evaluation

i really enjoyed this project, i liked how it related to something i new about and we were aiming to please a live client. i also like how we were just aiming to please the public.
i think i really enjoyed working on a new program that i eventually understood and found easy to use.
i also liked how i got to draw my characters out and use then in my final video.
if i was to do something like this again i would perhaps try to build up more skill on the program to make it more interesting and to flow a but better.
i would like to do something like this again, and to build up more skills on after effects.
i think i have worked well on this brief as i have completed everything on time, and to the standard that i wanted to achieve.

video link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylf9h3BV1yM&feature=youtu.be

this is the link to my final video, uploaded onto my youtube account. 

after effect screenshots

 this is the document set up. i made my length just over 30 seconds so it would it in with the song.

 first i uploaded my first background

 then i placed in the buildings

 then i made the sun rise, but using the position tool

 i then faded in the type by using the opacity tool.

 then i slid the next scene along to cover my old scene.  i did this by using the positioning tool

 i then made all the shoes jump up infront of  the buildings

 then i slid my buildings along, ( like walking down the street)

 and had the shoes pop up again,

 i then slid it to my last set of buildings

 and then made my elephant and bowling ball pop up

 then made it look like my elephant was bowling the ball by simply sliding it using the positioning tool

 then  i had the next scene slide in over the buildings

 i made the cloud and sun pop down

 at the same time i had the park fade in
 then i slide it all along to the downs

 there i had all the people made in

then i made the plane come in

 and the plane moved along and the man moved down

 then i made it look like the plane was dragging the next scene in by its rope

then the planes banner slowing goes out of the shot

and here the sky begins to made into the night 

 where the type then fades in

 and the moon and stars pop down one by one.

like this.

layouts

these are my layouts throughout the projects. these show how i got to my final ideas and what colours and transitions i wanted to use. 

i made a mind map of positive things that relate to dunstable. i did this so i had an idea of something when i first started planning.

so my first idea had clouds coming down at the beginning of the video, and i also asked a question and showed a graph that then turned into buildings, and just had iconic things to do in dunstable sliding along (like in my final) but  thought it needed something else.

so i decided to create the first slide as a sunrise with the clouds infront,then added some detail to my other scenes, then ended it with night time. but then i though the question didnt have much relevance and people wouldnt stop to read it.

so i went back to my breif and saw the word 'footfall' so that got me on the trail of feet, and shoes so i deiced to have the sunset without the clouds and then have feet runing through the buildings. and i also added in a sunset then night time.

i then came up with an idea of using a skyline of dunstable, like the london one. so i added this in at the begining with the sunset behind. it also made it go from buildings to a close up of buildings with feet running through. 

then i added feet to my other building slide becuase i wanted each little slide to be interesting. i also added the white lion on the hill becuase it is a very icon feature to dunstable downs.

 this is all the type experimentation i did.

then these are my final idea layouts with infomation on about transitions, fonts, and colours.

chosen music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_PMZUu9pww

this is the song i have chosen to use on my motion graphics.
i have chosen this becuase it is a very happy and upbeat song.
although the lyrics are not offensive, i have decided to chose the instrumental becuase they lyrics were not relevant to this breif, and could distract you from that the motion graphics is trying to say.

i want to run the song the whole way through with it starting at the beginning. although my video if not 3 mins long, so i will have to crop it to fit into my  motion time.

motion graphics tutorials

we had dan come in to show us the basics of the programme motion.
he had found some online tutorials for us to follow, that would take us through the basics of working this programme.
http://www.lynda.com/Motion-tutorials/Setting-essential-preferences/82541/88146-4.html?autoplay=true

we then has callum come in to show us the programme after effects. he took us through the basics of the programme.
i prefer this program, i think it is easier to use and i can also get it on my laptop, so i will be creating my final outcome on this.

dont let dunstable die lady

we met one of the ladys behind the 'dont let dunstable die' scheme.
she came in to give us a better idea of what our motion graphics needs to include and what it will be about.

the main points i got from her was:

• make it positive, a positive outlook on dunstable. 
• make it upbeat and happy for people to watch
• keep it modern, something that will catch peoples eyes
• aim it at the young children, teenagers, family, couples and also elderly people.
• dont include anything about empty shops, this could be negative
• show that there are things for people of all ages to do in dunstable 
• free parking after 10pm

so the overall she wants is too keep it very positive and make duntable appealing.