Mind map & planning for Parallaxes

Mind map for motion graphics

Outline proposal 

I would like to do some sort of motion graphic revolving around images from films made before 1970 and westerns in general as ts my fav film genre this would enable me to use images from some of my favroute films such as once upon a time the west, the great escape and paths of glory.  I fully plan to focus on westerns which is my fav type of film and I can use then to great effects if i choose interesting photos.

Legal and ethical 

This will be created for entertainment purposes only and not prophet will be made from the final product. All the images i have chosen are not ment to offend anyone.

Medium of delivery

I plan to put this video on youtube as its the easiest and most efficient way of delivering the video. Youtube enables you to share the video easily with a simple link and this could allow me to pass it around. Other mediums of delivery include putting it in Tv and DVD and both of these would cost and would be less suited to this task than Youtube.  The cost of using TV or DVD as my chosen method of delivery would be to costly.

Video and Audio Settings

Video will be set for YouTube and at 30fps and 1080p and I will find a western backing soundtrack to play in the background of the video which is appropriate to the western theme.



Images I would plan to use

3.10 to yuma

I plan to make a left to right pan add motion to both rustle Crowe and the kid.

3.10 to yuma

All 5 members parallaxes and an added pan from right to left.

Django Unchanged 

blurred dog in foreground & rope and small parallax on the man giving a full sense of movement

Django Unchanged 

left to right pan and a parallax, with more emphasis on the gun 

Django Unchanged 

right to left pan and moving parts of the pillar, shultz and Marshal 

The Good The Bad And The Ugly

movement on tree, rope and clint

Once Upon A Time In The West

pan on both henry Fonda and and charles Bronson  and the log and sticks and a right to left pan.

True Grit

Pan on all three member and on trees and the rock at the front left.

True Grit

All trees both horses with movement.  and a right to left pan. 

proper essay 666

“The Use of Visual Effects and

Motion Graphics in Media”

Visual effects not to be confused with special effects have been around since 1972 and now they are a very large part of the motion picture industry.  The first major use of computer CGI was in the 1972 Poseidon adventure, which is a story following a group of survivors on a ship that’s upside down.   Some pivotal scenes, which show about 400 people being drowned, couldn’t be achieved by special effects so they used visual effects to place the 400 people in the scene.  This was the first effect of this type and for the time was groundbreaking which is why the Poseidon Adventure picked up best visual effects.

Green screen or chroma keying is the process in which an actor is placed in front of a green screen and asked to act out a scene. The green background is then changed into whatever is desired. Eg in superman Henry Cavil will be asked to act out flying in front of a green, then later in the post production stage a shot of a moving background of flight will then be added.  The technique of green screening can be used perfectly in harmony with the use of CGI in films such as 300. The film 300 is done 100% using green screens for every shot. In 300 there is lots of CGI needed to add the blood effects which is prefect for the green screening process as the blood effects would require less compositing. Another bonous of using the green screen process is all shots can having the ability to add light in post production and opens the doorway to digital cinematography. 

Visual effects have been used mainly with a few exceptions to replace special effects in modern cinema a very good example/comparison of the before and after is 2001 a Space Odyssey and Gravity.  Both films had groundbreaking special/visual effects for there time and both have a very similar level of critical acclaim. 

(Above)

2001 a space odyssey (the most realistic film based in space of the time al done in camera with no added visual effects)

(Below)

Gravity every shot is done using a green screen but as a rare exception as gravity used visual effects correctly (to add to the story not tot take short cuts)

Chroma Key or as its most widely known is a very common visual effects in todays film industry the effect allows somebody to stand in from of a green screen and then have to the background changed, this effects is widely used in films such as The Hobbit. This effects when used excessively ruins films as the actors are told what there surroudings are rather than being on a location which would bring a much better performance out of them. 

The other main type of visual effect involves creating thing s from scratch whether this be the tiger from Life Of Pie or the dragon from the hobbit. Smaug (below) is made entirely from CGI and is one of the most realistic CGI depictions of a creature to date it took a team of 70 dedicated animators  months to perfect  how he looked. 

I personally think that the overuse of visual effects in film is ruining the mainstream film industry. Films such as the expendables can get away with having each of the 7 members of the cast all working in different locations on green screen and then being put together afterwards.  Effects such as this completely ruin on-screen chemistry. In contrast a great example of Special effects used correctly is in the 2011 film The Grey which was all filmed on location on Norway in the snow and ice this was very effective and smart decision by the director as some audience members even stated that they felt cold during the screenings.  If the decision had been made to film the gray on a green screen stage there is no way that audience members would react the way they did.  Even if the decision had been made to film the grey on green screen, it wouldn’t bring a great performance out of the actors. My final verdict on whether I like the use of visual effects in films is  i don't, not that I'm saying that they should be erased entirely but visual effects used more subtlety such as the tyler/cameron winklevoss cloning is in The Social Network. 

Motion Graphics

Motion Graphics and Compositing Video 


DVD menus

Lord of the rings


what it shows

This dvd menu show the menu options in a circle which resembles the ring which features throughout the film. In the background shoes slowly changing iconic scenes from the film and in the Centre shows images from the film in more clarity. Though this is the third instalment of the film (the return of the king) the other two films in the trilogy also feature the same dvd menu which gives the unextended trilogy a continuity.

technical elements

It originally shows the words inscribed on the inside of the ring and it merges into the dvd options such as scene selection.  This effect is very simple effect but it provides an great bit of production value as you can see a more clear transformation between the real ring and the circle which then becomes the DVD option.

colours

The colours and themes are very similar to those in the film and the DVD menu directly shows pivital scenes from the film including orcs lining up outside Minis Tirith and then Theoden then lining up to attack which are two major spoiler to the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svQ4-jNrzGQ (link 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STkV-a_liM8 (link 2)



Drive 

what it shows

Quite similar to the DVD menu above this shows scenes directly from the film without the addition of stylistic effects. It shows Ryan Gosling and Carrie Mulligan charters in the fore ground and in the background it shows glimpses form some of the chases from the film which contain no clue to the film and give away no spoilers.  When scene selection is pressed the menu just shows the scenes directly 

technical elements

Not as you'd think there is very little technical elements used in this DVD menu as it just shows some parts of a car chase from the film, with no additional effects as are used in most DVD menus .

colours 

The themes and music used in this are similar to the Cliff martinez soundtrack used throughout the film which sets up the audiences expatiation beofre the film has started. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZfKEXDdu8E

CV

During my life i have acquired a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very short career. During my career i have had several instances of industry experience including working at a media office and helping to edit promotional videos, and meeting the head of bluestone media and helping him edit a TV advert scheduled for New Zealand release.  I have has previous college experience in graphic design as i studied it for 2 years acheveing a triple distinction by the end.  I have also has payed work in a graphic designers office which i didi for a whole summer.  More high profile iv'e had a small conversation with Mark Marman who is the director of the boy in the striped pyjamas. 


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Qualifications

Graphic design BA   DDD