StoryBoard

My final storyboard:

Supporting works:

Observational sketches – 4th October 2023

2D Motion Graphics

Motion graphics

Begun my 5 second short by creating an abstract unicorn asset and making a path for it to follow. Utilising easy ease in Adobe AE to make the movement less abrupt. My approach to this project is using the straight ahead/pose to pose animation principle, as it’s way more freeing and abstract; allowing me more exploration into After Effects as a program.

Layering my work for an 80s dark fantasy vibe, using the mirror effect on my demonic asset as well as CC glow to create depth. I also added a ripple and static effect to my unicorn asset to differentiate the layer more. In this part of the production principles rotating I was primarily experimenting with what adobe can do and getting comfortable with the program, while also including animation principles like arc and staging.

Stop-motion

In the stop motion rotation, my group was assigned the task of creating an experimental animation to an ambient audio, focusing on the principle of transformation. We chose to create a swamp scene with a frog that becomes what it consumes. We used the public stop motion rooms and the program DragonFrame in our pipeline.

For my assets I created abstract pieces of an anatomical heart as well as a Fly’s head that the frog becomes. This is for my scene after my classmates frog asset blows up and becomes the heart, morphing into the fly head.