First Post!

Alrighty then, this is the beginning of my blog for my senior seminar project. My project will an animated short about a bucket list. So far I have researched bucket lists and pulled a lot of the most common items together as well as put in some of my own. I'll put the list on at the end of this post. I am thinking of combining hand-drawn animation as well as After Effects and Illustrator. The plan is to use hand-drawn techniques (probably Flash) for the character and AE and Illustrator for the back ground and the effects. As of now there isn't a story it is more focused on the visual style and effects but I am not 100% settled on leaving it this way. The motion graphics I have been drawing inspiration from are for the most part 2 minutes or less. My main worry is that 3 minutes without any sort of story will get boring after a while unless there is a lot of variety. As of right now there are about 20 items on the list although I may change some of them as time goes. As I am more concerned with visuals than story the will be a big focus on transitions. I will pay special attention to them in order to make them fluid and to give the whole video a nice flow from start to finish.

List Items:

1.       Travel the World

2.       Go Sky Diving

3.       Drive a Classic Car

4.       Climb a Mountain

5.       Plant a Flag Somewhere

6.       See the Northern Lights

7.       Win a Race

8.       Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

9.       Ride a Mechanical Bull

10.   Ride in a Submarine

11.   Go to a Drive-in Movie Theater

12.   Paint a House

13.   Go Surfing

14.   See a Fireworks Show

15.   Get a Tattoo

16.   Run with the Bulls

17.   Kick a Door Open

18.   Ride a PennyFarthing

19.   Scuba Diving

Links:

World of Motion: http://vimeo.com/14773535

To Do List: http://vimeo.com/37062018

I’m Gonna Make It Better: http://vimeo.com/channels/pmg/18678091