alibi.

http://www.theidentgallery.com/player.php?id=ALIBI-2008-ID-BULLETGLASS-1

Glass Ident.

http://www.theidentgallery.com/player.php?id=ALIBI-2008-ID-CRIMESCENE-1

Crime Scene Ident.

http://www.theidentgallery.com/player.php?id=ALIBI-2008-ID-SAFE-1

Safe Ident.

http://www.theidentgallery.com/player.php?id=ALIBI-2008-ID-WOODS-1

Woods Ident.

Im not keen on all the writing, quotes, from the programs illustrating the theme of the channel.

The feel of it.

Its a great Idea but I wish there was a better concept.

Syfy Kids

-http://www.manvsmachine.co.uk/

Syfy releasing a new sub channel called Syfy Kids.

The audience will be aimed from ages 2 to 17.

-http://www.syfy.com/syfykids/

Syfy

Introducing the new brand.

SyFy TV Channel Promo - House of Imagination (Imagine Greater)

The new TV Channel SyFy's (formally known as Sci Fi Channel) new Promo called House of Imagination in HD. New slogen is: SyFy - Imagine Greater

I like how they show that the target audience is now aimed at anyone and not just people who are interested in UFO's etc.

but still have the supernatural element and has more of an elegant way to portray the concept.

-http://www.blogtelevisual.com/

-http://www.manvsmachine.co.uk/

Syfy- "Imagination Park"

Syfy's rebrand launch in New York Installation.

3D lettering emerging from the ground to show that something new is coming this way / reborn from something thats old.

"Imagination Park"

http://trekmovie.com/2009/07/07/scifi-becomes-syfy-still-airs-star-trek-reruns/

Idea ... Internet Collaboration

Creative Cross Internet Collaboration Music Video.



One of my ideas was to make a collaboration video similar to this but not as organized.
basically I wanted to set up my own side brief that others can get into during the year all to do with sonic the hedgehog and in the end have a video with thousands of other video's within with people all over doing something like drawing, dressing up, making a model, playing, creating something to do with sonic and film themselves doing so ... and what they did after they made it ...
& obvious with me doing the same to introduce the idea to everyone.

Sonic & Cheerios

I filmed cheerios filling up just too see how they rest for when I create the gold rings and how they will rest once they have filled up the screen in my piece of work.

Sonic Animatic

Improved animatic on the timing of the music.

(Might have to change music but not sure yet

or do two versions of the same thing with different audio.)

Thinking of the ending audio and will decide what to do at the end to make it more dynamic instead of it just fading away as it doesn't really fit.

Sonic Animatic

A really rough idea on what I want the final to be like, though the timing is off.

1st draft animatic.

*Sonic changes the '11' to 'th'

*Spins the '0' to a gold ring

*pulls down/up the 'anniversary' banner

Pacman supermarket.

Found this video and I got the idea of having someone dress up as Sonic and run around Manchester, collecting rings.

For a viral video that will live online and gets others to their own video to celebrate Sonic's 20th anniversary during the whole year doing anything to do with Sonic like draw, dress up, make their own costume, make a model, create a short animation, comic strip etc... & by the end have thousands of video's and thousands of people celebrating Sonic.

Pure performance

I like how they have created a short animation in the style of a storyboard made film cell movement in the speed of a car moving.
At the end when the camera zooms out to reveal that the images are on the wall beside the moving vehicle that the images present, I thought this was genius to be honest with using the storyboard; something as obvious in front of you while you work on the project and being able to create the craziest/fun idea and incorporating it in the final piece.

Do Animatic - No sound -

The sounds will just be the slight grunting and heaving sounds from both characters as they try to push the impossible.
Then a scraping sound like a heavy table scraping along the floor as the massive object finally moves.
As the two letters shift together at the end there will be a slight clinking sound as if two metal blocks are put together like a magnet.

Portfolio Crit

Jojo Lowes' work. <-- click to view.
Jo is a freelance Designer, but also does photography and teaches.
I went to visit her at her home and showed her my show reel, she gave me a brief critique while watching my work then sent me a message via facebook in detail on what she thought for each.
This is what she sent:

Portfolio Crit

Reflection:-
I particularly enjoyed how the visuals “reflected” the chosen music. As the reflected images came in and out of focus the music pace and volume mirrored this with equally sensitive fade outs. The film covers a wide range of reflections both urban and natural, which all have their own unique effect which still managing to look part of an over all theme.
The piece could be developed into a further project by choosing one place and tracking the reflections that happen over a full day, possibly using stop motion.
Also as most reflections are at strongest when they are central screen adding a vignette to really bring out the main image.

If Relentless did a Fragrance:-
Good clean lines, great 3D effect, smooth transitions between movements. The colour green suggests a lack of association with a specific gender…Was this on purpose? It would be interesting to see this promo a his and hers version of the products and how this would change the overall effect.

Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side Title Sequence:
I entirely say this as a compliment, Oh my days this is one disturbing piece of film. The faded visuals on the screen are a really nice contrast to the realism of the dolls. The lighting on the faces works really well too. From a typographic point of view I would place all the type in the same place. But I really love this piece its very effective.

Kerrang Ident:
Short and sweet. Great choice of track, fit in perfectly with the end of shit explosion climax.

Doorway: Choices:
Great use of juxtaposition, combining the sharp clean furniture, blank 3D room with the paper cut Alice and piano. Great quality audio recording. Red room reflecting experiences of drug really sums up the unsteadyness and lack of control that drugs inflict on your life, this feeling is pushed further with the upside door and moving of the walls. Really love the use of mixed media and the chaos it suggests.

Do lecture ideas ...

Looking at some old adverts on youtube, the John West ads made me laugh but they also gave me an idea on the salmon jumping until reaching their goal.

Making goals is one of the core ideas I have after asking people from all over the same question which they answered and most have said making goals and achieving them.





Looking at this John West advert above I remembered the new Weetabix marathon advert. With a similar idea but different humour with the witty carefree banter whilst winning a marathon.

Download's Big Screen (Ian Watkins - Lostprophets)

I found this image on the internet.



And photoshopped a tutu onto it, just for fun.



And one of my friends who went to the Download festival in 2008 texted the image to the big screen the day Lostprophets were headlining and the whole crowd saw it while waiting for them to come on stage.

The blog banner.

I drew all the images free hand before scanning them and then adding colour to them in on photoshop, using different layers for the different colours being used so its easier to edit around to create a vector style image.

I got the idea from an Anime called The Wallflower.









All these images I managed to put together in my own way which inspired me to create the banner at the top of my blog.
The images were researched through the search engine google (The Wallflower Anime).

The screaming people from the Anime influenced the creation of my own version of the screaming people within my blog banner.

A7X's Nightmare / Jacob's Ladder

After watching the new video Nightmare from Avenged Sevenfold (A7X). I started to mess about in photoshop and came up with this image seen below. My idea was that the pieces of film being ripped and analyzed in the same manner as if a patient has taken apart and tried to re-edit the footage leaving scraps behind on a light-box.



The idea behind the music video is living an actual Nightmare.
As the lead singer, M. Shadows (Matthew Sanders) is being pulled through halls, he notices the deceased drummer, The Rev (Jimmy Sullivan) torn down drum kit which he used during the 'City of Evil' tour. He then see's lead guitarist Synyster Gates (Brian Haner Jr.) bashing his head against the window, Rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance (Zachary Baker), once in a fetal position on the floor and another time waltzing with a fake skeleton, and bassist Johnny Christ (Jonathan Seward) crawling above Shadows. Near the end of the video he is led by two boys to a room, where the last drum set The Rev ever played live with the band is set up.



There are some references from previous music video's the band has done over the years, like the tarantula crawling across the drum kits was shown in the video 'Afterlife' however the tarantula was crawling along The Rev's face. Another reference from the same video is where Zacky is waltzing with his girlfriend rather than with the fake skeleton.
Also there is a smaller reference from their music video 'Bat Country' where the faces of the patients are being stretched and the priest from the music video 'Seize the Day'.

Click below to view the scene.
The Jacob's Ladder Hospital Scene.

The video is based off/influenced by the film Jacob's ladder with the hospital scene. (Said to be one of the Jimmy's favourite movies).
Similarities like the torn down drum kit in the music video is the broken bicycle in one of the rooms.
The girl in the fetal position on the floor is similar to the way Zacky is in the video.
The crawling patient on top is similar to Johnny as he does the same.
The blood on the floor.

Slipknot- Psychosocial

Slipknot- Psychosocial
Director - Paul Brown

Has to be one of my favourite Videos at the moment, maybe not my favourite band but it's still a really good video creatively.

http://www.slipknot-metal.com/main.php?sk=videography

The Video was shot using high-end cameras which shoot 1,000 frames per second and are contrasted with traditional 35 mm hand crank camera equipment.

There are two versions of the video. One uses the album version of the song, whilst the other uses a much shorter version of the song. On YouTube one of the many videos of the song had gained over 17 million views, before it was removed in December due to a dispute between Roadrunner Records' distributor, Warner Music Group, and YouTube.

Its obviously back on Youtube.

Some Music videos ... by Tony Petrossian

Stone Sour - Through glass
Directed - Tony Petrossian

Stone Sour's clever new video for the radio hit "Through Glass" takes a super-ironic dig at all things plastic and transparent in the not-so-mythical land of 'Hollowood'.

I love how Tony Petrossian portrayed this in a way to make the audience connected to the message and make them realize that Hollywood is just a place where people want to belong but have to be fake to do so.



Avenged Sevenfold - Beast And The Harlot
Directed - Tony Petrossian

One of my favourite bands, this song is pretty dark when you take it apart but yeah i like the style of the video and the quirkiness to it.

Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold are due to do a co-headlining UK tour in October and November.

Theme of Idea - Dorito

The idea behind my Dorito is that there is a couple at the cinema who are actually Doritos.



I was playing with the idea that Doritos are like cinema snacks and that outside the actual bag they are really at the cinema and the music you hear is the actual film.
I found you can slightly see through the bag if you shine a light to it or is directed near light, so the doritos were watching the film as well.




I also played with the idea of having that annoying person always asking questions about the film they are watching and never shutting up and just enjoy it, or disturbing people as they try and enjoy the film aswell.

Thoughtful.

Thoughtful lecture.

We were asked to do produce a 15 second ident and a 5 second ident for Do lectures.

We went to the fifth floor to talk about who are our inspirations in life to drive us to do things.
I mentioned my mother as a huge influence in life as she went from being a nurse to a single mum of three to a student again, being a training teacher to being a full time lecturer at a college, educating national diploma and introductory diploma students in health and social care.

She bounced back from nothing and she has been with me all the way and encouraged to do what I wanted, and helped me stay on track, otherwise I don't think I would of come this far in education after school and would of ended up not doing what I wanted and be miserable.

I found the morning intriguing and it helped with a few things, like it gave me a few ideas, like no matter how little the thing is, it always leaves a big impact in someones life and pushes them to do what they really want to instead of doing something they are not really happy about.