Week 4 - Out Of Class

This is the poster we had to design for our quote. This is the first draft I did in illustrator. I chose two fonts that represent Disney and his achievements which he references in "new things" part of the quote.  I thought the colors did not draw attention away from the words and I felt that they work together well. I chose the background based on the fact that it seemed aged and added texture that worked but did not over power the design. It also adds depth, which I thought worked.

I have done multiple versions of this design.

 This is version 2 with slight differences including turning the word 'backwards' backwards and turning the word 'doors' downward to act as if they are waving back and forth. These are two movements that I would like to include in the actual motion project.  I was not sure if I was suppose to include them in this part so I made a second version.

This is the same as the first with the exception of the color scheme. I changed the the background to blue because the light section of the background and the white reminds me of Cinderella's Castle in Orlando and the red is a good contrast.

This version above is the same as the second one just with the new color scheme.

In this version (the fifth one) I started to play with the scale of the words and stacking.

In this sixth and final version I took the scaling and position even farther to make a whole new composition. In my motion portion I want to be able to pan out and allow the viewer to read/see the entire quote and the end which is why I did not go with this layout from the beginning. I do feel it is more dynamic which is why I was unable to choose one

Week 4A

The quote I plan on doing for this project is:

“Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” 

- Walt Disney

This quote is very inspirational to me personally. It is something I look to and read when I feel defeated. When I read the quote we realized how many motion words are within it, so it will be a great quote to use for this project.

During class we walking around to look at everyone's rhythm projects. I showed my Flash Firework motion piece to the class. We got the information for the next project and the exercise prior to it. I found my quote which is above then started working on designing the poster in class.

Week 3- Out of Class (2)

While working outside of class on Thursday I had to switch computers, between the ejecting my flashdrive from the first computer and putting it in the second, my flashdrive became corrupted  I did what I could to fix it but there was nothing I could do. I had not had the chance to save my files from that day's class so I had to start my Flash portion of the project over. By the end of the night I got to about where I had gotten that day. So the beginning is very similar to the last post's video besides the slight path changes since I can not recreate it perfectly nor did I want to since I have since revised it.

Today I finished and revised my Flash portion. I moved paths around so it was less chaotic which allowed it to be more readable as suggested. I made firework larger than the rest; this was also suggested to me. To choose which one I watched a few videos of firework shows, this helped me with timing and the pop of each one. Also, I took the suggestion of adding more than three. I added one additional one on the end to break up the rhythm and to break it up visually this last word does not have a streamer on the end of it unlike the others, which was also a suggestion. I did not add more because I felt this worked best with the loop and it seems continuous and it had a rhythm which was the assignment. It is also a very different rhythm from the After Effects piece.

I mainly used motion tween in Flash and not classic tween. The motion tween was so similar to After Effects I found it much easier to use since it had the diamonds within the timeline that I could move. 

Week 3B

In class today there was a small tutorial in the beginning to give us a better understanding of flash before we started on the second half of the assignment. After that we had in class work time to work in which ever program we wanted to work in.

I worked on the flash portion of the assignment and the video above is what I got done in class. Originally during ideation to be different than my after effects piece I was listening to classical music and instrumental since the other part had a pulsating beat of music like pop. I ended up listening to instrumental music of a fireworks show I had on my ipod. The actual rhythm of the music was too complex to illustrate in such a small span of time, so I thought why not instead create rhythm out of fireworks. The boom and crack of fireworks create their own rhythm as does the shapes they make.

I was able to receive feedback during class which included adding a few more fireworks on the end and maybe adding a few in the background without streamers on the ends. I plan to work on these suggestions out of class.

Week 3 - Out of Class

Today I worked on my rhythm motion project in after effects. I showed Paul what I had done in class and he had suggested that I make the type turn together in two sections instead of individually. So I applied that change to the first half of the word and the second half then saved it separately. Once I decided how they would entered I left the beat how I had it during class then mirrored the entrances at the ends to create the characters exits. This allows the video to loop correctly.

After I viewed the video in its entirety I felt that the beat in the middle section was not reading well so I went into the timeline and at different points of emphasis I made the scale get even larger. This change helped a little but it still was not working as well as I hoped it would so, I opened the timeline again and revised the beat to be simpler. This revised version is at the top.

In the video I used all of the transform tools in the timeline with the exception of anchor point. The only time multiple tools are used is at the entrance and exit. During the middle only scale is used so the composition does not become too chaotic.

Below is the Video on youtube

Week 3A

In class we viewed a few of the Dreamscape projects and guessed their meaning. Also in class there was a quick presentation on Rhythm and Motion, in which we learned about our next exercise. The next exercise is to take the word rhythm and create rhythm out of it. The first part is in after effects.

So far my idea is to have all the letters starting around the edge of the frame, flipping together to make the word, entering in different ways, pulse as if to a beat or rhythm, then flipping back out so it can loop correctly. Below is a screenshot of what is looks like with the R,H and Y animated; they are currently at the 'large' part of the pulse section I discussed above.

Week 2 - Out of Class

I read over my dream post a few times to really get the feel of it. During this I wrote down words that came to mind then I searched for textures that, to me, represented these words. Once I felt like I had enough I started working in after effects. Below are the textures I started with. From there I first placed in all of the textures and put them at about the duration I wanted them to be at then I added the text. I chose the font American Typewriter because the idea/ dream is based off a book I read before bed, so I thought to reference that in my type.

After choosing the duration of the text and adjusting the duration of the textures to coincide with the text I had finished my first draft of it. I asked a few of my classmates for their opinions. First it was suggested to change my first few opening textures because they did not reflect the words well enough, "they did not pack enough of a punch". Secondly, it was suggested to re-do the last frame's colors to better reflect the word. I applied these changes and asked others and they felt it worked. Below is the second draft.

The multiple colors in the beginning represent the colorful lights of Disney World at night. The awe and wonder that was felt just being there. The fading of these wonderful colors is what I used for the word confused because it's like the happiness is fading. Then the unease begins to set in because I see the villainous characters and I feel watched so I used the repeating words to display my flurry of emotions. I also used a texture that I felt was uneasy and had a lack of color to create contrast with the beginning emotions. Then I used verbs to create tension during the chase scene of my dream. I used a picture that had a pavement texture to it to give the feel of pounding of pavement. Finally I made the final frame white with the word to represent waking, to represent a change.