IDEATING:
After looking at different ideas for my motion desing sequence I thought about one of my favourite archetectually designed building at Disneyland. This really inspired my work how they look like building blocks yes are living. Another inspiration that came from creating the motion into the sequence and playing in After Effects was the opening of (again) Disney Pixar’s Monster Inc. the way the 2D shapes move and play on the screen. If I were more advanced in my After Effcts skills I nwould really want to hone into the different techniques used in that opening.
The idea behind the Monsters, Inc. opening is that of doors, ” Shapes bounce and dance in a black void, coming together to form a door, which opens on a closet, and then opens again to reveal a roaring, gaping cartoon mouth.” (Landekic, L. 2016) I liked that a simple mundane shape could do so much. After all doors are just several rectangles. So I implored this idea in my work.
PROCESS:
Of the Disney’s 12 Principles of Animation Design fundamentals Ii intent to try to include in my sequence are:
- Squash and stretch
- Anticipation
- Follow through
- Slow in and Slow Out
- and Secondary Action
Right now in the creation stage i’ve made a Illustrator file of what I’d like the final product to look like and bascially what it’ll be when its the stationary A2 Poster. I’m very happy with the colours I’ve chosen and I really do think itll make my animation and motion design pop. Even when they’re stationary they feel alive. I’ve implored my graphic design knowledge into this composition with the way the shapes fit into each other. I’m very happy with it (let’s hope I can pull it off!)
I’ve created a basic wire frame of square as a layer and placed it into my AfterEffects composition and am in the process of adding layers of different deconstructed pieces from my “final product” AI design.
I know I want the eyes to blink and change colour maybe so appears like they’re switching eyes when they blink. I’ve prototyped and tested this techynoque with the 3D tool and adding an extra layer on top of the eyes. This allows the oval to move like an eyelid. I’m going to use this same technique with the archways and making them swing open and shut like doors. Once I started playing with this tool I found so many different visual techniques and cool ways my shapes were able to sit.
The challenge I have faced it wanting my shapes ot drop certain ways and not being able to achieve the movement I’m imagining. With more tinkering I hope to correct this and get the shape movement exactly the way I want it.
Where my project differs from those avant-garde examples I have seen, Is I’ve design my AR poster to be a bit odd and quirky. It’s constatly moving but not to many big movements, or abrupt movements. But you could stare at it for a long time discovering differnt things each time you watch it.
It’s exciting to watch my project slowly come together. I’ve already done more AfterEffects techniques with my project than I thought I was capable of. I’m excited to see the whole clip sequence come together how I’m picturing it in my mind.
References:
Coron, T. 2021. Understanding Disney’s 12 principles of animation. Creative Bloq. https://www.creativebloq.com/advice/understand-the-12-principles-of-animation
Landekic, L. 2016, Monsters, Inc. Art of the Title. https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/monsters-inc/
Small World Moving Pictures. 2018. t’s a Small World Animated Tribute Disneyland HD / its a small world after all / Disney World, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZy2X8uXuA
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