Ideas

Idea 1

Show the different life stages of a person from a baby to an elderly person.

Emphasis on the most crucial stages of life.. Babys first steps, first day at school, first medal, first day at work, marriage, grandchildren.

Split the screen to two - one showing a baby learning to walk, the other showing an elderly man with a walking stick also struggling to walk.

It would end showing how the two stages meet in the middle.

Idea 2

No story but just showing the different seasons and how they evolve. Show how the people also evolve with the seasons - change in clothing, surroundings, temperature.

Spring - Tree's grow, daffodils grow, rain, april shows, puddles, wellington boots, rain coats, umbrellas

Summer - Swimming pools, beach, sea and sand, bikinis, Sun, flip flops, Shorts, Beach ball

Autumn - Tree leaves falling, brown, Mac coats, scarves, wine, wind

Winter - Snow, christmas, gloves and hat, christmas tree, white, nighttime, fireplace, candles, lights, jumpers, wool

Idea 3

Have a theme of a country and show all the things people could relate to it.

Italty - Gondalas, Pizza, Pasta, Flag

Inspirations and Ideas

I looked at some different types of Motion Graphics as i tend to always go for a story type of animation.

I found some interesting pieces which dont tell a story but give the audience an idea of what the story is about by incorporating certain shapes and objects into aspects of the film.

http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0016-Crustaces_et_Coquillages

This one is really simple but is interesting to watch. It uses sea creatures in a fun way and incorporates it into the film title.

http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0052-Down_With_Love

This is one i really liked. For my final piece, i would like to create something like this. It has a good use of 3d layers and i like the transitions between the scenes.

Tutorials

 

Aneekas tutorial

I found this tutorial quite easy to follow as the guide was very detailed.

I learnt how to use fractal noise to create the spinning orb effect and learnt it could be used for many other techniques such as water, waves etc.

Drews tutorial

I found this tutorial harder as there was a lot more to it even though the guide was detailed.

This technique to create illumination was really interesting and quite simple once i got the hang of it.