INFORMATION DESIGN / FINAL PROJECT

╎Gwendalyn Firly Bong / 0374580

╎Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media

╎Information Design / Final Project 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Instructions

II. Final Project

III. Reflection


QUICK LINKS

Exercises

Project 1

Project 2


I. INSTRUCTIONS


II. FINAL PROJECT

Final Project: Animated Instructable Poster

Task Delegation: 

Gwendalyn:
  • Storyboard
  • Timing map
  • Introduction
  • Ingredient list 
  • Preparation phase
  • Tomato sauce making
  • SFX

Feilycia: 
  • Assets drawing 
  • Storyboard 
  • Animatics
  • Introdution & Outro
  • Pallotte making
  • Final Assembly
  • Video Compilation

Storyboard
To start, we came up with a draft storyboard to figure out the flow of the animation. 

Figure 1.1: Storyboard


Timing Maps
We then had to make a timing map to see how many seconds we needed for each part. However, we had issues trying to time everything under 1 minute. In the end, we decided to try to block out the parts first.

Figure 1.2: Original Timing Map


After blocking it out, along with consulting with the teacher, we decided to cut some unnecessary scenes. Transition scenes would go faster, and some steps would be combined into one. We made sure to focus on clarity along with aesthetics when making the final animation.

Figure 1.3: Finalized Timing Map

Animatic
After finalizing the storyboard and timing map, we made the animatic to see the overall flow of the animation. Slight changes were made for the final animation to better fit the flow.

Figure 1.4: Animatic

Assets + Design
The assets were drawn by my teammate, fei. We used Google Drive to share the files.

Figure 1.5: Assets Drive

The drive can be found here! Link

Since we used Feilycia's poster as the basis, we also decided to use the fonts and color scheme previously used.

Figure 1.6: Color Palette and Font

Process
Here are some videos showing the progression of my parts.

Figure 1.7: Draft 1

Figure 1.8: Draft 2

Figure 1.9: Draft 3

Tomato Sauce (Phase 3)
This phase went smoothly. We decided that the main angle would be an overhead view, except the part where the instructions are to heat to medium. 

Figure 1.10: Tomato Sauce Process


Preparation Phase 
For the first part, the cutting board, I had to try several variations as I didn't know how to place the ingredients in a way that is pleasing to the eye. I first tried stretching out the board, but it looked disproportionate. 

Additionally, the original idea for the ingredients part was to create some sort of supermarket receipt with all needed ingredients on it. Unfortunately, we felt that it really disrupted the flow of the video, so we decided to switch to a supermarket basket instead.
 
Figure 1.11: Prep Phase Progress

SFX
For the SFX, I mainly used websites like Freesound and Pixabay to find free sounds. I then imported them into AE. My teammate, Feilycia was tasked to compile all the videos. She did so using precomposed files, which made it much neater. Thanks to this, the adding of SFX process went super smoothly.

Additionally, this was the BGM used: Link


Figure 1.12: All Sound Effects used
Figure 1.13: Adding Sound Effects

Final Product:


Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/p223Hz3dbd4



III. REFLECTION

Experience 
This project was a continuation of the poster we made previously, which I thoroughly enjoyed making. But since my recipe was less visually appealing, me and my teammate decided to use her poster instead. Having a close friend as a partner really helped in this process, since there was no awkwardness and it was easy to communicate with her. The overall process of task went by very smoothly, other than starting the actual thing. We had issues creating the timing map for the video since we had to fit everything under 1 minute. However, starting the video and blocking it out helped to finalize that part. 

Findings
While doing this project, I learned a lot of things, mainly about AE. I have previously used the application during this module, but not to this extent. I was able to learn more about different effects, masks, and 3D techniques to create the final video.

Observation
One thing I realized during the project is the importance of good time management and communication. Because of other commitments, the times we worked on the project differed, but thanks to good planning and internal deadlines, we managed to finish everything before the final day.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY / TASK 1: EXERCISES

ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY / TASK 2: KEY ARTWORK & COLLATERAL

ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY / TASK 3: TYPE EXPLORATION & APPLICATION