Information Design - Weekly Tasks

4/1/2022 - 17/2/2022 / Week 1 - Week 7
Loke Yeanne Tung / 0343853
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Information Design / Weekly Tasks

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WEEKLY TASKS

Week 1

Individual Task / Recommend 3 professional motion graphics on blog with rationales and inspirations.

Fig. 1.1 Motion graphic inspirations from YouTube

Key points:

1 - Unique looking characters involved.
2 - Use minimal or exquisite color scheme, no in between.
3 - Relevant graphics to narrate story.

Group Task / Create mood board for final project and style frames for the 3 most "challenging" scenes. 

Fig. 1.2 Moodboard, Week 1 (9/1/2022)

Fig. 1.3 Decided color palette, Week 1 (9/1/2022)

Fig. 1.4 Style frames for 3 "challenging" scenes, Week 1 (9/1/2022)

Week 2

Individual Task / Practice After Effects text animation.

practices
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Fig. 2.1 Text animators tutorial video provided by Mr Martin

Fig. 2.2 AE composition 1, Week 2 (11/1/2022)

Fig. 2.3 AE composition 2, Week 2 (11/1/2022)

Fig. 2.4 AE composition 3, Week 2 (11/1/2022)

Fig. 2.5 AE composition , Week 2 (11/1/2022)

Fig. 2.6 Before and after adding "easy ease" to keyframes, Week 2 (11/1/2022)

Notes:
- Text animators isn't that user-friendly in After Effects.
- But, stacking text animators can help better achieve the effect that we want.
- Adding "easy ease" to keyframes allow animations to look more organic. Instead of staying a constant speed, it starts slow, go fast in the middle and slows down at the end of the animation.

execution
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Fig. 2.7 Kinetic typography tutorial video provided by Mr Martin

Fig. 2.8 Lyric composition in After Effects, Week 2 (13/1/2022)

Fig. 2.9 P!nk's 'So What' kinetic typography exercise, Week 2 (11/1/2022)

Group Task / BTS Butter text animation and breakdown of final project's script.

Fig. 2.10 "Butter" by BTS


Fig. 2.11 Lyrics distribution, Week 3 (20/1/2022)


Fig. 2.12 My part (I), Week 3 (20/1/2022)

Fig. 2.13 My part (II), Week 3 (20/1/2022)

Fig. 2.14 Final  "Butter" Kinetic Typography, Week 3 (20/1/2022)

Week 3

Individual Task / Create motion graphic chart.

Fig. 3.1 Using slider control to control opacity for multiple layers, Week 4 (24/1/2022)

Fig. 3.2 Final motion graphic chart, Week 4 (24/1/2022)

Group Task / Final Project Storyboard.

Fig. 3.3 Script breakdown & final storyboard, Week 4 (24/1/2022)

Week 4

Individual Task / Practice Vector/Character Animation (C)

Fig. 4.1 Vector/character animation, Week 5 (3/2/2022)

Group Task / Simple animatics

Fig. 4.2 Simple animatics - my part, Week 5 (3/2/2022)

Fig. 4.3 Simple animatics - group effort, Week 5 (3/2/2022)

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FEEDBACK

Week 1
"That's cute!"

Week 3 - Kinetic Typography & Final Project Script Breakdown 

Fig. 8 Feedback for "Butter" Kinetic Typography, Week 3 (20/1/2022)

Holy sh*t, this one is good. You guys pushed the boundaries, deserve 6 out of 5. Very detailed script breakdown but could be broken down sentence by sentence for a better insight.