Content! Awh yeah..

As promised, here's some screen grabs and maybe even some clips of things that we have been putting together for Deep and Meaningless..!

This here is going to be what the animated background for when Deep is introduced. We're thinking of doing an opposite for Meaningless, so maybe a more jagged, colourful background will fit? We shall see.

We're going to be branding heavily on the polo theme, because it has that kind of surreal look to them, and I'm pretty sure that is what our client wants. A mix between an actual show, and an LSD trip.

This is going to be our end shot, which will then move into the actual show. I've made sure that it fits into all of the bleed lines, so that when it is moved over to the television we won't get any of that nasty-ness.

We want think kind of thing for the "Money Shots" that Val was talking about. We just need to find a way of getting from bringing them in, to this, then back again. But that's the fun really isn't it?

Easy does it.

We've been talking to Val a bit more, and we have come up with using a 70's sort of pattern thing. For introducing Deep, I'm going to animate a 70's looking pattern to have the puppet wiggle onto. Ill do the same for Meaningless but with more variation. Val also wants what she calls a Money shot, in where we go from the patterns all moving, to just the puppet on a black background with their name. We're thinking that using the polo's for this is a great idea, and will keep with the theme. My next post will be some screen grabs of work in progress.

More Ideas

We had a meeting with Val, and gave the idea that I had, and it turns out she doesn't want what we have proposed! So it was back to the drawing board.. We through some more ideas at her, and she let us know what kind of thing that she wanted. We weren't so much given an idea, but with what she has told us, we have come up with an Idea. We are going to brand the show strongly on what she has already has some elements of. Val calls them Polo's. They are just thick round circles of colour. So we are going to get to mocking up some different parts.

We also learnt that the show will feature puppets called Deep and Meaningless. We have come up with a plan to feature introducing these two puppets in the intro, so first Deep, then meaningless, then we need to bring them both together at the end. More to come!

Deep and Meaningless

Okay Dokey! Me and Hayley Scanlon have been given the task to create an opening too Latest TV's Deep and Meaningless. Straight away we've had a few ideas. My big plan is to have everything set in like an old Punch and Judy set. This could be a tricky task, but using the 3d parts of After Effects, I should be able too put it off...!

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes.

Today we had a meeting with Val from Latest, and I got to show here what I had in terms of television Idents. She liked them, though they still need a little work. I was having a play with After Effects today as well, and have stumbled across a technique that can bring life into my idents even more so! I can film locations like I had planned to originally, but have found a much better way of making my 2D elements look as though they are part of the real world! Brilliant! Tomorrow I'm going to go out shooting again, and really get a good selection of different shots and areas, then get cracking on finishing my package all ready to hand to the Latest team next week! Ace!

Shooting and editing.

THATS RIGHT. I've been shooting, and editing my footage! Its taking a lot more learning that i thought it would, but its certainly peaked my interest in After effects. I've had a few goes at it, and I think its looking pretty good. I think its good enough to show, but If I wanted it to be TV qualility, I'm going to have to pick my game up.

Story Boarding after pitch and next steps.

OK! So last week I had to pitch my ident ideas to Val from Latest TV, and I got the all clear on 3 of my ideas! I need to do a little research into filming permissions from the pier for my other idea, but by the sounds of what feedback I got, Val really liked what I had pitched! So thats good.. I did a few little animated mock ups for my ideas, so ill put them below..! I've just finished up the story boards for them, and they'll be bunged into my sketchbook when I can. The next step will be to find a camera, and start filming these bad boys! Then onto the fun of post editing..

Brighton and hove buses.

Splat.

Burn.