1.5 DC Classics – First Pass

I finally got around to animating the bumper animations for DC Classics, the DVD brand that rereleases classic DC Comic television shows.

Note: I focused mostly on getting the right/appropriate motions down, so they are not perfectly synced up with the sound just yet. Perhaps some noises will be changing in the final pass. They are also rendered at half the quality. They also run at 12 fps as you suggested.

And with that, here is my first pass at animating it.

“Smoke”

“Trapped”

“Ray Gun”

2.2 Event Intro – Museum of the Motion Image – Storyboards

Below is the Storyboard to promote the “Behind the Screen” Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image.

I am planning to use the Green Screen Room, and then changing the colors in After Effects. Or do you suggest it is easier to obtain cloth or backdrops to make production easier? Is there any thing else I should keep in mind to fully realize my concept?

2.2 – Intro Event – Museum of the Motion Image Storyboards

To download the PDF:

Right Click and Save As This Link.

Since we last talked, Brandon Jennings did his best Allen Iverson impersonation, there was a Balloon Boy (but not really), the Yankees won number 27 and this happened.

3.1 Music Video – Concept, Inspiration & Styleframes

I plan to design a portion of a song for this Music Video Projector.

SONG: Fujiya & Miyagi – Collarbone (2:01 – 2:53)

CONCEPT: To follow the lyrics as faithfully as possible, while labeling the parts of the skeleton mentioned in the song.

INSPIRATION:

STYLEFRAMES:
1. SUPERBRIGHT
Playing off the childish nature of this section of the song, I tried to fuse the colors of the mesmerizing neon x-rays with addictive candy colors. Playful. Jovial. The labels are in the background, but it is the quirky bones that take center stage.

2. CLASSIC
This will have a very ancient, vintage, organic atmosphere. A full body, realistic rendering will be marked up with circular pencil marks which will reveal a “pencil x-ray” of the bones underneath the layer of skin. This will be complemented by handwritten labels giving a modern day interpretation to classical analysis.

3. LIGHTBOX
X-Rays are illuminated on top of a lightbox. Hands will present and then drop X-Ray Sheets onto a light box as the song continues, with strong, aggressive labels naming each bone.

That’s it for now. Community is a good show. Seacrest Out.

2.1 Intro (Exhibition) – Museum of the Motion Image – Inspiration & Styleframes

CLIENT: “Behind the Screen” Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
CONCEPT: A film is framed with a thick black frame, which falls forward to reveal the other aspects that contribute to getting a film made.

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INSPIRATION:

Video Inspirations: (Best viewed with no sound)

STYLEFRAMES:
1. BLACK AND WHITE
An animated call back to the origins of film, going back to its black and white roots with a hint of gray. Each cell will be animated in a choppy way, like an animated webcam, where a representative of each group (a Handy Man from the “Set Decorator” Panel, a Staff Writer from the “Writer” Panel, etc.) will hold up the title of the panel, and then hold up signs describing the necessary information to go see the exhibition.

It’s supposed to feel like loose ends, that are being tied together by the magic of film.

2. PROJECTOR:
The panels are projected around the feature film, showing live action crop shots of the men and women working hard to make the movie possible. A shot of a hammer is all you need to know that construction went into the production of the film. And hand playing a piano is more than enough to suggest the musical contribution.

3. SAUL BASS
The legend of the motion title gets a call out in this styleframe. His minimalistic designs are graphic and surprisingly reveals a lot of information about the characters. This will be a very busy frame of moving characters, reminiscent of an anthill. This styleframe is supposed to suggest the hectic complexity on the same scale.

Astro Boy was pretty accessible for someone who has no clue about it. I recommend a matinee showing. Seacrest Out.

2.1 Intro (Exhibition) – Museum of the Motion Image

The client is the Museum of the Moving Image (who), based in New York City (where) and they will be promoting their Behind the Screen Exhibition (what) an ongoing installation (when). The exhibition highlights the complex, collaborative and fascinating process of creating a movie (why).

Link to Exhibition: http://www.movingimage.us/site/exhibitions/mainpage/behind_intro.html

THE CONCEPT:
The video will start off with a movie playing in the center of the screen. It will not take up the whole screen, leaving a thick black border around it. Then two black silhouettes of people appear at the bottom of the movie rectangle. They both walk to the left and right side. Construction sounds are heard, and the black frame topples over to reveal a complex network of people running around the movie screen shape. The workers eventually hold up signs that say “Behind the Screen”, the date and address. The movie in the middle fades into the Museum of Moving Image Logo.

1.4 DC Classics Animatics

The following are the three animatics for “DC Classics” a subdivision of DC Comics celebrating it’s earlier animation heritage. They are accessible on youtube.com/nolanmotion.

1. Trapped Animatic

2. Smoke Animatic

3. Ray Gun Animatic

Did you see that balloon the other day? I missed it because I only watch real news. Like Google Wave! Seacrest. Out.

1.3 DC Classics Storyboards

The following is the three storyboards for “DC Classics” a subdivision of DC Comics celebrating it’s earlier animation heritage.

Below is a PDF on Scribd. (ugh)

View this document on Scribd

To download the PDF:

Right Click and Save As This Link.

By the way, I just recently redid my website: http://www.nolanconstantino.com.

Barack Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize already. Wow. Seacrest. Out.

1.2b DC Comics Styleframes

I digested your suggestions and these are the revised styleframes for Concept 2 and Concept 3 of my DC Comics animation.

Concept 2: The Spin – Colors will be orbiting around a column of comic books.

The column rendering can be worked on, but I’m not totally committed to the way the comics will look. I’m not even sure there will be comics anymore. Maybe it will just be a column of light with the superhero characters orbiting around it.

Concept 3: DC Classics – This tongue-in-cheek spot will be achieved using washed out colors and cheeky imagery (like ray guns, expressive explosions and mental waves)

That’s it for now. Seacrest. Out.

1.2a DC Comics Inspiration & Styleframes

The following is the inspiration for Concepts 1 and 2 for my DC Comics bumper.

For Concepts 1 + 2

The following are styleframes for Concept 1 (the “DC Trail” – A trail of comics follows the star).

for Concept 1

for Concept 1

for Concept 1

The following is a style frame for Concept 2 (the “DC Column” – the star wraps itself around a column of comics)

for Concept 2

The following is an inspiration board for Concept 3 (No styleframes at this point)

for Concept 3

That is all for now. Seacrest. Out.

1.1b Logo Animations

Milton Glaser Designed

In an effort to find a third project:

3. The current DC logo appears without much fanfare. Suddenly, from off screen the logo gets zapped and frozen by animation reminiscent of the 70’s Hanna Barbera cartoons. Then the logo successfully breaks free and it is the Milton Glaser, DC Bullet that appears with the captions, “DC Classics” appearing below it. (I got rid of the shooting! hahah!)

Inspiration Images will be coming up.