Sunday, 2 November 2008

My Extra-Terrestrial Husband

Here is further development for my kinetic typography piece:


My Extra-Terrestrial Husband from Gabriel Aronson on Vimeo.

At the moment, I'm just experimenting with how closely I can replicate the experience of watching old projected footage. I added in some color using the colorama effect, and applied a subtle mesh warp to the entire project so that it looks like it was projected through an old lens or on an uneven surface. I also introduced the effect of the shutterspeed going all wonky, causing the picture to shift slightly. I did this by duplicating the composition (pre-color and mesh effects) aligning it off-screen and parenting it to my main composition. Then I could move the two around, and make it look like adjacent frames.
So far I am happy with what I know I am able to achieve looks-wise. Now I should perhaps do some actual storyboarding and proper development on the way the actual sequence will play out! And is there a way to use the elements that I have been playing with and "up-date them" or de-contextualize them? Would that be appropriate? Or am I just trying to imitate that specific style as closely as possible? How can the type better reflect what is being said?
Questions for the coming few days...

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