Final Idents

I personally think that the BR one can be signed off now, since the timing is bang on, and the music reflects this, which is the opening and finish for the film. Using the music as a melodramatic, and an overtone of light humour, without upsetting the watershed if it played at primetime.


The Evil dead one just needs texture. thats all it needs.

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These are some of the first screenshots from how I intend my dvd interfaces to look. Based on all of my assets and animations, I wanted the running theme clear and consistent throughout. I thought that since we could create dynamic interfaces, with rollover animations and buttons like real interactive dvds, that I should do this. 

Using assets from the films, there would initially be  the weapons highlighting the idents in the movie season section of the dvd, changing colour from white to red when selected.

Whereas the rest of the screens have a combination of splatters as the main navigator/selector, changing colour when selected. The screens are lo-fi, since the majority of the films are on a low budget, and don't have much to them. 

I wanted the screens to reaffirm this. Keeping it clean and clinical makes it easier to navigate, not wanting to overdo it with manic splatter visuals, instead a uniformity that keeps the project as a whole more identifiable. 

I think it will be unnecessary to keep the module code in the top left of the screen, as it is already going to be on my packaging, and it is the module we will be handing in.

The intended recipient/target audience of the dvd would be for promotional purposes, so some way of gift wrapping it would be appropriate, using promotional tools like stickers maybe?

Finally.....

This is the FINAL FINAL FINALLY version of the Zatoichi ident. The sound is a major factor here, using a track from the soundtrack of the film to give the old tale a modern twist, which works fantastically well, since the instrument is a shamisen, more or less an old Japanese guitar makes the overall feel quite cool and funky.

The timing of the sound effects are the key to this idents success I believe, making the animation run smoothly and leaves the audience a gap in which to fill in with their own assumptions, but by keeping the theme of gore present.

This is the one ident I am not happy with. The film itself has so much going on, Im having trouble trying to make this ident my own ineterpretation of the events and key themes in the film. The sound is hard to track, the animation is poor, and I just dont like it. Im going to do something quite naughty and use recycled bits of assets from the other idents, and bring up one of my old storyboards that I didnt publish before.

Here....

Final ident - Dawn of the Dead

I think I really hit the nail on the head for this ident now. The camera adjusted so the zoom is bang on in terms of timing and with the sound added (thanks to the BBC sound library torrent! - cheers Craig) along with the almost magnificent finish of the blood splatter from the headwound making this near perfect.


The only thing I would change is once again lighting and camera, as I think some more depth is needed to give the ident more of an edge.

Morning has broken, like a burst capillary of a zombie....

Really pleased with the turnout of this one, down to the rolling camera as it follows the bullet (although it does not quite keep the bullet in frame) to the information that pops out of the blood at the end.

The only real criticism I have is the frame not being concentrated on the bullet enough, and the camera point of focus when the gun is being fired, the entire thing has to roll smoothly!
It most definitely fits within the season, highlighting the humour of the season, I know what song I will be using for this one, The Gonk most likely.....

I really enjoy watching this animation, but I think it lacks some sort of texture, but I wont be adding one till I know all the animations are more or less done. I think that the sounds need to be redone, as they are not quite in sync with the rest of the piece.
I do think that the colours are fine, but adding some lighting and camera would really aid this visually. It does however stick true to the nature of the season, highlighting THE BEST moment from any (of the) films of my season.

Temper, Temper Temperature.

After effects is burned into my retinas, not just the interface, but the framerate of rendering! Oh dear.

These are two tests that I did for the Evil Dead 2 ident. Not quite in time, and to be fair the lighting is quite poor. The timing of the actual videos themselves is not so good, so speeding them up a little would be the next move.

Still not sure about putting a texture in yet, as I think it would detract away from the idents and the sequence they work in.