Subtle changes to the title sequence, added a fade in from black effect and lowered the volume to -3db to avoid any distortion. Reverted back to the style of my initial idents, they involve the rings a lot more and give more movement - promoting interest.
Here are my set of animations, ready to burn to disc, for the presentation. I stuck to the 5-colour repeat of the Olympic rings, with the opening and closing of the title sequence. The opening space was a mere 36 frames long - extremely tricky to fill, but a simple way to open up the minute. When the pace dies down in the last 9 seconds of the sequence, I decided to go for the 'rotating rings' approach I had used in my idents. This kept consistency, whilst being a fitting way to match the soundtrack - and to transition into the final, solid, title.
So far, I have only had experience storyboarding for 5 seconds or longer. Although 5 seconds is a short amount of time, it is only 125 frames, I have a shorter amount of time that needs filling at the start of my title sequence - 36 frames.
Rather than avoiding the problem and shifting the music, I think it would benefit my practice if I work out a way of filling in the space. I also think the beginning also helps to ease into the soundtrack - so I see scrapping it as a null option.
I want to have the olympic rings, staying true to the style, in this small piece of animation. Here are some storyboards demonstrating fade in & out effects, small movements & rotations and zooming into the piece.
The blank space is where I need to add an intro and outro to the piece, but the core of the animation has come to a good point. Comparing it to my first draft, where I added an initial template, I think the whole thing has a quicker pace by repeating the same illustrations in different stages along the timeline. It adds a better build up, and reflects on the more apparent beat towards the end of the track.
To accommodate for the change of approach in the animation, I needed to axe one of my nine illustrations. This enabled me to fit eight in comfortably, without forcing the extra one into my work. Out of all of them, I felt the one with Derek Redmond and his father, timed at 00:35 on my initial template, was the weakest image. Only the top half of the body was visible, and was probably the hardest to make out.
I swapped Dick Fosbury's illustration to green, as it is the more visible colour out of that and yellow, and added kinetic lines. This was a response to my ident, but was simplified by keeping a consistent path. The change of direction was just there to add more movement to the animation, and after watching Sean Berg's logo animations, I came to the conclusion that simplicity was the key approach. It keeps the whole thing concise, and less distracting for the viewer.
I had only concentrated on one ident so far, so I thought it would be a good idea to piece together my 60 second introduction, and base my remaining idents on samples from this. I started by collecting all my illustrations together and timing it with my soundtrack: Kasabian - Re-Wired. Here are the results:
I had noticed, once I uploaded and spent another half an hour on my project, that I forgot to enable audio. Silly mistake, but although this doesn't give a true representation of my initial 60 second intro, the pace can still be established and it sets a template to work on.
RESPONSE TO LORRAINE'S FEEDBACK
I had scrapped the Spitz illustration and opted for Michael Phelps, also in my top 10, on a side-on angle. (00:20) It is much clearer what is going on and communicates the idea of swimming much effectively. I will use this as a replacement in my ident.
Final backgrounds, all representing the colours of the olympic rings. The blue has a grunge effect to represent the water, where I will put my illustration of Mark Spitz.
Experimenting with different textures and compositions with a different image, and looking into how to display facts & figures within a piece of motion - using the kinetic line idea in my initial storyboards to guide the eye.
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Start to look into the identity of the BBC, heavy use of Gill Sans and the colour red. They also incorporate circles into their idents, which fits perfectly into the theme of the Olympic Rings.
Having looked at how textures and colours can affect mood and style on my context blog, I thought I would experiment with this after constructing a silhouette image of Jesse Owens, 1936. I want a subtle approach, so the scratchy metal surface isn't appropriate. The paper/card complements my illustrations much better - keeping the focus on the main image.
All textures are taken from the free stock site, Lost & Taken.
I decided to keep the whole thing as simple as possible, looking at the 'Catch Me If You Can' video in particular. Silhouetted figures with a simple colour scheme is what I will be aiming to achieve. It gives it a sophisticated look, and allows the text to stand out from the animation.
Here are initial storyboards with ideas on how to approach it. I think the kinetic lines are effective, it would allow the imagery to stand on it's own whilst making space for text to be displayed.
