Experiments Part 2...

The following experiments are for the word Click, using Helvetica:

1) For this I have animated using the position controls and scale. I like this composition as the text appears as if it is being clicked on.

Click from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

2) The next one, is very simple, only adjusting the position of each character.

Click 2 from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

The version that isn't clipped before the end!

Click 2 Edit from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

3) This is a variation on the previous one incorporating rotation. No matter how many times I upload this, the 'K' still doesn't work, yet the movie works in After Effects!

Click 3 from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

4) This ties in Clip 1 and Clip 3.

Click 4 from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

Experiments...

The following experiments are with text layers on After Effects using Helvetica.

1) To create this I applied the filter, Scatterize with a right twist.

Dissolve from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

2) This is using the Scatter style, and adjusting the opacity.

Dissolve 2 from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

3) This has been created by adding the Dust and Scratches filter.

Dissolve 3 from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

Third Compositions...

Last Session... from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

Hello hello hello from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

Silent Movie... Storyboards

Storyboarding...

Also we learnt how to storyboard, this is a very good way of presenting, organising and creating ideas for animation. Instead of creating them on one sheet, we used 25 separate ones, to enable us to shuffle frames around or re-order the sequence. On each sheet the Title Safe and Action Safe Zones were marked out to familiarise us with the idea of sticking to the boundaries.

I started with the letter Z that started off the screen and moved in from the bottom left hand corner, it then transformed into an L, then a (chunky) C, followed by an F and rotated 360 degrees while scaling right down so the letter is invisible in the last frame.

Flipbook...

Today we learnt to make a flip book using post-it notes, to experiment with animation. This gave me a better idea of how animation works, as I had never really had much experience of animation before.

It begins as a C made up of 8 dots, and over each frame the shape loses a dot until there is a single dot left which grows into a circle, and transforms into a G, and rotates 180 degrees before ending up as a back to front E.

Click Ideas...

Possible fonts from Da Font

The types of font I have searched for, for this word are computer-type fonts. The word click to me, makes me think of computers, and mouse-clicks... It also makes me think of the sound of a click, like a light switch, a mouse, or clicking of the fingers. As this is a silent movie brief, these could be visually represented as short, staccato movements.

Initial Ideas

Silent Movie... Dissolve Ideas

Possible fonts from Dafont.com:

Some of these fonts would work great for dissolve, as they already appear to be a bit sketchy, which could be further explored and broken down. On the other hand, I could use a plain solid font, and then transform it.

Initial ideas:

My Second Composition...

Second Session... from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

Second Session Part 2 from Gemma Byrne on Vimeo.

Zoom Ideas...