Silent Movies.

My final selected Silent movie projects.

Having revisited this brief after learning much more with after effects, i came to realise that with simple definitions of words, should come simple concepts and designs, minimalism within after effects can be very effective, given that what your doing is well considered and you make the movements needed as realistic and as well thought through as possible, I decided to make them as simple as possible in order to not distract the viewer with too much going on.


Snap.


1 /  A redesigned version of my initial ideas, using larger letters to give a clearer design, and making a few minor adjustments such as, the letters snapping as each letter hits it, and using colour in a more specific way.



2 /  A newly developed idea, using the letters in half entering either side of the screen quite fast and connecting in the middle whilst transforming to italics due to the speed, i have fiddled with this design quite a few times making minor changes with colour and composition, deciding weather or not to use black, i feel the white alone gives enough impact.



3 /  Another new idea, this time working with the P as though it is attached to a hinge an whilst the letter comes to a sudden stop the P i snapped and left to swing underneath the letter, i am particularly happy with the pace and movement with the swing in this motion graphic, again using simple flat colours to gives the best impact possible.



Bounce.


1 /  One of my very first ideas for bounce re - created with a more crisp feel to it, including the easy ease technique which benefitted this project more than other, the easy ease, gave the O the perfect effect of somebody on a trampoline gaining momentum, and slowing down as they reach their peak, only to speed up again when approaching the bottom.



2 /  Perhaps my favourite silent movie, due to the really animated feel to it, this video reminds me of the pixar ident with the lamp shade jumping on the 'I', again using easy and another warping technique for the 'B UNCE'.

Timelines.

Positives / Negatives

After completing are final task for Fred's session before finishing for Christmas we were asked to write a list in our groups of 5 / 6 discussing the positive and negatives we found when working with timelines using more than 5 frames.

Positives.

- Considering the time as apposed to frames.
- More idea generation
- Improve drawing skills
- Better understanding of the use of pace
- Realising blank frames are important.

Negatives.

- Develop ideas through the timeline not in your head
- Deciding where colour use is appropriate
- Not enough room on the timeline