Ok, I've noticed people documenting and embedding clips in their final submission, so i thought i might do that too. So here it is again, my final clip:
And just about the documentation, the "process journal"... it's exactly that isn't it? it's progressive thoughts and comments and design decisions throughout the semester, yes? There are i think about 13 blog posts excluding this one, that makes up my documentation. There are also a couple of videos i've uploaded as storyboar… Continue
Added by Mandy on November 11, 2008 at 11:21am —
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Argh! Forgotten all the stuff I wanted to say! That’s why I should have put it down earlier rather than starting another assignment first! Oh well…
Ok, so the final clip is a collection of 4 short clips, different ways of cutting the scenes together (I think I’ve mentioned that before…) In terms of transitions, I used only simple transitions, because I didn’t want any flashy animation presets to outshine the footage I actually made! That, and flashy transitions didn’t really fit with the leisur… Continue
some great suggestions that neil gave me:
- it is not necessary for me to cut all my scenes together into one cohesive clip. because the scenes are all kind of different, some combinations work better, transition better, than others.
soo... the plan is to use the same four scenes, but edit the footage together differently into several smaller clips.
- i can also overlay some text and use some text effects and stuff to convey some more meaning.
you know how i originally wanted to make it a st… Continue
Added by Mandy on October 31, 2008 at 5:45pm —
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ok.... i'm not usually one to abandon efforts halfway. usually it would annoy me massively if i didn't get to see something through to the end. but like everything else, there are always exceptions.
so, just like in year 12 hsc, when i decided that modern history had to go, the same logic applies here. A backup that can't back anything up is not worth keeping as a backup. Now in this case, it is the Gundam ad that is going to have to be scrapped.
Sure it's a nice bit of Flash animation that to… Continue
quick post, so that i can get back to it before i lose my motivational drive again - it's already eluded me several times thus far this semester:
i think my problem up till now has been visual style and trying to tie it all together somehow.
so, i saw this awesome screensaver on the ford focus, which had flickery stuff as well, and i was somewhat inspired by it, cos it was using the same technique i was already using with the flickering gundam. they used it for framing their shots for their sc… Continue
Added by Mandy on October 18, 2008 at 10:30pm —
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this is uh... phase 3? Photoshopping! I am so sick of vectors!
So... here's my latest development in visual style: use of colour! courtesy of Neil's 2-second, awesomeness-adding technique... using gradients ^^
images and layout still the same as before, but now they look all nice and abstracty, which is what i was really going for. the idea has evolved quite a bit, cos i think that the "technical" look is too stereotypical of the radio control hobby area so i want to tip towards the other end… Continue
Added by Mandy on October 10, 2008 at 11:08pm —
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here are the images i am going to use, in sequential order:
[click it!] actually i'm not sure if i'm going to use this yet. i was aiming for something completely rando… Continue
i use the term loosely cos i did warn you my hand storyboards are shocking.... which is why it took a while to get them up cos i wanted to actually make most of the stuff so i can show you what it actually is meant to look like rather than random squiggles which make sense only to me.
also, out of curiosity, how are you liking my non-linear design process? :P
ok. so the first ad is about gundam kits. you've seen most of the stuff in my previous post, so this one should kind of make sense:… Continue
Added by Mandy on October 3, 2008 at 10:14pm —
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omgosh... it took ages just to make this 2.4sec of footage. you're gonna have to click it:
my new computer, into which we packed heaps of awesome stu… Continue
Added by Mandy on September 29, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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helloooo ^^ it's not that i do nothing all the time, it's just that the stuff i need to do takes soooo friggin long! i'm tracing each panel line by hand with the almighty pen tool! if someone knows an easier way, please please PLEASE tell me!
so, because it takes so long, and really drives you insane after a while, i have decided to cheat a little with the textures. i was going to make my own, and then clipping mask them and have them fill in the outlines, but then i found another problem - in… Continue
Added by Mandy on September 29, 2008 at 7:30pm —
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ok, so it's not a complete concept overhaul, but i have just had a brilliant change of idea. i was getting nowhere with the other one.
so the problem was that i couldn't tie everything together in a way that was even remotely cohesive. and it was just too hard to storyboard everything going on simultaneously... my storyboarding is incomprehensible enough as it is.
here's the brilliant new idea:
the clip has to be a minute to 3 minutes in total yeah?
i will still be advertising Hobbyco, but w… Continue
all the above plus a major motivational slump since about 3 weeks ago = massive headache.
Well, I am basically here just to try to work something out in terms of concept and visual style. Cos since last friday, nothing much has changed. i've been thinking and thinking and i still have no idea how i want it to look. It's a little difficult cos i'm doing a hobby shop. there are so many different things to cover, and very little to tie all the areas together. there's cars, planes, trains, plastics… Continue
Added by Mandy on September 17, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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wow... people are actually making blog posts.... i've been doing mine on paper cos i like scribbling and stuff -___-"
well, just so that i can show i've done something, i might as well say that my idea has changed a little. I think i am now going to focus only on one shop - Hobbyco Rhodes, where i work, cos it's going to be difficult photographing other shops around the centre cos security are too observant :P So if i base it on my own shop, i can take as many photos as i want!
but then i thou… Continue
Added by Mandy on September 4, 2008 at 8:11pm —
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[click it!] actually i'm not sure if i'm going to use this yet. i was aiming for something completely rando… Continue
my new computer, into which we packed heaps of awesome stu… Continue
