central, Coen Brothers DVD Menus and E4 Ident. I was able to use expressions and the speed graph to make more believable and effective movements. My technical ability with cameras and video footage has improved, as I now know what formats to use in DVD Studio Pro, and the correct export to use when working with HD footage. DVD Studio Pro was also a new software to me and I am now able to build menus, with the correct assets, including chapter select menus and burn them to make a functioning DVD.

2. What approaches to methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
This term I spent a lot of time studying the Coen brothers films, firstly to acquaint myself with them in order to pick which film DVDs I wanted to produce, secondly to observe their current graphic representation, including photography, type, screen design and printed design. Thirdly it was to try and find definitive items for each film that could unify the DVDs.
The most successful method of research was trial and error when making the DVD menus, although exporting test formats took an unfortunately long time it was an arduous process, which I am not likely to forget.

3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
I feel the strengths of my work lie in the research done for the Coen brothers DVD menus as it greatly influenced the final designs. Thinking methodically about the Menu structure and how to stay fitting to the film but also bring them all together.
I mostly think the strengths in my work are the final outcomes and the new knowledge that came along with them.


4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?
As usual my main weakness was time planning and organization, because of exporting and DVD building I failed to get my work handed in by the deadline, I should have allowed more time to deal with these issues.
I was incredibly disappointed to have missed the 2nd to final crit, which was our last chance to group crit the outcomes, but this could not have been avoided as my asthma flared up and I was unable to attend.
My design context blog I feel is lacking and I intend to keep on top of it next time. I have been trying to avoid “working in a bubble” and I don’t believe I have but I have failed to document everything Iv looked at, another organization issue.


5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
1. Try not to take on too much, I think I sometimes am over ambitious with what I want to achieve and then disappointed with the outcomes, if I concentrate my idea and produce every aspect of one product as different projects I think I will be happier with the over all product.
2. Try to turn around briefs quicker so that I have time then to deal with any issues of formatting.
3. Organize my time a lot better and stick to quick self assessed deadlines, this should hopefully ensure a less stressful rush close to the final deadline.
4. Keep up to date with design context blog, document everything when I see it.
5. Book a print session before the deadline and have all boards or products designed and ready to print. This will allow me to get all my prints done in one session, instead of relying on getting to the drop in times early.


6. How would you grade yourself on the following areas:
(5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor)

Attendance 4
Punctuality 4
Motivation 4
Commitment 4
Quantity of work produced 3
Quality of work produced 4
Contribution to the group 3

Thursday 17 December 2009

E4 Sting



The Brief asks for 1 Ident and 1 Sting, i have made my Ident so that it can be split into different stings, here are 2 examples of that. these will be submitted with the ident to D&AD.

E4 Ident - with music and voice over


I have mocked up the voice over for my Ident, the intention is to have the E4 voice over man (Peter Dickson) read the script.

Wednesday 16 December 2009

Coen Brothers Disclamer

I Have to reference that all the footage used as part of my menus was taken directly from the Coen brothers Films, i have not filmed this my self nor do i own the footage but i have edited it and worked around it to suit my needs
The films include: Blood Simple, Millers Crossing, Barton Fink, No Country for old men and Raising Arizona which was used in test pieces.

E4 Ident Edit 1


This is the 1st edit of my monday night movie Ident, I have chosen the best clips and compiled them into this sequence, the order of the clips is yet to be decided.

E4 Jame - Grease Fan


These are the best takes out of all of the footage of James playing the Grease Fan.

E4 Anne Marie - Crocodile Dundee Fan


These are a few of the best takes out of all of my footage of Anne-Marie.

No Country For Old Men Menu Assets

Main Menu


Chapter Select








Extras Menu

Blood Simple Final Menu Assets

Main Menu


Chapter Select








Audio

Millers Crossing Final Menu Assets

Main Menu




Chapter Select














Extras

Barton Fink Final Menu Assets

Main Menu


Chapter Select














Extras

No Country For Old Men Extras Menu Development



No Country For Old Men Chapter Select Menu

No Counrty For Old Men Main Menu Development



No Country For Old Men Title

Millers Crossing Extras Menu

Millers Crossing Chapter Select Development



Millers Crossing Main Menu Development





Millers Crossing Title

Blood Simple Title Development



Blood Simple Audio Menu Development





Blood Simple Chapter Select Development





















Blood Simple Main Menu Development

E4 Voice over recording


I Recorder this sound of Will impersinating the E4 Voice over man peter dickson for my ident soundtrack, i hadnt used garage band before and found it very straight forward.
Thanks to will for his malleable voice.

Saturday 12 December 2009

E4 Ghostbusters


This video is all the footage shot for the Ghostbusters fan section of my E4 ident. It shows Scott dressed as a Ghostbuster but with a purple Ghostbusters emblem on his overalls, he is also wearing a home made Proton Pack, i shot two sequences, with two different lighting set ups, in the 1st shot Scott is waiting for the film to come on and gets excited waving his proton gun around when it starts, the 2nd section was Scott watching the film and joining in with the Ghostbusters theme song chant "Who You Gonna Call?...GHOSTBUSTERS!"

E4 Buffy


This Video is all the footage from the Buffy fan section of my E4 Ident. It Shows Oli dressed as Buffy the vampire slayer, in a purple dress with a stake waiting for his secret role model film to come on, when it does he gets over excited and ready to watch the film.

E4 Grease


This Video Was my 1st attempt at filming the Grease fan section of my E4 Ident. The shot shows James waiting for his guilty pleasure film Grease to come on TV. When it does he slicks back his hair with an E4 purple comb and relaxes into his chair to enjoy the film. In some takes he was to be over excited and in others just very happy to see the film, i wanted to get a variety in order to see what fitted best with the rest of the shots, unfortunately i wasn't happy with the lighting in this scene or that it was the same surroundings as my Buffy shot.


This Video is my 2nd attempt at the Grease fan shot, i got a chance to re-shoot the scene from before in a different environment and think that this 2nd take is much better than the previous. The lighting is better and James seems more relaxed in his role.

E4 Star Trek


This video is all the footage of Cheng playing the star trek fan, he waits for the original Star Trek movie eagerly in his E4 Purple Star Trek uniform and as soon as it comes on he salutes the TV in a Vulcan fashion which means live long and prosper. I am quite happy with the shots but unfortunately the zoom out was harder to calculate on this shot which means i may have to crop some takes in after effects and attempt to neutralize any excess zoom out.

E4 Superman Footage


This Video is all the test shots of the Superman fan section of my E4 Ident. because i only had one purple shirt i was only able to do the shot once, unfortunatly that shot was the only one that hasn't captured from the tape properly so i will have to re-capture it and upload it at another time, this has seriously disrupted my plans of editing this weekend.
The Shot shows Angus watching his favorite guilty pleasure film Superman, as in the film when Clark Kent rips off his shirt Angus joins in ripping his own shirt off to reveal an old superman tee shirt.
The Only Take

E4 Crocodile Dundee Footage


This Video is all the footage shot for the Crocodile Dundee fan section of my E4 Ident.
The Shot shows Anne Marie watching TV waiting in anticipation for her favorite film Crocodile Dundee, a film which she considers to be her own guilty pleasure.