Below is the link to the PDF of my project documentation for the 2nd Assignment:
*COPY AND PASTE LINK
http://www.mediafire.com/?tcvlxutudst
Alternate link:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jfjknv
Final Artefact Submitted on Disc (avi file)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9_viX0Uy-k
Bibliography:
http://libbraille.org/translator.php?src=seagull&table=standard
http://www.openfootage.net
http://www.archive.org/ Footage courtesy of Ivan Bridgewater
http://soundsnap.com/
http://librivox.org/ - Poem Read by Alan Davis Drake (Poem - "My soul is Awakened by Anne Bronte")
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:CELLO_ENCORES_JOHN_MICHEL-Jason_Marsh_Starfire.ogg
Thursday 29 May 2008
Wednesday 2 April 2008
Etude Four (4) - Final Piece
Above is the original clip I extracted from the film untouched including the original titles. Below is the edited version I created. At the end of this etude I feel like I have accomplished what I had set out to do but I wished I allowed myself more time to experiment more with 3D Typographical animation and create a longer title sequence to include more credits from the film. In terms of the other films I felt I made the best decision to select this one as I believe I had a better idea of how I could emulate the them and tone of the film. I'm hoping an audience to this piece will invest more interest into the film due to its revised presentation as I had initially intended as well as keep the fans of the original interested or better still cause them to re-invested their interest for the film.
Etude Four (4) - Process
Ultimately I had decided to focus on a single film and its quality in the title sequence after analysing the selected films. With "Black Samurai" the title sequence still holds up well and therefore any improvement by me may feel as if it wasn't as necessary as I thought it would've been. With the film "Return of the Kung Fu Dragon" the picture and sound quality available wasn't ideal and I wanted to stay away from the pure martial arts film such as this due to my research and general use of the genre in modern media. I considered using "Death Rides A Horse" carefully after downloading a higher resolution of the film but the film "Return of the Street Fighter" intrigued me more due to its tone and premise. Therefore I obtained a higher resolution set of files of the film from Archive.org.
Initially I began making rough notes (above image) whilst watching the film as to where the original titles were and how effective they were in the film. I then began making a few rough sketches and went straight into editing and extracting the scenes I would alter. The scene I selected was chosen due to the introduction style of the main character and its build up and it also wasn't the location for the original titles which appears later in the film.
With a rough idea of how I wanted the titles to appear I focused on creating a title sequence that would be short and more an example of how it would look if I spent a lot more time in including and elaborate sequence to include more credits other than the main characters. I then began immediately thinking of the visual style I wanted for the titles as well as animation and then began downloading fonts courtesy of Openfontlibrary.org, which has many open license and creative commons licensed fonts available for downloaded. With this installed I then went into 3D Studio Max and began creating the main titles (image above) . As this film was the last in a trilogy I took into consideration how the titles could help reinforce that which I achieved by making a conscious decision to only have the main part of the film's title in 3D i.e. "Street Fighter" and add the other the other text within After Effects.
After modelling and animating the main visual elements within 3D Max I exported the frames as a PNGs to maintain the alpha/transparency so that I could composite them within After Effects. Once in After Effects I began editing the film clip I extracted to obtain the audio from the start of and then cut that sequence out so that it began where I wanted. I then rendered out a clip and the last frame of the clip to create the start of the title sequence.
Within Photoshop I took the rendered frame and edited it so that it isolated Sonny Chiba's character (main character) and preserved its transparency by saving it as a PNG file so that I could composite additional visual elements as I had intended within After Effects.
Font reference:
Open Font Library [online] - Available at: http://openfontlibrary.org [cited 1st April 2008]
Initially I began making rough notes (above image) whilst watching the film as to where the original titles were and how effective they were in the film. I then began making a few rough sketches and went straight into editing and extracting the scenes I would alter. The scene I selected was chosen due to the introduction style of the main character and its build up and it also wasn't the location for the original titles which appears later in the film.
With a rough idea of how I wanted the titles to appear I focused on creating a title sequence that would be short and more an example of how it would look if I spent a lot more time in including and elaborate sequence to include more credits other than the main characters. I then began immediately thinking of the visual style I wanted for the titles as well as animation and then began downloading fonts courtesy of Openfontlibrary.org, which has many open license and creative commons licensed fonts available for downloaded. With this installed I then went into 3D Studio Max and began creating the main titles (image above) . As this film was the last in a trilogy I took into consideration how the titles could help reinforce that which I achieved by making a conscious decision to only have the main part of the film's title in 3D i.e. "Street Fighter" and add the other the other text within After Effects.
After modelling and animating the main visual elements within 3D Max I exported the frames as a PNGs to maintain the alpha/transparency so that I could composite them within After Effects. Once in After Effects I began editing the film clip I extracted to obtain the audio from the start of and then cut that sequence out so that it began where I wanted. I then rendered out a clip and the last frame of the clip to create the start of the title sequence.
Within Photoshop I took the rendered frame and edited it so that it isolated Sonny Chiba's character (main character) and preserved its transparency by saving it as a PNG file so that I could composite additional visual elements as I had intended within After Effects.
Within After Effects I imported the edited frame, cut the clip into the footage and imported the 3D titles created in Max. I then began experimenting with visual effects to achieve the right tone for the titles and working with the rendered frame I began compositing elements and text for the sequence.
With this complete I began re-editing the clips so that the original following scene continued after the title sequence.
With this complete I began re-editing the clips so that the original following scene continued after the title sequence.
Font reference:
Open Font Library [online] - Available at: http://openfontlibrary.org [cited 1st April 2008]
Thursday 27 March 2008
Etude Four (4) - Concept
The general concept for this etude is straightforward and caused to me to immediately create comparisons in the modern media. This led to easily uncovered research as old media revival is not new but mainly in terms of promotional material has this been commonly seen. For example the promo for the Big Boss film (promo) utilised masking techniques to composite 2D & 3D graphical elements into the scenes with Bruce Lee from the film.
Video available from: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EFH35qNf_Hw [cited 26th March 2008]
I have compiled a list of films I liked the look of from a brief overview using Publicdomainmotionpictures.com and Archive.org as resources and references. In essence I intend to create a type of promotional montage of re-edited title sequences for the films but in a way so that the re-edited sequences will be perceived as the actual title sequences for the films rather than just promotional pieces. I made a conscious choice to utilise public domain movies in a celebratory manner for artistic and creative freedom rather than select an old film I knew of and liked but was under copyright.
My main intention is to create several re-edit titles with a maximum of 3, however if time doesn't permit this then I will simply focus on a single film. For effect I may be selecting scenes from later into the actual film that seem to reflect the films title and theme well and it will be in that sense where it can be perceived as promotional but I will be creating it and using the original credits to produce the title sequence as accurately to the films theme and tone as I can. An additional purpose for creating these titles is to show the audience that old films (especially those now in the public domain) are still worth watching and re-create interest in them for the audience and other artists alike. I will also edit the title sequences to continue with an additional following scene segment to maintain the film's theme before the next.
The compiled film list includes:
Black Samurai (1977)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/Black_Samurai [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
Return of the Kung Fu Dragon (1976)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/Return_of_the_Kung_Fu_Dragon [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/Death_Rides_A_Horse_pan_and_scan [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
Return of the Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) (1967) / IMDB - (1974)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/ReturnofTheStreetFighter [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
References available at:
http://www.publicdomainmotionpictures.com/
http://www.archive.org/
Essentially the final pieces will also be a demonstration in Motion Graphics animation and I will decide during the creative process how contemporary I want the animation style to be as I have also chosen films where I feel it could benefit from a title sequence makeover. Exceptions may include Black Samurai which already has a good title sequence but I feel as if could improve upon it for effect.
Examples of old production logos are seen below:
Video available from: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8TYxd9qbU [cited 26th March 2008]
One of the main factors I had considered carefully that this video helps to highlight was the use of the original soundtracks from the films for use in the title sequence. A good example of consideration or an homage to classic films is seen in the title sequence for the film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005)
Video available from: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_bpP9sI72bM&feature=related [cited 26th March 2008]
Other films such as Superman Returns (2006) had their title sequences faithfully recreated to match that of the previous films. Therefore creatively I will consider how effective the style and methods I use will be to match the film and in essence the sense of context and the era in which it was made e.g. the animation style, colours and clarity (distorted lens, dirt, dust and scratches).
Additional film references:
IMDB Available at: http:www.imdb.com/ [cited 26th March 2008]
Video available from: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EFH35qNf_Hw [cited 26th March 2008]
I have compiled a list of films I liked the look of from a brief overview using Publicdomainmotionpictures.com and Archive.org as resources and references. In essence I intend to create a type of promotional montage of re-edited title sequences for the films but in a way so that the re-edited sequences will be perceived as the actual title sequences for the films rather than just promotional pieces. I made a conscious choice to utilise public domain movies in a celebratory manner for artistic and creative freedom rather than select an old film I knew of and liked but was under copyright.
My main intention is to create several re-edit titles with a maximum of 3, however if time doesn't permit this then I will simply focus on a single film. For effect I may be selecting scenes from later into the actual film that seem to reflect the films title and theme well and it will be in that sense where it can be perceived as promotional but I will be creating it and using the original credits to produce the title sequence as accurately to the films theme and tone as I can. An additional purpose for creating these titles is to show the audience that old films (especially those now in the public domain) are still worth watching and re-create interest in them for the audience and other artists alike. I will also edit the title sequences to continue with an additional following scene segment to maintain the film's theme before the next.
The compiled film list includes:
Black Samurai (1977)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/Black_Samurai [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
Return of the Kung Fu Dragon (1976)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/Return_of_the_Kung_Fu_Dragon [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/Death_Rides_A_Horse_pan_and_scan [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
Return of the Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) (1967) / IMDB - (1974)
Available from: http://www.archive.org/details/ReturnofTheStreetFighter [online] [cited 25th March 2008]
References available at:
http://www.publicdomainmotionpictures.com/
http://www.archive.org/
Essentially the final pieces will also be a demonstration in Motion Graphics animation and I will decide during the creative process how contemporary I want the animation style to be as I have also chosen films where I feel it could benefit from a title sequence makeover. Exceptions may include Black Samurai which already has a good title sequence but I feel as if could improve upon it for effect.
Examples of old production logos are seen below:
Video available from: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8TYxd9qbU [cited 26th March 2008]
One of the main factors I had considered carefully that this video helps to highlight was the use of the original soundtracks from the films for use in the title sequence. A good example of consideration or an homage to classic films is seen in the title sequence for the film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005)
Video available from: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_bpP9sI72bM&feature=related [cited 26th March 2008]
Other films such as Superman Returns (2006) had their title sequences faithfully recreated to match that of the previous films. Therefore creatively I will consider how effective the style and methods I use will be to match the film and in essence the sense of context and the era in which it was made e.g. the animation style, colours and clarity (distorted lens, dirt, dust and scratches).
Additional film references:
IMDB Available at: http:www.imdb.com/ [cited 26th March 2008]
Tuesday 25 March 2008
Etude Four (4) - Introduction
Etude Title:
Still got it!
In this final etude I feel obligated to continue on the area I was previously focusing on, which was old films within the public domain. For this etude I intend to create a sort series of revamping exercises that is more practical than my more experimental etude before. My aim is to use several select movies that are in the public domain and re-edit the title sequence for each film using 3D and 2D motion graphics whilst still maintaining the general theme. The final product will be a montage of short extracts of each film with re-edited title sequences.
Still got it!
In this final etude I feel obligated to continue on the area I was previously focusing on, which was old films within the public domain. For this etude I intend to create a sort series of revamping exercises that is more practical than my more experimental etude before. My aim is to use several select movies that are in the public domain and re-edit the title sequence for each film using 3D and 2D motion graphics whilst still maintaining the general theme. The final product will be a montage of short extracts of each film with re-edited title sequences.
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