Project Summary

This video project includes one animated 90-second intro  and three 15-second animated bumpers.  These are the motion assets for a future short video documentary on horror film scores. 

Conceptual Idea

The concept of the film’s opening is a 2D animation, featuring recreations of famous horror movie scenes.  The style of the scenes is a simple black silhouette on a limited color palette background.  Elements of one movie transition into elements from another movie. The final shot reveals the title of the documentary. I incorporated motion graphics into the background for a "Scooby-Doo"-ish vintage cartoon style.

Influences

I am a fan of minimalist animation as seen on cable channel branding and in commercial advertising, particularly Turner Classic Movies, Apple and Noovie’s Name That Movie.  Here are a few examples that inspired this project:

• Name That Movie

• Apple iPod Commercials

• TCM-Let's Movie Promos

I pulled from these inspirations and classic 1960s cartoons for a funhouse-style animation of iconic horror scenes to accompany their musical scores.

Efforts

The 2D animated assets were hand-drawn in Procreate then I imported the individual layers into Photoshop to clean them up.  I imported all elements into After Effects. I created the titles and motion graphics for the background in AE as well.  I imported the final HD version into Premiere and added the film scores and slate cards for the intro and bumpers.  I edited  the clips in Premiere and exported the final HD  project.  I then upscaled the HD video to 4k in Topaz for the final.

Mid-Term Project Critique Feedback

Based on suggestions in the Mid-term Project Critique:

• I was able to incorporate the use of Procreate to draw the individual animated elements.  I appreciate this feedback which sped up the workflow.  It was also a lot of fun to use.

• I also incorporated instructor feedback about scaling the assets up and down to transition in and out of scenes throughout the animation.

Technicals

Project programs used:

• Procreate

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe After Effects

• Adobe Premiere

• Topaz Video

Planning

The project statement, storyboard, and live session feedback helped me keep this project moving forward.

Timelines

Submitted Feb 28, 2024