Proper Treatment

Alright so I've fixed up my treatment to the sample posted on Blackboard. It definitely helped doing this because I've figured out how I want to do most of the transitions now, I've also got some concept art I've been working on although it's not 100% how I want it to look, But I'll upload those later.

Video

1.      LS/tracking : top view plane zooms by text, camera follows plane over globe

2.      LS: Camera follows man jumping out of plane as he skydives past text in the air

3.      LS: Man lands in Car(Profile view) , burns rubber, text in smoke

4.      MS: Car stops, in car view in Dive in movie theater, Tex appears on screen (Projected)

5.      ECU:Man mountain climbing appear on movie screen, zoom in text appears on mountain

6.      LS: Man reaches summit, plants flag, text appears in sky

7.      LS: Man looks into sky to see the Northern Lights (text in lights)

8.      LS: Lights turn into finish line, man runs through it, zoom in on medal with text

9.      ECU-> LS: Zoom out medal turns into buckle, Man takes off in jet pack

10.   ECU: tattoo being inked on man’s arm, text written on under mom heart

11.   LS, Man gets on mechanical bull, flies off quickly (goes of screen), flies past text

12.   T-rex text falls down from top screen crushes mech. Bull, Man rides back on screen on dinosaur, goes off screen left

13.   ELS: water falls down from top screen, text appears in water, man appears in mini-sub from screen left

14.   LS: Man exits sub in scuba gear, swims up, past vertical text

15.   LS: Man climbs on surf board catches massive wave, text appears under wave

16.   LS: Man falls off surf board gets washed off-screen, text appears, last o in door is actual door, man kicks it open from behind

17.   MS: Man looks right, spots penny-farthing (old bicycle) rides past text

18.   LS: Man rides into rock, falls off, looks back sees bulls, starts running, text in dust from Bulls

19.   LS: Man hops into Hot air Balloon, floats past text in clouds

20.   MCU: Looks out to see fire works going off, crosses off item in his book, Underneath “What’s On Yours?” Appears

Text

1.     Travel the World

2.     Skydiving

3.     Drive a Classic Car

4.     Go to a Drive-in Movie Theater

5.     Climb a Mountain

6.     Plant a Flag Somewhere

7.     See the Northern Lights

8.     Win a Race

9.     Fly a Jet Pack

10.  Get a Tattoo

11.  Ride a Mechanical Bull T-rex (a man can dream)

12.  Ride in a Submarine

13.  Scuba Dive

14.  Go Surfing

15.  Kick a Door Open

16.  Ride a Penny-Farthing

17.  Run with the Bulls

18.  Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

19.  See a Fireworks show

Treatment

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.

http://vimeo.com/groups/mggroup/videos/13340102

http://colinhesterly.com/#/world-of-motion/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsXknE8LOEI

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