Top 10... Design Direction/Feedback

Editorial Image - Development

The column about finances and large numerical values was a difficult one to tackle without being very obvious and simply illustrating one of the subjects directly. As I was already planning a couple of drawings for two of the other articles, I decided that a photograph would be the best way forward here in order to showcase a variety of image making across all of the given articles.

The photograph I composed features a debit card, cash and change as well as somebody counting on their hands. The article in question talks about how people struggle to understand and visualise huge figures and this photo was meant to show how people always go back to counting on their hands from time-to-time. It was then cropped into a square to fit the available space.

For the 'relationship maths' article - I again wanted to produce something different to the others I was working on and so I went for a small piece of type. Since the column was centred around Facebook, I went for the synonymous blue and white with a piece of type that hopefully communicates the message of the article.

Editorial Image

Brief: You have been given four articles, which you must produce an image to accompany. The images will sit alongside the text from the article in a page format so therefore must refer to the article directly.

The articles are laid out below:

Article 1/ Tim Dowling: New Year Resolutions, less swearing, be kinder to animals, sleep more, contact lenses, don't make bread, less deliveries, complaints procedure.

Article 2/ Change your life: Facts & figures, large and incomprehensible numbers, effort and impact, charity donations.


Article 3/ Relationship Maths: Facebook friends, friend circles, relationships between you, your friends and your partner.


Article 4/ Doctor. Doctor: Common cold, Infections, white blood cells, fighting illness, cancer, adults/older people, women.

After Effects Workshop 5

Adding audio to a title sequence.

Types of audio include :

- Voice Overs
- Sound Effects
- Music

*check royalty free websites/ youtube to mp3/ record it yourself/ use music from a cd or i-tunes


Types of audio files include:

- AIFF is the Mac standard audio file
- WAV is for PC & After Effects
- MP3
- Flac (high quality audio which needs to be converted to bring into AE)

Audio has fixed start and ends so you cannot change the length of time it lasts but you can take out segments of the audio to use.

Putting audio on a loop.


**Remember to check the audio box when rendering and exporting**


Enter w/audio from Jonathan Finch on Vimeo.

Parent/Child Relationships - making several layer do the same thing.
Nesting - moving one composition and nesting it into a new one as a single layer.

Top 10... things to do in Tokyo

These are my list of top 10 things to do ... sourced from guide books/travel books and internet research.

1. Mt.Fuji
2. Tokyo Tower
3. Bullet Train
4. Blossom Trees
5. Geisha District
6. Imperial Palace
7. Roppongi Hills
8. Tosho Gu Shrine
9. Akihabara "Electric Town"
10. Shibuya Intersection

Other associations with Tokyo/Japan : neon signs, origami, sushi, kimonos, swifts, snowflakes, dragonfly, carp, waterlilies,

Top 10...

Brief Title :
Top 10... things to do in Tokyo, Japan

Subject :

- Targeted at an adult audience, particularly younger adults who have an interest in travel.
- Mainly image based 50 second title sequence.
- Incorporating well known and lesser known things connected with Japan. Eg Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower, Bullet train, Blossom trees, Temples, Geishas, Neon signs, Yoga, Sushi.

Design Direction :

-Animated hand illustration work; pen, marker, watercolour.
- Appropriately complemented by typography.
- Smooth, slick, flowing lines inter-connecting elements of the sequence.
- Colours associated with Japan; Jade/Turquoise, Pink, White, Red, Black.

Silent Movie Action Plan

- Try using and subsequently manipulating existing effects and presets.
- Try/test more typefaces and state why they have been chosen.
- Experiment with colour and document decisions I make on it's application to my animated sequences.

To be completed by Sunday 16th January.