Moving Picture

Here is my 15 second sting for the moving image project.




From the begining of this project i had a very strong (although slightly unusual) image of what i wanted to animate.With the very narrative ideas from the book " The Meaning of Lyff " I knew that the ideas wouldn't be the hard part it was using the very new to me Adobe After Effects. I attended the sessions which was very useful for me but when trying to create on a new softwear it's always going to be complicated. With after effects it was mainly about playing around and getting things wrong enough to learn how to finally use it.
The process of making this orginally came from my storyboard which i created during the fun session with David Bunting i had a clear image of using this print from the start although i do think that each one of my 5 prints would of all worked well on After Affects. I always wanted to keep the Aesthetic of the Screen Print, therefore, I only did slight alterations on photoshop with the levels to strengthen the colours and tones.
Once it was scanned in I was ready to start animating. To get the animation how i wanted i had to place anchor points in certain places within the dog and the hand i wanted to keep give the animation a slight paper cut out, stop motion affect. Therefore, I made the rotation on the dog more jittery to help give the animation a more silly and comedic effect.
When it came to the sound i wanted to give my animation a sort of sleazy jazz club bass. I got influenced by this from old cartoons and kids shows like "Blues Clues". I created this with my friend on logic pro x it's not to complicated but i think the simple bass help add to the rudeness of it all.
Once i had my music down i wanted to create some sound effects to make this even more uncomfortable. This part was easy i just made some dog panting noises down a microphone and then added it in.
Overall I am happy with the outcome of my sting, although I do believe that the outcome could of potentially been better. I think if i animated the man a little more it would of made it more interesting on an animation level. However i wanted to keep that simple effect and put all concentration on the dog and it's misbehaving.