Work in Process
Currently I'm working on a leader of an imaginary tv show, which is a real life soap about fish in a tank.
Here you can see the process and development of the idea and the styling.
Here you can see the process and development of the idea and the styling.
After some brainstorming, which happened all in my brain, watching the fish, I started of with a moving storyboard.
I did not want to give the viewer the clue right away. I wanted him to see an image and than get curious about what this show is about.
I did not want to give the viewer the clue right away. I wanted him to see an image and than get curious about what this show is about.
I started of with filming the fish. And I ran to the first obstacle...:
Fish are not the best actors one can get. They have their own way of life, especially these... and they will not, never even do what I want them to, to get my shots!
So after filming I started playing with After Effects, which was pretty new and unknown to me, and I found the kaleidoscope... As a kid I used to play with my kaleidoscope binoculars all the time, I loved that thing! And even though it was much different than my moving storyboard, it seemed perfect to achieve the effect I wanted my leader to have. This effect even gave me new, and I think better, ideas for introducing the fish.
So I took a looooooong time editing the film material I had and setting the kaleidoscope at the perfect spots, to create the perfect images, impact and timing.
Fish are not the best actors one can get. They have their own way of life, especially these... and they will not, never even do what I want them to, to get my shots!
So after filming I started playing with After Effects, which was pretty new and unknown to me, and I found the kaleidoscope... As a kid I used to play with my kaleidoscope binoculars all the time, I loved that thing! And even though it was much different than my moving storyboard, it seemed perfect to achieve the effect I wanted my leader to have. This effect even gave me new, and I think better, ideas for introducing the fish.
So I took a looooooong time editing the film material I had and setting the kaleidoscope at the perfect spots, to create the perfect images, impact and timing.
So now I'll show you the 'better ways to introduce the fish':
Lenses! The kaleidoscopic images formed perfect lenses through which I can show the fish.
Again it took me forever to get those lenses cut out and be perfect in the mean while, but here's the result.
Lenses! The kaleidoscopic images formed perfect lenses through which I can show the fish.
Again it took me forever to get those lenses cut out and be perfect in the mean while, but here's the result.
But now I still needed a way to get from the leader to the actual beginning of the show and I wanted it to be very smooth. Off course the ideas I had didn't work out the way I wanted, so after some puzzling I came to the conclusion to create a wipe, caused by the fish themselves.
I can promise I will never do this again... using the rotoscope to cut out fish, whose tails and fins are see through. This part took even more time than all I did so far.
But I am happy with the result, so it was worth it!
I can promise I will never do this again... using the rotoscope to cut out fish, whose tails and fins are see through. This part took even more time than all I did so far.
But I am happy with the result, so it was worth it!
Now all I need to finish this leader in typographics...
Um... whoops, I was so focused on the film material I edited and created... I never thought of typographics anymore...
So... as soon as I've got to that, you'll be the first one to know!
Um... whoops, I was so focused on the film material I edited and created... I never thought of typographics anymore...
So... as soon as I've got to that, you'll be the first one to know!
