Motion Graphics

- Production Diary -
CCMM2870
200720731
Lmlly Wllson
Monday 2nd uecember
Saw eace aL Leeds MeL unlon.
Sunday 26Lh !anuary
l vlsuallzed my ldea and wroLe
rough umlngs.
Iueas foi S minute motion giaphic pioject:

Peace- Follow Baby S:uS

u:uu-u:uS
Faue in peace sign, quick flashing coloui changes

u:u4- u:1S
A man falls slowly anu lanus with a thuu

u:16- u:2u
Black lines fall uown, tiapping the man in a cage

u:21- u:29
Zoom out anu the lines aie the stiings of a blue bass guitai

u:Su- u:S8
Zoom in to the blue anu see a woman walking fiom behinu

u:S9- u:46
Quick pan anu the woman falls to the flooi, bloou tiickles uown anu to the iight

u:47- u:S4
Zoom into the bloou quickly anu zoom out- ieu is woman's lips

u:SS
Woman blinks

u:S6
Explosion of ioses fills the scieen

u:S9-1:u6
Woman's haii whips away floweis anu whips iounu again making the scieen
black

1:u7- 1:14
Stais anu a moon appeai on the black zoom out at its the eye of the man at the
stait

1:14- 1:24
The man tuins anu staits walking to the left

1:2S-1:S2
Nan stops as woman is uancing, he watches

1:SS-1:S7
She stops anu jumps slowly into the man


1:S8- 1:41
A heait beats full scieen

1:42- 1:47
Pan up the woman's bouy

1:48- 1:S2
Blue colouis uaiken- ueep- ueep- ueep- ueep

1:SS- 1:S7
The man anu woman iise out of the ocean facing each othei

1:S8
The two tuin into skin colouieu stianus anu wiap aiounu one anothei iising up
anu up onto white

2:u4-2:u8
Explosion of ioses, they faue away

2:u9-2:17
Both the man anu woman fall slowly fiom the top of the scieen anu lanu on a
uium

2:18- 2:2S
The couple lanu on a uium, sticks aie banging anu they jump up anu uown

2:24-2:28
They both bounce off anu caiiy on falling anu fall out of shot

2:29- 2:SS
Beating heait

2:S4-2:S9
Beait moves closei to the scieen with each beat eventually making whole scieen
ieu

S:4u-S:4S
Reu faues to pink skin coloui

2:44-2:SS
Slow zoom out of the couple holuing hanus in the centei of the scieen looking
out the a moonlaige peace sign

2:S4
The couple faue away leaving only the peace sign

S:uu
Cuts away to black
1hursday 30Lh !anuary
llrsL LuLorlal- movlng dog.
l found drawlng and anlmaung ob[ecLs
was easler Lhan anuclpaLed.
l felL condenL enough wlLh Lhe baslc
anlmauon and declded Lo go ahead
wlLh lnlual ldea.

1hursday 6Lh lebruary
Second LuLorlal- baslc Lypography
l found lL parucularly dlmculL Lo
move muluple Lhlngs round aL
one lnLo speclc places. lL
knocked my condence ln my
ldea sllghLly.
Monday 10Lh lebruary
l became a blL apprehenslve and
felL my ldea was perhaps Loo
ambluous.
l sLarLed research.
lound nlck khoo and wanLed Lo
adopL hls sLyle of drawlng
characLers.

[conunued]
l sLarLed drawlng my characLers
Lo geL rough ldea of how Lhe
anlmauon.
1he man ls based on Alex 1urner
from Lhe Aruc Monkeys. l felL hls
sklnny and angular appearance
would convey my young and
confused characLer well.
1he woman ls based on a
modernlsed appearance of a
1930's pln-up glrl.
[conunued]
Sunday 16Lh lebruary
Carrled on wlLh research lnLo
anlmauon and found several
LuLorlals.
Pelpful:
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1uesday 18
Lh
lebruary
Aer Lhe lecLure on colour l
declded Lo look lnLo whaL l
wanLed Lo use for my colour
paleue.
l parucularly llked Lhe use of
colour ln K, L)>'+%D+) by Loln
uuy.
[conunued]
l plcLured my anlmauon Lo have
loud, bold, prlmary colours buL
wlLh a recurrlng Lheme of blue Lo
convey angsL.
l chose a Lrladlc colour scheme of
blue (base colour), llghL plnk on
black (domlnanL) and red (accenL
colour.
1hursday 20Lh lebruary
l plLched my ldea Lo my pracucal
group.
leedback was overall very
posluve.
Monday 24Lh lebruary
l sLarLed my Lypography, l
declded Lo use a slow paced,
upbeaL audlo Lrack- lalryLale
Lullaby by 8ombay 8lcycle Club.
lL was very hard Lo sLarL o wlLh,
buL goL easler as l wenL along and
l was able Lo nlsh Lhe rsL half.
1uesday 23Lh lebruary
l conunued wlLh my Lypography- l
declded Lo experlmenL wlLh
harder Lransluons and
movemenLs as well as addlng
preseL eecLs.
l found lL very dlmculL Lo edlL ln
ume wlLh Lhe muslc as lL was hard
Lo see Lhe dlerenL polnLs ln Lhe
waveform.

1hursday 27Lh lebruary
l drew a sh ln Adobe lllusLraLor.
lL was Lhe rsL ume l had used Lhe
soware.
l used Lhe lllusLrauon as a
Lransluon and compleLed my
formauve anlmauon.
Sunday 2
nd
of March
l waLched several LuLorlals on
lllusLraLor ln order Lo use Lhe
soware beuer and enable me Lo
creaLe my own characLers (as l
was lnlually plannlng on havlng
someone else deslgn Lhem for
me).
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SaLurday 13Lh March
l sLarLed wlLh my lllusLrauons for
my summauve anlmauon.
Powever, l found lL parucularly
dlmculL Lo draw a bass gulLar.
Sunday 16Lh March
ln order Lo draw Lhe bass gulLar l
came up wlLh Lhe ldea Lo draw
over a downloaded one ln a
separaLe layer, Lhe deleLe Lhe
LemplaLe gulLar.
Monday 17Lh March
l sLarLed edlung, l felL a blL more
connemenL on uslng aer eecLs aer
compleung my Lypography.
l declded Lo edlL on Lhe unlverslLy compuLer
as opposed my own as help was avallable lf l
needed lL.
Wednesday 19Lh March
l edlLed my rsL Lwo Lransluons.
Cage Lo gulLar.
CulLar Lo woman.
1hursday 20Lh March
l used Lhe puppeL Lool ln order Lo
move a slngle gulLar sung Lo Lhe
muslc.
l sLarLed Lo make Lhe woman
walk.
1uesday 23Lh March
l carrled on wlLh anlmaung Lhe
woman walklng and Lransluon
from walklng Lo falllng on Lhe
oor.
24 March
l drew roses uslng Lhe same
meLhod l used Lo make Lhe bass
gulLar. lL made Lhe process much
qulcker.
l anlmaLed Lhe exploslon of roses
and puL lL ln a composluon so l
could use lL agaln.
Cver Lhe LasLer 8reak:
1uLorlals based on characLer
drawlng Lechnlques, some more
advanced Lhan oLhers:
urchased a graphlcs
pad Lo help wlLh Lhe
drawlngs- made Lhe
process much fasLer and
more preclse. lL Look
some pracuce buL l goL
Lhe hang of lL qulckly.
1hursday 1sL May
l conunued wlLh my lllusLrauons. l
found lL dlmculL Lo reLaln body
proporuons for each separaLe
drawlng.
1uesday 6Lh May
3 hours edlung.
SLarLed Lhe mouon of Lhe walklng
man and woman danclng.
l declded Lo add muslcal noLes Lo
lmprove Lhe walklng sequence.
1hursday 8Lh May
l drew Lhe woman ln her Lurnlng/
[umplng mouon.
l Lhen spenL 3 and half hours
edlung.
Cemng Lhe rlghL movemenLs for
Lhe woman Lurnlng and [umplng
proved exLremely Lesung and l
found Lhere were some umlng
lssues as l underesumaLed how
qulck many movemenLs were. lL
meanL Lhe anlmauon was sllghLly
Loo qulck for Lhe muslc.
[conunued]
1he woman's arm was coverlng her
halr ln Lhe sequence desplLe belng
layered above Lhe arm.
l wasn'L sure how Lo resolve Lhe
lssue lnlually. l also declded Lo have
Lhe man lnch away and fall ouL of
shoL Lo make lL more lnLeresung.
Sunday 11Lh May
llnlshed o lllusLrauons ln order
Lo compleLe anlmauon.
Aer waLchlng Lhe anlmauon
back, l declded LhaL Lhe sequence
of Lhe woman walklng from
behlnd was poor quallLy. Per
body dldn'L seem Lo maLch each
ume so l redrew her from behlnd.
Monday 12
Lh
May
l spenL much of Lhe day Lrylng Lo
x Lhe woman walklng sequence.
Changlng Lhe lllusLrauon around
was much harder Lhan
anuclpaLed. l ended up lmporung
her body as one enuLy and uslng
Lhe puppeL Lool, buL lL sull looked
messy.
[conunued]
l managed Lo compleLe up Lo
2:08, Lhls lncluded a Lrlple hearL
Lransluon, pannlng down Lhe
woman's body as she wlpes blood
from her llp, Lhe palr rlslng ouL of
Lhe ocean and a second exploslon
of roses uslng Lhe orlglnal
composluon- Lhls saved a loL of
ume.
1uesday 13
Lh
May
l sLarLed wlLh anlmaung Lhe
couple falllng onLo a drum, l
declded Lo use a preseL Lransluon
as lL worked well ln Lhe sequence.
l had Lrouble lllng a 10-13
second gap Lowards Lhe end, l
underesumaLed how qulck Lhe
drum sequence would be.
l lled Lhls wlLh anoLher exploslon
of roses and Lhe palr splnnlng
Lhrough Lhe shoL.
[conunued]
l nlshed wlLh a slow zoom ouL of
Lhe couple on a beach, Lhe umlng
worked qulLe well for Lhls.
l added drop shadows Lo Lhe
characLers Lo make Lhem less 2u.
My anlmauon was compleLe.
Wednesday 14
Lh
May
l pollshed up a couple of areas on
Lhe anlmauon lncludlng:
1he man blushlng aL Lhe woman- l
added a Causslan blur as l felL lL
looked sllghLly sLrange oLherwlse.

[conunued]
l was able Lo x Lhe prlor lssue of
Lhe woman's halr belng hldden by
her arm by changlng a 3u posluon
whlch meanL lL was belng
blocked.
l exporLed my pro[ecL wlLh no
lssue ln [usL 10 mlnuLes.