The Architect and the Painter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbrQEPyqiQ

The Architect and the Painter is a documentary about two famous American designers (of buildings and furniture) Charles and Ray Eames. She (Ray) was a photographer and a painter. She created a set of stackable, decretive cards using photos of random colourful objects and designs. I use them in my title sequence. In the documentary the title designers use these stackable cards as a design device but they put stills of Charles and Ray from the film on the cards instead of using the actual designs. The style of the title sequence reflects Eames style and aesthetic. The font used is a decorative 1950s style.

'Mid century modern' describes a period of modern design in the mid 20^th century .  The music in this title sequence also reflects this period.

All these and my own have a retro, old fashioned look. There are no flashy hi-tech graphics. The images are traditional looking.

 

Ask the family title sequence

Ask the family is a 1970s quiz show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjprLNd9BCk

It uses retro images and old fairground style piano music to create an old nostalgic atmosphere. Its quite cosy and non threatening because this is a family quiz show.  This sequence kind of reminded me of my title sequence because of its old film look and the pastel colours.

3D flicker effect fail

My initial idea about how my title sequence would look included an effect that i saw and admired from another film maker called Sirus F. I call the technique the 3D flicker effect because that is the impression it gives. I have phased and played back then video many a time to try and figure out how he does it. Two still frames flick back and forth however the frames are the same as opposed to flicking back and forth to different frames. this is hard to explain so i have included links to two of this filmmakers films.


3D flicker effect were it uses same frames but in different positions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwxT4vt_7s



flicking back and forth using different frames. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjPxo_HoKCo


One of the mistakes i can see that i made when trying to pull off this effect was that i choose to shoot a subject that had no movement. The next mistake was the fact that i made to much of a big change in position which meant that when i flicked between the two frames it looked extremely jerky. another factor that caused my experiment to look bad was the fact that my light wasn't big enough to fill the whole frame (you can see the edges of the light.)

Plexus 2

http://aescripts.com/plexus/

Plexus 2 is an after effects plugin that allows you to create animated particles and lines. You often see them used in sports adverts and SCI FI films. It cost $199 so it is way out of my budget but is something to keep an eye on because it might be useful in the future. There are loads of tutorials showing you the amount of things you can create using it on you tube. 

Title sequence that influenced me

https://vimeo.com/124545160

This opening sequence was created by a group of animators and graphic designers. i think that it is advertising an design event rather than a film or TV show. The theme for this sequence was evolution so they have used a lot of stock footage of cells and particles through a microscope. The text is really well designed i loved the way it is animated and how the o breaks off in evolution as if it is a cell dividing. I took inspiration from this sequence as most of the shots are tight close ups so it creates more of an abstract feel to it. Also i liked the way the text wiggled - i used this effect in my title sequence. One day i would like to be able to use complex typography as seen in this video so i did some research and looked at one plugins that you can buy for after effects. I found quite a nice one that you can use to create animated lines and stylized patterns called Plexus 2.

Fractured Memories

Here is a late post showcasing my documentary about me film i was assigned to make. I called it Fractured memories because it re-enacts parts of my childhood. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zafsi6ehac6l2pp/alvy%20documentry%20about%20me%20export%201.mp4?dl=0

please download the link above ^

House of Cards

House of Cards is a title sequence i created for a light hearted family drama.