DSDN 101 - Final clip

Final clip

Final stop motion that has been created. Took along time trying to get the camera angles and lighting right.

Music used from http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/849091/mmike-8-bit-enough-to-happiness

Credit to the artist who made the track.

Incase the video does not work through blogger here is a link to it uploaded on my youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA6mWAOQPgg&feature=youtu.be

DSDN 101 - Design standpoint

Design standpoint

My design standpoint on media design is about bringing ideas to life and having nothing to stop them from doing so. There is a wide range of Medias out there to help ideas flourish and bring them into reality. Pencils, paints, markers, etc. Are all parts of everyday use but programs such as Photoshop, flash, illustrator, cinema 4d, after effects, and many more are all out there to be used for mans use for creativity, to really bring ideas to life using a range of media.

I tried showing the process of an idea transitioning between different medias, as the creator has an idea making his attempt of bringing it to life.  The idea is able to be drawn with it beginning to come alive as it walks off the page and becomes a 3d form then walking into the computer screen.

The images below show the process an idea the creator has gone through with first drawing the idea then beginning to bring it to life by digitally designing it on the computer with a range of colours and almost bringing it into the world. The final image is of the idea the creator has expanded on processing through different elements of media to have an end result of the character being brought to life in a 3d game.  

With the developing software over the years to come the ideas that creators are able to think up are only going to develop being able to display what has been created in using different medias giving their end result as if it part of the real world.

Here is a quote showing that you can doing anything you like with an idea, there are no boundaries or limits. "Art is the only place you can do what you like. That's freedom." - Paula Rego.

"Art is the only place you can do what you like. That's freedom." (Rego, 2012, para. 11).

Diablo 3 - Skeleton King III - King Leoric [digital art]. (2011). Retrieved June 18, 2012, from http://www.diablo3sanctuary.net/Diablo-3-Skeleton-King-Walpapers-and-Artwork-Drawings.html

Diablo 3 - Skeleton King III WIth Huge Axe [game art]. (2011). Retrieved June 18, 2012, from http://www.diablo3sanctuary.net/Diablo-3-Skeleton-King-Walpapers-and-Artwork-Drawings.html

Skeleton king [drawing]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://s4.postimage.org/nb6hvm82f/IMG_0681.jpg

Itbusinessedge. (n.d.). Multimedia. Retrieved from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/multimedia.html

DSDN 101 - Storyboard

Storyboard

Final storyboard images have been all hand drawn and displayed in different medias to show my process of bringing an idea to life. 

DSDN 101 - Brainstorm individual research

Brainstorm individual research

For my mind map/brainstorm here i displayed different medias showing that they can be combined to display ideas to bring them to life.

DSDN 101 - Process sound

Stop motion music

After looking through different sound clips i have decided that the '8 bit enough to happiness was' was best suited for my stop motion.

http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/849091/mmike-8-bit-enough-to-happiness

DSDN 101 - Process Colour correction

Colour adjustments

Found a way to use the flicking animation scene in the stop motion video by sorting frames out and colour balancing scenes to get the lighting to match as best as possible.

Lists of colour adjustment effects.

DSDN 101 - process Sound ideas

Sound ideas

Here are some possible sound ideas for my stop motion taken from http://www.jamendo.com

1 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/747253/dim.m-pro-muzik

2 - http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/849091/mmike-8-bit-enough-to-happiness

I had in mind of theme music from films also but the copyright has to be taken in account for.

DSDN 101 - Process Stop motion

Decided to render stop motion in scenes on Adobe After Effects  and then piece them all together in Sony Vegas to have the one film. Rendering the whole clip on AE can cause it to crash as files are big and the output render file will be massive.

Scenes being pieced together in Vegas. 

DSDN 101 - Process stop motion

Having trouble with the flicking animation, may have to be taken out as camera positioning and lighting is effecting it too much.

DSDN 101 - Rendering process

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwwpCOprY4A&feature=youtu.be

Link to my segment of my stop motion video where the frame rate and the layer sequences are explored with. The first attempt ended up being 36 seconds and was way to slow. The second turned out to be around 18 seconds and further reduced it to be 7 seconds. This may very depending on how long the rest of the stop motion is.

Screenshot displaying the sequenced layers. (not all are shown)

DSDN 101 - Storyboard Process

Storyboard process

 Close up of starting

walking animation 

Pop outs walking animation walking onto the computer screen where "A new way of seeing" is displayed.

View in my room displaying the range of area where the storyboard presented.

DSDN 101 - Research

Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnhNLeWkuVA

Interesting video showing how a story board can be created in a 3d look giving the developing idea a whole new depth.

DSDN 101 - Research/ Process

Research

http://vimeo.com/13085676

I found this video interesting and helped me to think of the different media that could be displayed with'n my stop motion video. The stop motion runs through a series of different back grounds and objects that can be taken in account for as a range of different media's used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9896cYPaFf0&feature=youtu.be 

I thought this stop motion video was helpful in displaying how the use of paper cut outs were used and a range of different camera angles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZ0iqUS6sg&feature=related 

The idea of interacting in the stop motion with 'hands' is a idea with the use of different drawings having hands pushing or pulling drawn characters around. I think this idea would help to keep viewers interested as they are unsure of what will come next.

DSDN 101 - Group work

Nana-Technology

Film, stop motion, animation

Layers of  Nana-technology stop motion

Nana technology was created to help elderly keep up with modern technology using a basic computer program. They also offer face to face tutorials and a 24 hour help line. Eventually you will learn how to interlink your computer with technology around the house to make your life easier. Simple tasks like turning the heating on, boiling the jug, or recording the latest episode of Coronation Street can be completed with the click of a mouse.

The advertisement is meant catch the attention of people that are finding trouble keeping up with technology and its exponential growth. We want our ad to be directed at an elderly audience because they will be our target market. The variety of devices that are included in our video relate to the range of technology we offer support for. The advertisement is straightforward and defines the intention of the company. At Nana Tec. we are all about keeping things simple so we didn’t want to scare away our market audience with flashy explosions and colours, so we kept it simple to make our program more approachable. At the end of the ad the viewer is left with the question: “Having trouble keeping up with technology?” we used this rhetorical question to make the viewer question their ability and advertise our solution. So, are you having trouble keeping up? Come see us at Nana Technology. Today.

Group members

DSDN 101 - Stop motion experiment

Stop motion experiment

Video of experimenting with stop motion. It was created with each picture of the lego man having a different movement on Photoshop. A screen shot was taken for each movement then sequenced in Adobe after effects and rendered as a video.

DSDN 101 - Planning

Planning
Media design

Sheet of ideas that make up media and what forms they are in.

DSDN 101 Group challenge

Advertisement poster 

Nana-technology

In this task i was placed in a group where we were asked to construct a advertisement poster of a company called Nana-technology. The design has been made simple with an object relating to knitting to get the attention of the over 60's age group as that it who it's targeting. Fonts and colours are bold and easy to read making the poster more friendly towards the older generation.

DSDN 101- One word film

Kerning

DSDN 101- One word fillm

One word film animation
Time

HQSFX. (2012, January 24th). Clock Ticking HD [Youtube upload]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/HQSFX?feature=watch

DSSN 101- One word film

Storyboard final
Time