Show Package Project | Progress and Update

Here is a video I made to represent my progress from 4/21. It has each of the pieces labeled at the stage they are at:

Since the above video, I have made significant progress. One thing I have done is practiced transitions. Using an after effects tutorial located on Youtube, I learned the process of creating transitions using alpha matte layers and the shape tool. Below is a video of my progress.

PRACTICING TRANSITIONS:

Finally, I worked on type treatments for my opening and completed it. In the rough draft below, you can see my completed opening, without the audio required for it. My final steps will be to add audio that fits to it and maybe some sound effects, such as a dog barking.

Show Package Project | Project Concept

This week, we have been asked two questions by my professor in which will define our project and introduce the concept we, as students, have been working on. We have been asked to include these two questions on our blog as our "project concept" as a way to continue to update our progress.

What is your show? I have decided that my show will be called "A Dog's Life." It is a narrative documentary, inspired by the dog kennel that my mom runs for a living. "A Dog's Life", if it was a real show, will follow the life a dog kennel and tell cute / sad stories that will appeal to the viewer. I see this being a show that would air on a non-fiction type network, such as national geographic, animal planet, tlc, etc.


What are the characteristics that you will aim to visualize and communicate to your audience? I believe that I want to convey characteristics of professionalism/seriousness, while also keeping a cute playful feel. The fonts that I chose will hopefully demonstrate the clear, focused, point of the documentary while the illustrations / color palette appeal to teens/young adults and keep the cute feelings in the documentary. I also hope that the graphics will appear as they are supposed too, aka, the scrolling banner looks professional and like an actual banner, not student work. 

Show Package Project | Styleframes + Elements

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BACKGROUNDS:

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TYPE TREATMENTS:

Show Package Project | Storyboards

For the show package project, I created three separate storyboards. Each story board focuses on a separate part of the project, and has numerous treatments for the idea.

Lower Thirds:

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I played with the idea of many different things happening in the "lower third." I experimented with the idea of a bone falling into the page, but decided this would not be a proper banner. I also played with one similar to National Geographic's style. I played with the idea of having a paw print, but my professor asked me the question of the meaning of the pawprint. To her question, I came up with the idea of creating the documentary called "pawprint" as in, a documentation of how dogs leave their paw prints on us as humans. We also spoke about the idea of bone being on the left side instead of the right, so we do not have a weird open ended space if text is not long, ie, see the right bottom frame for the demonstration.

Background:

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In the above storyboard, I have demonstrated what elements will be necessary for the background. I like the idea of the paw prints being left by a dog, and therefor that is how they will animate onto the screen. This background will be a huge starting point for where the photo comps and transitions will come for. The paw prints will move in this way and create limited space left over. For transitions / bumper, the paw prints could potentially enter and exit in the same way. For photo comps, the paw prints would enter the same way, but their will be intentional open space. A collage like image will enter, shake slightly, and then there will be room for the text for explanation.

Introduction / Title Opening:

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The storyboard for the Title Opening was roughly drawn quickly. I have decided that their will be footage of puppies playing or dogs interacting with humans. The footage will fade to the blue screen, and then the paw print background will begin with minor adjustments. White cut out pictures to form a collage will appear on top, entering the same ways as paw prints and creating their own motion. From there, everything will exit the screen, the viewer will be left with one (1) singular paw print. The title will then enter from behind the paw print.

My only question is how to have the text organically enter around the paw print without being geometric and angular.

Show Package Project | Inspiration and Visual Research

For this project, I have completed some visual research for documentary show openings, bumpers, lower thirds, ie.

Mentioned in a previous post, here is the commercial I created for my basic motion graphics class. It is a commercial for Pony Tails Kennel. I created this commercial with absolutely no experience, I was in my second semester of college.

I would love to use some of the elements from it for my project.


The following are images from a national geographic bumper. I believe this may be more of an opening for a national geographic documentary premiere. I tried to get images that would show the animation. I like the way the words come in from the left side of the square, and this could be emulated with a pawprint. https://vimeo.com/235266910

 

Here is an example of a student work lower third. This would be for a creepy style show. I like the simplicity used. There is not a lot of animation used here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWoTbM0r9GY

Here is another example of lower thirds. The youtube video includes many images behind the lower thirds with unique ways they could animate in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfkhFcAX1IY

Another example of student work. I loved the animation used in the example, and may try to emulate this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfjOWGFlBrs

Show Package Project | Project name and definition

Project Name: Show Project - Working Title

Definition: This project is to create a series of deliverable for a show of our choice. In class, we had the option to do documentary, award show, or entertainment/news. The project must include the following deliverables - an opening / show title, a transition (named Bumper), and graphics. The graphics include an animated lower third, animated full screens for photo comps/info slates, and a looping background. Unlike previous projects, are duration is depending on content / readability.

I have chosen to create a documentary style show project for a kennel website:

www.ponytailskennel.com

For a previous motion graphics class, I had chosen to create a commercial for Pony Tails Kennel. I will include my commercial under my inspiration post. During this time, the website was created using pink and green. We have sense chosen to create the website using blue and purple, so I will probably be focusing on using these colors. I also want to focus on creating dog bones, and paw prints for the imagery and background images.

Logo Project | Feedback + Styleframes

First, here is an update on style frames. These were meant to be posted with the storyboard.

Next, I wanted to describe some my feedback in detail that really shaped the final image produced for this piece. Everyone said that I needed to use KRL as my logo instead of the hand drawn style I tried to use. As a defense for myself, I chose to add the logo because my initial feedback said that I had not created a logo. I understand now I need to make KRL and Kyla Railey-Lowery more stylized to myself.

Another thing I want to work on is using fonts that follow a more professional style. I originally removed myself from the pink style because I was told it might seem more feminine and is not always something we associate with professionalism. I chose orange. Now, I am running into this problem with every font I choose. My projects are becoming too feminine or showing off too much of  wedding designer theme. I need to find a font that looks professional and cohesive to the many professions I am attempting to associate myself with.

Finally, the last thing I want to work on is creating small images in between the glitch effect. It was something my professor and I had spoken about previously and I believe if it had not been for time constraints I would have been able to figure out how to accomplish this effect. It's something I later want to work on.

Logo Project | Final

Effects used:

Displacement Map, Fast Box Blur, Colorama, Motion Tile

Reflection is created by creating a pre-comp that contains an image that is 3D and has a camera.

Logo Project | Rough Draft 3

This is not what I consider my final, but for the purpose of this project it is. I will be recreating and designing this for my final class reel.

Effects used:

Displacement Map, Fast Box Blur, Colorama, Motion Tile

Reflection is created by creating a comp with an image that is 3D and has a camera.

Logo Project | In Class Exercise

Here is progress on the logo creating a 3D Camera. Nothing seen in this exercise is going to be used for my final project. I just wanted to show my practice using the 3D camera during the in class work.

Note the sound is removed for this is just practice. I will consider camera angles in my final project.

Logo Project | Rough Draft 2

Here is a very rough draft of what I plan on doing for my logo for my demo reel.

Changes I am looking to include are possible images in the glitch, more work with the 3D camera, and an actual final logo I create in illustrator.