Gondry Tests and 10 second Bumper

My tests & 10 second bumper 

Based on the works of Michael Gondry 

This entry will feature my own animation work, based on the artist, Michael Gondry. By using my illustrations I have created for Michael Gondry. This blog entry will have Test pieces demonstrating my development, experiments, practise and processes also, along with the 10 Second Bumper I have put together.  

Test 1

For this test, I basically does a simple creation here, using Adobe Photoshop to film my footage and what I did, Is I clicked Hue saturation on Photoshop and basically what that can do, if you go on hue saturation, click preview and colour, and there is a playhead kind if thing where you can slide right and left, where you can change the imagery's colour and Hue saturation and I basically did that and filmed myself doing this process, on Imotion. Just to see what this would look like seeing as I normally find myself experimenting with colour arrangement like this and I never thought to create an animation test or footage on it so I thought id give it a try and see the transformations from one colour to another gradually changing the colours.  Seeing this as a video I thought would be interesting and I like this concept which I liked the idea of experimenting and investigating and that is basically the reason for this test. I like what I have created there, though I do think if I was to improve I think I'd say to make the image itself move maybe, particularly on the pattern like section on this imagery.  

Test 2

This test I have a preference to, I liked this test more because there is more going on, visually, I added other elements into my animation so there is a better use of motion graphic imagery. you can see in this 10 second text, that there is some transitional imagery still using some of the footage from test 1 but adding new elements to my animation and the identity to Blurt, to this test and I think it works well, it is simple but effective, I think it's an interesting piece because I like the abstract colours and the transitions with the motion image, I think this test has more variety and makes the video more exciting. funny enough when I put this test together I wanted to get used to using Premiere pro, with the use of experimenting with different blend modes which works similarly to photoshop blend modes just as motion image as apposed to a still frame.  

Test 3

With this test, is basically exactly the same piece as the footage for the 2nd test above, accept fir the fact I added filter on top of my footage, funny enough using one of instagram story's features called Rio Di Janeiro just to experiment with my footage to see what my animation would look like. It works in terms of practical experiment but personally I don't think this filter has worked as well as I'd hope it would. 

Test 4

This test here is of different illustrations from Michael Gondry, this test specifically looking at the come into my world kind of concept but merging other imagery together. this test I like because I like how I have added different blend modes on this test, to experiment with colour and blends, particularly on the imagery of the women for example.  I also like how the ladies blend and contrast well with the backdrop on this test.

 I Created this footage in the exact same way as test 1 when I filmed  the footage via Photoshop using Imotion. which I would like to combine this footage from tests 1 and 4 together to create something new and effective for the 10 second bumper.

My 10 second bumper

This is the 10 second animation bumper for Blurt, using sections of my test pieces combining this composition together, using the typography in a Swiss style way as the text for blurt is angled and I love how I made the text move in and out of the animation. It is one of my favourite components of this animation. I also like the use of the imagery, for instance the motion scenery, I will ward people if they have severe epilepsy I'd recommend not watching this clip. it contains flashing lights and imagery. Anyway, I really like how the imagery has all come together to create this animation it has worked much better than I thought it would. also if you look at the image closely you will find the C4 logo in the backdrop of some of the footage almost like a hidden Easter egg in this footage.

I think one thing I could improve on and has also been mentioned in my feedback on Slack and on video calls with Paul is to make my  footage 16:9 ratio, which to begin with I didn't have a clue, I got confused as to what 16:9 is... which I now know is basically the size of a screen it is a way to measure the imagery on the screen, this footage is measured 4:3 which was the standard size for tv screens in the 1970's kind of Tv's and as we have evolved as a generation, they have improved the world of technology and have included all sorts of different sizes like 16:9 which is a standard size for a tv screen or maybe on cinema screens in some cases. here is a better way of explaining this: "Display aspect ratio. The aspect ratio of a display device is the proportional relationship between the width and the height of the display. It is expressed as two numbers separated by a colon (x:y). Common aspect ratios for displays, past and present, include 5:4, 4:3, 16:10 and 16:9."

Here is a link explaining this in further detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-dUveGINTg

Tutor Feedback from slack about 16:9

16-9 variation of my 10 second bumper

This video here is my 16:9 Variation on my 10 second animation, which I have responded to my feedback and given this approach a go but because this footage wasn't originally 16:9 I had to find the setting via Premiere pro, with the help from Jordan. Now I can't lie I think the 16:9 ratio screen quality is much better than the 4:3 animation, you can see much more detail, it fits the standard TV screen size and footage, In which I will include in my future animations. only problem I have here, is the way I filmed this animation footage, it pretty woeful, but that was more of a test kind of thing to make sure I was filming my footage the right size and I recall Paul saying to me "if you film your footage on your phone, turn your phone landscape and then it automatically 16:9 Footage" which I thought was a handy tip and have finally learnt this process.  even so at the end of the day it is all part of the journey, its all a learning curve, now that I have discovered the 16:9 ratio I will just develop and improve this as part of my journey though this project.