Digital Media///After Effects

After the latest workshop where we looked closely at a chosen video of kinetic typography i thought id put a few examples on here of which i liked and also show the kind of animation i am looking to create for my videos. 

This is the video i analyzed with Dave, a short clip from the film Zoolander, as an example of kinetic type it is one of the best iv seen since the beginning of this module.

Digital Media///Interactive Media

Iphone applications///

This form of digital media has really blown up since the iphone was released, new apps must be made every day, it is very much a busy bee at the moment. Most apps are novelty, game like however there are some more serious expensive apps. Examples of these are the SatNav system TomTom which costs something like £70.

After searching online i found an app that costs £900, it can apparently show and control live cctv footage. There was also one created which costs £1000 which actually does nothing. The app is rightly named, 'I am rich'. Wonderful. 

One of the best apps iv seen and used myself is the IDaft, this is a soundboard like application where you can play the beat for the Daft Punk song, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger and then choose which words are said, its genius.   

Storyboarding///

Few examples of general storyboards and the kind of storyboards i have been producing pre-production of my After Effects videos!

Digital Media///Film Intro's

Another form of digital media design is film introduction scenes, these vary in style, some being minimal in actual design, focusing on filmography and that and others which lean more towards design and the use of programs such as After Effects and such. 

Possibly the most famous movie intros are those for the James Bond films. This one for Casino Royal, is vastly design based, with use of what i imagine to be illustrator and photoshop made files imported into After Effects and so forth. 

Digital Media///Interactive Media: Computer Games

Another form of Interactive media is Computer Games, obviously this is a large are of interactive design so i just looked for examples of game menus, these being similar to DVD screen menus, 

    

                                    

These are stills from one of the best looking games around at the moment, Assassins creed. This is top design in my opinion, a beautiful style to go with a beautiful game.

Digital Media///Interactive Media: DVD Menus

Within Digital Media is the sub-genre Interactive Media, a form of this kind of media is DVD Menu's, these being interactive as it gives the user control of the screen, choosing what they please.

After searching online for images and clips of DVD Menus i found the blog of a female Designer, Tanya Creer.

Amongst designs for various digital and interactive media i found designs Creer has made for the film, Crank starring the very talented versatile actor, Jason Statham. 

These are stills of Creer's designs for the films DVD menu...

           

These Designs are quite minimal, simply consisting of a grey to white gradient, a standard image (JPEG), cheeky bit of text and simple line illustration. Very stylish, not only does it look good but it also suits the film genre.

Creer has designed many more DVD menu's one of the most known being the menu for Pans Labyrinth. 

      

   

Digital Media/// TV Idents

A common form of digital media, TV idents are the clips between programs advertising the channel its on,

These are just a few examples i found and liked on ye ole youtube, 

These two are old idents for Channel 4, quite simplistic but very relevant as they are quite alike what i will be creating for the Silent Movie brief with After Effects. One thing i do like about these is the use of colours, nice and bright! 

Another ident for channel 4 this one being a bit more modern, using a different form of motion graphics - Animation. 

This ident for the BBC is different to the previous videos as it is made from film, which is then taken into After Effects (i believe) to add the BBC logo. 

This ident which is running at the moment on Sky One uses an equal mix of film and motion graphics. This is the first ident that came to my mind when the topic was first talked about, i think it just works really well, an interesting idea different to anything else out there, what i could think of anyway. 

What is design for digital media?

Start of the new module and a new a brief,

As we are starting to look at motion graphics, and are going to create our own short movies iv put some examples i like on here!

First a clip from Anchorman, beautiful!

This i got sent from a friend a couple of weeks ago, All done in Rockwell, id love to achieve something along the lines of this. I specifically like the change of pace and screen placement throughout!