Finished Films

in the end i never used photoshop i just did the other two films in AE here they are.

Clip 29

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Clip 9

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what suits best

after trying to fit patterns in with my i have had to use different shapes in the background i have a idea a strong colour pallet which i am happy with now i just want it to fit in with some patterns.

i am not to happy with the patterns in this i feel that they are to overpowering with the colours i have chosen.



i like the shapes but i feel there isnt enough.



this is a pattern that i am happy with for the background, i am very happy with the colours.



for the other video i tried to use just the outlines of the dancers and lines to achieve a abstract feel.





after seeing these images lives i dont like the look so i will just use colours and keep the dancers in blocky outlines.

Flash Complete clip 15

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Export Issues

in this edit you can see how some of the frames leave behind little scratches of colour. this obviously doesnt look good. so i am going to have to try some different exporting techniques.

first i tried to export it as a sequenced PNG

after creating the PNG sequence i opened Quicktime and open image sequence

First up Flash

so i have decided to do one of my videos in flash. i am not 100% sure in what way i am going to do this but am confident and will give it my best shot. whilst trying to import the video i came across a small problem the video actually has to be a FLV to be able to embed it into the timeline.



so to change the format i had to launch Adobe Media Encoder.



after doing this i was able to embed the video into the timeline and this allowed me to trace the video frame by frame.

Idea 3

For my third and final idea i want to use outlines of the dancers and animate them with lines and colours in the background. i am going to rotoscope them with straight lines to give it a different feel to the others where i will try and trace as best i can. i would like to base my ideas on the itunes adverts as i like the idea of just having the outlines of the dancers contrasting with the background.

Idea 2

For another idea i want to use patterns in the piece to create a retro feel. i would like to find and use patterns from the 60's and 70's to create an abstract animation that feels and looks authentic. i decided to do this after watching austin powers for 100th time and thought i could use the patterns to interlink with the style of rotoscoping.