Observer Animatic

Observer shorter animatic re-cut from Kupon on Vimeo.


Observer Animatic - Dark & Light Backgrounds from Kupon on Vimeo.

I am still rather new to this motion graphics business, and much of this last term has been spent working out how to get projects up and running; thinking, designing, paperwork, storybaords, general plotting and watching loads tutorials every day from Lynda.com (which I highly recommended btw). There's so much to it, methods to get the projects moving that I don't yet know. I have found myself getting stuck, but then just try some other angle to proceed.

The nature of moving image design involves design, sound, 3d space, cinematic thinking and animation, and I have found it odd to think about all these issues at the same time. One positive way forward was to rough out animatics to get the flow working better and the sound in place. I have read many times that women have evolved to multi-talk, and men haven't. I know I can only do one thing at a time, and it is vital to be able to find methods to work through these projects with the bigger picture in mind, but only addressing one thing at a time.

This piece uses a section of a record by Junior Boys, called "In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix)" - which has been subtlety re-edited with a few over-dubs and effects to emphasisise the theme (the head opens up and shuts) ands a line of spoken copy (by Penny Smith). The version of the music here is roughly mixed and could be slicker, but It works well enough for now.