'Coda'

I was really touched by this poignant and beautifully illustrated animation by 'And Maps and Plans'. It was befittingly multi-award winning and was even shortlisted for an oscar.

Public Engagement Animation

I am very excited to have attained an internship at the University of Leeds within the Social Sciences department. I will be creating an animation to showcase the complexities of Public Engagement within the sector. The academic wanted an accessible and playful look. Here is a screenshot of the first scene that I am working on:

Typeface Negative Space as Characters

I really enjoy the childlike creativity of making something of a solid meaning, such as typography, into playful characterisation. It is something I would doodle myself!

http://www.creativebloq.com/typography/fun-project-sees-negative-space-give-type-face-61515221

Isometric artwork

I really like these rooms designed in a 'low-poly' retro gaming style. Each room is created as a different environment for a game character. Stacked together like this, I could imagine a wonderful animated narrative taking place!

http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/illustration/these-low-poly-isometric-artworks-feature-miniature-rooms-inside-hexagons/

Horror Poster from press pack

I am pleased with this promotional poster that I created for the press pack to accompany the Horror ident. I believe that it conveys the atmosphere and genre of the film and creates intrigue to the content.

Arts Ident Evaluation

I was very pleased with my concept for the Arts channel ident. I wanted to visually represent 4 main areas of the arts: design, music, dance and theatre. I chose recognisable imagery to convey the message in an extremely short space of time (15 seconds), but at the same time, keeping it fairly abstract and visually dynamic.

I was very lucky to work with Joe Dias, who animated the ident. I believe that I directed him well, as it was produced exactly as planned in the animatic. If I were to recreate the ident, I would probably add more textures and perhaps go a little more abstract, for example, focus on a dancer's feet. That said, I believe that I fulfilled the brief well and communicated the genre of the channel accurately.

CITV Ident Evaluation

My CITV ident was created with brand guidelines in mind. I knew that it had to be colourful, interesting and somewhat silly in context. I chose to juxtapose the slow floating movements of the dog and cat astronauts with the speed of a cool, hot rod driving alien. In terms of aesthetics, I was keen to try cut out style animation, mixing hand drawn Illustrator vector graphics and photographic imagery. The ident was only 20 seconds and I believe that I captured my objectives well in such a short amount of time. I had never animated using After Effects before, so it was a massive learning curve. I had also not worked with a sound designer and composer before, so this was a very useful experience. Ultimately if I were to recreate the ident, I would probably make the movements and angles of the characters a little more dynamic. But that said, I am happy with what I have achieved and have received some good feedback on the film.