Update!!

Pre-Production: Synopsis, Blueprints, and Assets

Pitch : I want to create a title sequence for the movie 10 Items or Less with Morgan Freeman. There are key moments of the film that will translate well into cartoon-esque scenes that I will smoothly transition from one to another. The aesthetic will be Saul Bass inspired to the extent that it will be simple, sleek and shapes will lead the transitions. Every character and prop will be silhouetted and manually painted. It will be very colorful and energetic to reflect the film's mood, and I will be using a Mariachi tune from the film.

Storyboard: This is very tentative and subject to change or various omissions.



Reference: As I researched title sequences, I found inspiration in the following videos.








Rough schedule:
Asset List

• Morgan Freeman
  
• Kumar
  
• Morgan Freeman close-up
• Paz Vega close-up
• Jonah's van
• Paz's car
• 10 Grocery items: milk, eggs, beer, bread, bananas, toilet paper, cheerios etc.
• 5 rectangles
  
• Mariachi song
• sound fx (car screeching, conveyor belt, car reving, cash register, swishes)
  

Week 1: Prepare Assets

• capture stills from movie and paint over them
• download music
• find sound fx from UT library (car screeching, conveyor belt, swishes and things)
• draw rectangles
• create credit list

Week 2: Animate

• animate scenes individually
• bring in any last, unexpected assets

Week 3: Transitions

• start figuring out and building the transitions from scene to scene
• smooth out animation

Week 4: Finalize Everything

• smooth out the project
• render!

::PREVIEW OF WORK IN PROGRESS::

PERtty PARTICLES :)

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hehe, here is my attempt at greenscreen. I enjoyed the keying portion of the assignment. I had to mask out some elements, and I probably could have spent several more hours detailing it. After we learned how to use particles I thought my wand could use some :) I think the best adjustment I made to the footage that must be pointed out is I used motion tracking! The camera was really shaky and it made my scene less believeable. The motion tracking really stabilzed the whole thing. I mean I know the lighting could use work to also make the background and the foreground blend in a more believable way, but my main focus was to illustrate my understanding of keying out for greenscreen and motion tracking. So there! :)

Plans for greenscreen assignment

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I want to take the end of this clip when I throw off the cloak and cast a spell, and I kinda like the moment when I put the wand in my back pocket so I hope I can use it. I'll probably find a Harry Potter photo of Hogwarts or something to put in the background. I'm not sure yet if I want to do any motion tracking, but I think this footage could use it. Not sure if it is possible however. We will see!!! :)

Here are two pictures I'm considering for my Hogwarts scene. I think the window one will work well because I think it will be easy to make it believable.

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How about this version? I like it better!

In regards to the making of, I took their logo and put it into photoshop. I changed it up, masked some stuff, and "save as"-ed the stars. I used text along a path to animate it in a circle. I parented the stars to the text, and bada bing bada boom! :)

Logo

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My friend wanted me to make a simple moving logo. He told me exactly what he wanted and its very simple. I posted it here, but I intend to redo it more stylistically and with more attention to detail. To be continued...