Design for Distribution - Beastie Boys - Shadrach

Proof that a low frame rate can be just as effective! There are subtle gestures of movement in some frames, which I think helps the piece to flow. You see the motion lines and your brain fills in the gaps between the frames. Quite clever really, I wonder if it was intentional.

Design for Distribution - ELECTRABEL

All that work for 10 seconds of footage - it's unreal, and could have easily been achieved digitally. But that's just not the point now is it? There's a certain authentic quality achieved doing it by hand, the imperfections and subtle changes between each frame are what make this so beautiful.

Design for Distribution - Collage

More tape type.

Ersinhan Ersin

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/7230/ersinhan-ersin-tapeography.html

Tape Type

typeworkshop 

http://www.typeworkshop.com/index.php?id1=Eindhoven_10_2007&id2=daily&id3=final_results&id4=&id5=&idpic=04#pictloader

Autobahn

http://www.autobahn.nl/

Design for Distribution - Rotoscope technique

Love this effect. It was done by a Met student, so I'm almost reluctant to say I admire it - but give praise where it's due.. I do like this effect. It'd be extremely easy - though very time consuming to rip off. So I'm definitely not going to be doing that any time soon. Looks to me like he's done at least 15/20 frames per second - it's pretty seamless huh? If you also take into account that it's been coloured as well.. These few seconds of footage must've taken the best part of a week.


Here's his Youtube channel anyway, some interesting stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/user/munkyflux#p/a/u/2/uCeho2Rbw_Q

Design for Distribution - A Scanner Darkly

Looks a little like the frame blending technique I'm testing in After Effects right now.. I assume something similar but far more advanced was used to give this film such a seamless quality. The blocks of colour slide around on top of each other - it's almost nauseating. I prefer the juddering, stop frame nature of some of the other videos I've looked at. 

More of a hand drawn, sketchy effect is what I would be after. I don't know who did this to credit it - but I much prefer the imperfect nature of this video.  The idea that Radio 6 lovingly hand craft each of their shows, and tailor them to a specific, music loving audience is a really nice theme to run across my idents. I will hopefully be able to put this message across in new and technically diverse ways in each of my resolutions!

Design for Distribution - BBC Radio Stations

Design for Distribution - Save Radio 6

A list of messages from influential artists bidding to save Radio 6 from being axed later this year. 

Why Robert Smith felt the need to express his opinion in uppercase I'll never know.. but this group of artists conjures up a certain set of images - a nice starting point for generating visuals I feel!

Design for Distribution - Adam Buxton's Big Mixtape

 Some visuals to help me get started on the Adam's mixtape slot for Radio 6

Really like this clinical effect, looks a bit like an x-ray or something. 

Might try some photo's against a light box.

I quite like the idea of having writing on the tape.. there's lots of possibilities for animation within this, and also the chance to learn a technique that I know exists but have never had the opportunity to try!

Psyop

When I watched this for the first time I remembered the moment when motion graphics first had an impact on me. Back when Si Scott was really going for it, and I was a bit of a fan when I was studying for my A levels, I remember seeing he did the title sequence for The Charlotte Church show, and being a bit blown away. Now that I really think about it, it was only the pieces of his work that had been animated that really stuck in my mind. I don't remember hardly any print work he did.

Anyway,

This video is one of the lesser known pieces by Psyop - for MtvHD. 

The transitions between scenes are incredibly imaginative, and the content really appeals to me too. The birds and trees mix together almost seamlessly, even with the 3D aspect in there as well. Pretty swish.

Oh, here's that Charlotte Church thing as well..
http://www.breedlondon.com/artists/si-scott/new-artwork/2-4/

Design for Distribution - Courtesy of the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tvbranding/picturesize.shtml


A fantastic resource for anyone confused about picture sizing for digital media. Though it's a bit technical, it explains the industry standard is what it is, and why widescreen for HD tv is not 1024x576 but 1050x576.
Interesting stuff, and it's little bits like this that stop you looking an idiot later when you send off work to an agency in an obsolete sizing.