PROJECT LAYOUT

The building blocks are here. I finally shot some footage and will be messing around with it in After Effects. 
I am posting my progress thus far.  On the surface, it doesn't look like much, and I have a great deal of work to do between now and the deadline.  However, all of the pieces are available. 

I have 2 comics roughed up and am planning to animate about 5 more along with transitions for the comics.  The trick at this point will be timing.  The high energy of the song needs to sync up perfectly with the flow of the footage so I will be playing around with that as well.  This video is just a glimpse at my progress and a rough visual representation of where I am going with it.

PREPRODUCTION: West Campus Stories

For my final project I would like to animate a couple of existing comics that I have drawn up and showcase them in a way that uses a number of techniques we've learned throughout the semester to cohesively put them together.  I plan to recreate a 3D image of the logo that I designed and animate it.  I also want to capture some street footage around west campus and speed up the footage so that it creates a fast paced atmosphere.    Below I have included some potential comics that I will be working with, all while animating the text and creating slight movement in the drawings themselves.  The entire 1:30 - 2 minute project will be set to music and should show off a little of the west campus experience.


This is the storyboard I will be working from.

Inspired by the Queens of the Stone Age music video "Go with the Flow," I wanted to try to create a visually appealing piece using only three tones.  Using the roto brush in After Effects, I created a matte around live footage to create the silhouette.  I did the same with the heads but this time I messed with the threshold to create a very contrasted simplified black and white. I didn't get the desired effect that I wanted but it fits well nonetheless.  I tried to keep the rotoscoping loose so I can give it a little style. 

Untitled from danny grimm on Vimeo.

Beach Dancing

Working with green screen.

Untitled from danny grimm on Vimeo.