Week 5 Day 2: Bringing the Quote to After Effects

Today in class I worked on bringing all my elements together into After Effects--my quote, the typography, & my background--to begin animating.  I did end up adding a little vignette within After Effects to add a little more depth & dimension.  I only got about 10 of my 49 estimating key frames done, but I'm really excited to buckle down & complete it this weekend.

Week 5 Day 1: Creating the Background

Following the tutorial I previously referred to, I was able to make a Fringe-inspired background that I am quite happy with.

And just for kicks, I did a little practice with my type as well, adding a little opacity to better match the title sequence.

Week 4.5 Outside of Class: Storyboarding in Illustrator

Here is the digital version of my storyboarding.

I am currently also working on a background, based on the title sequence of the show this quote comes from, Fringe.

I was unable to find a texture online I was happy with, but I did find a tutorial on Cute Little Factory to create my own in Photoshop.  It's not perfect, but it's pretty close.

Week 4 Day 2: Beginning Storyboarding

Thursday in class I began my storyboarding sketches for my quote.

I had also done some research on kinetic typography & found some really effective & dynamic examples, one from the movie The Dark Knight & the other from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.  These served as a huge inspiration to me as I was storyboarding.

Week 4.0 Outside of Class: Quote in Illustrator

I finally decided on the Fringe quote, "Most of us experience life as a linear progression, but this is an illusion, because every day, life presents us with an array of choices; each choice leads to a new path: to go to work, to stay home... And each choice we take creates a new reality." 

Week 4 Day 1: Brainstorming Quotes for Motion

"It is time for us all to decide who we are.  Do we fight for the right to a night at the opera now? Have you asked of yourselves what's the price you might pay? Is it simply a game for a rich young boy to play?  The colors of the world are changing day by day."

Enjolras, "ABC Cafe/Red and Black" Les Miserables

"Most of us experience life as a linear progression, but this is an illusion, because every day, life presents us with an array of choices; each choice leads to a new path: to go to work, to stay home... And each choice we take creates a new reality." 

Walter Bishop,"The Road Not Taken" Fringe

"Tracked you down with this. This is my Timey-Wimey detector. Goes ding when there's stuff."

The Doctor, Doctor Who

"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey ...stuff."

The Doctor, "Blink" Doctor Who

"Thing about me, I'm stupid. I talk to much. Always babbling on. This gob doesn't stop for anything. Wanna know the only reason I'm still alive? I always stay near the door."

The Doctor, "Forest of the Dead" Doctor Who

"I've been a fool and I've been blind. I can never leave the past behind.  I can see no way, I can see no way. I'm always dragging that horse around.  Our love is questioned, such a mournful sound.  Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground, cuz I like to keep my issues drawn.  It's always darkest before the dawn."

Florence Welch, "Shake It Out"

"I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map.  I knew that somehow I could find my way back.  Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too, so I stayed in the darkness with you."

Florence Welch, "Cosmic Love"

"I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map.  I knew that somehow I could find my way back.  Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too, so I stayed in the darkness with you."

Florence Welch, "Cosmic Love"

Week 3.5 Outside of Class: Flash Rhythm

This iteration (in Flash rather than After Effects) follows a ta ta ti-ti rhythm with its slide slide pulse-pulse.