The Bucket List
The Bucket List is a student animation to be created
by solely myself (James Hardman-Cobb). It is a motion graphic about the things
we want to do before we die.
The Bucket List functions not as a narrative but
rather as a concept of sorts. The goal of the video is to get the audience to reflect
on what items are on their lists. This will be achieved through animated
versions of the list items with careful consideration of transitions between
items. The video will end with a shot of the words, “What’s on Yours?”
As mentioned
earlier TBL follows motion graphic
styling. What I mean by this is that colors will be sharp and blending will be smooth.
Objects will be simplified down to their most important elements. Some of the
pictures below illustrate a similar style to what I am going for.
The First two are
from the blog of WeThinkThings
The Second two are from Colin Hesterly’s World of Motion.
Both have a simpler style with very nice color flow. I will post some
videos at the end of the treatment as well. The character is a blank icon that will
have different items of clothing in various shots or list items.
As far as technical aspects go, the video will make use of After Effects,
Illustrator, Photoshop, and either Flash or ToonBoom. The latter two programs
will be used for character animation, Whereas everything else will be used for
objects and background. Each list item will be broken down into its own scene
lasting roughly 10 seconds although these times will be adjusted for more
complex list items.
Audio will comprise of a background music track that matches the feel-good
tone of the video. I would like to match the audio to the animation in a
similar method to the World of Motion
video although that will be a secondary concern for now
Costs will be minimal for I will be using software available in the edit
lab although I may purchase the ToonBoom program that Professor Silva mentioned.
The Bucket List is a short animation focusing on the things
we want to do before we die. It is primarily focused on visuals and the
transitions between visuals. The audio will be a simple feel good song to complement
the graphics.
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