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 After my initial inspiration search I began to brainstorm some rough ideas to incorporate into my kinetic typography themed promotional adverts, this included keys words and actions I wanted expressed in the lenghth of 45 seconds. Integrated Electronics (word), After Effects electric particles, Heart beat monitor, Sports Performance, Thermal Glove and Effect, Beating heart, World map for security tagging, Green screen cloths, Character Profiles, Green screen Narrator, Mechanical Arm, Computer Chip, Company Logo, Silhouettes, Puzzle Pieces, Futuristic, Scientific. Fabrics. I then went about formatting my ideas into a coherent structure by means of video story boarding, action and sounds are both displayed. My advert will have approximately  six scenes running at an estimated five to ten seconds each. sd jjs

As the brief consists of showing a slick, stylish advert and the company in question is very tech  oriented, I believe displaying the majority of my advert via after effects would be suitable. This would allow the integration of futuristic looking visuals and fast-paced titles, content that would not be possible or practical to capture in live-action. I want to integrate live action footage, effects and titles in the spirit of kinetic typography... In the sense that each scene will transition dynamically to the next one via a camera movement or effect to create a fast-paced visually intense advert.  Here are some kinetic typography examples which sparked up a fair few ideas for title movements and backgrounds : Notice the way something is always moving to retain the atmosphere,I particularly like the way the gunpowder streak in the batman kinetic typography leads to the next word, I believe i can achieve something similar but with electric current to representing the company...

As people are having some trouble understanding my idea I have decided to break it down into manageable scenes with a short explanation for each, I have also produced a visual aid to accompany each of the scenes, hopefully this will give a sense of the mood, pace and tension I am trying to achieve, as well as elaborating on the main story of the piece. Scene 1 A mentally disturbed man who has recently been released from hospital is sitting crouched up in a dimly lit corridor, we cannot see his face.   We hear mysterious voices and see that the man is experiencing a sequence of traumatic flashbacks, by the looks of it they have something to do with a letter. At the very same time a post vehicle is heading for the man's house, we see ourselves getting closer and closer to the man's house and front door, until eventually some letters are posted through the letterbox. The man hears the letters being posted and 'wakes up' from his psychotic episode in the utmost shock, th...

Storyboards for my first and favourite treatment: The Letter: Arranging your own death.

Here is the mood board for my idea the letter, it includes shots from other films, shots I wish to use, colours and textures and the general feeling I want to incorporate into my Mystery/Thriller/Drama piece. Treatment 1: The Letter: Arranging Your Own Death? The establishing shot starts with a post delivery vehicle moving down the road.  An unknown deliver man moves  down the driveway through a first person perspective in day light, mixed into this shot  is doley shot of a male ages 30-40 sitting face down on an the floor in a dimly lit room with a bluish tint. The fast pace of the alternating shots is brought to an abrupt end when the letter is finally slid in from outside, our character jumps up startled by the noise, revealing his face fully.    The next shot we see our character moving hastily down the stair from a quirky angle in daylight. he  sorts through the letters, one of the letters is entitled, ' DO NOT OPEN UNTIL ...

The main central focus for my 90 second film is going to revolve around a letter, the working title is 'The Letter' The piece revolves around the central themes of questing reality, characters mentality, time and general mystery. Although my differing treatments alter the plot of the film slightly, the general idea is that their is character who receives an mysterious letter, the content of the letter questions the characters reality and the audience is left to  decipher  the outcome.  I have drawn influence from various sources, mainly other existing film. Notable influence include aspects from the film Memento ( 2000 ) , the idea that a character cannot recall writing a letter to himself and posing for a photo struck me as particularly interesting. Other influence comes from the film Fight Club (1999) as it deals with distorted reality's and questions the mental stability of the main character throughout, the idea that w...

Production Files Here is my complete production log in essence, obviously it will be refined and updated as further information is gathered. Everything appears to running smoothly and I am looking forward to starting this project, below are a few production stills at a location I'm using, it is to be noted that the majority of the 'magic' will in fact come from editing in After Effects post production: I have also collected a vast amount of textures for use in 3d planes, text and for characters silhouettes in after effects, although i could make my own I thought it would be nice to step away from the virtual world and get some real world ones. Here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/56511472@N08/sets/72157629070319613/  and here is a sample of my favourite ones:

Now that my Influence search is over I brainstormed what it was that I actually wanted to do, these ideas are far and wide and completely preliminary. It is to be noted that I have selected my music track, the track I have chosen to accompany my visuals is track 8, mainly for its slower pace and sadder tone, which believe will match my visuals betters. Brainstorm ideas include: Time lapse streets/cars and people, time lapses with stills, sky changes colour, travelling through 3d corridors, travelling through 3d with stills, travelling through 3D with green screen person, particle effects, energy effects ,3d earth, spinning stars, mirrors, running from mirror, surrounded by mirror, alive in mirror, ambiguous light, ipod style movement, static on a tv, cloning objects, white stripes style scaling, ink blotches and primitive shapes. Obviously they wont all be included but I have some good ideas to go on. Here is a mock up video for some of my ideas including mirrors...

I have watched a considerable amount of live concert videos to gather up some inspiration for this project, a noticeable contributor has been T4 on the beach, they have a whole array of interest projected visuals, sometimes standing out more than the actual artists performance. Here's one that uses falling fruit for the entire performance: Another recommended to me was Beyonce Run The World, this one is spectacular, it uses a mixture of 3D models, primitive shapes, particle effects, cloning and other effects perfectly synchronised to the performance. Another one that instantly came to mind was that off Gnarls Barkley - Crazy, that uses a sort of ink blotch effect throughout, this is the style: A pre existing idea I had in mind for this project before it started was manipulating and using mirrors for abstract effects, mainly influenced by the abstract use of mirrors in The Shining

Firstly I did a brainstorm of all the possible subjects worthy of being classed as 'close to my heart', below are the varied subject I initially thought off: The Class System, Food, Bullying, Gender Roles, Religion, Drugs and Freedom. Out of the original brainstorm i decided to pinpoint and pursue the subject of food as I feel I have a genuine interest in it, I am able to easily articulate my own experiences and perspective through it. Mindmap: I then went about producing a mind map that could visually represent as all the sub-subjects and ideas I had within the area of food, the aim was to try and harness what I wanted to further develop What is your own experience/perspective of the subject? As I have progressed through my life I started to become more aware of the quality of food around me, I yearned to experiment with food, try new things, I wanted to produce fresh delicious food of my own. I kind of lost touch with what food was all about, like many other...

Collection of images, colours and fonts which I feel reflect my personal interests and preferences and describe my personal branding.  Through my inspiration search and mood-board I have discovered a mutual theme throughout, comic book style and superheros. My wire frame will be that of imitating the layout of a comic book page, I believe this is an appropriate theme to incorporate into my online portfolio. As I'm pursuing animation for year 2, what better to represent myself as a animator than with animation at it's rawest, comic books. Above are some relatively simple comic book page templates, different content will reside within the constraints of the different boxes, creating the effect of reading a comic book while surfing my site. 20 Insane Comic-book Style Photoshop Effects: http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/web/20-insane-comic-book-style-photoshop-effects   Comic style font's: http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=102   Tutorial : http://net.tutsplus.com/tut...

I am looking for inspiration in a number or areas of web design, obviously I'll analyse a few completed online portfolios which impress me in the beauty and creative department, but I will also be looking for basic, minimilistic and easy-to-use portfolios in terms of navigation, language, communication and being aesthetically pleasing to the human eye, mainly for use in designing my basic wire frame. I will also look at existing company logos and taglines that create unique personal branding.  Innovative & creative portfolios: http://www.pikaboo.be/ http://okaydave.com/ http://kulturbanause.de/ A lot more here: http://www.instantshift.com/2009/01/05/90-inspirational-and-creative-portfolio-designs/ Wireframe Ideas: http://www.tv.com/ Small title at top with navigation bar underneath, search bar to the right. Rectangular main content section underneath nav, underneath that a spotlight and news section http://marvel.com/ Small title at top with horizontal long navigation bar un...

We have descided that our film noir is not trying to imitate being filmed in the 1920's time era but rather inheret it's visual style and be set in the modern times, this allows us to be a lot more experimental with the project, this opens up the possibilty of using a using a lot more special effects, transitions and sounds to represent the film as modern film noir.  Brainstorm of many possible ways to create desired effects  I feel quite restricted as to what I can actually do pre-production as an editor, I have researched and found that usually the editor chooses not to be on the set, but may sometimes work closely with the director to work out what shot's will work well together. To take my role above and beyond I am going to make some mock-up video testing out various sequences, effects, titles and transitions. First Test: First test of using colour pass- adding splashes of colour to black & white Fonts : I have been given the task by our producer to start looking...