Photoshop pratice Animation

Today we have been practicing Animation with images from the Internet. My first practice was of a dolphin swimming in the sea which i was pleased with. After this practice i got the hang of it quickly & learnt a lot, therefore i advanced myself & done another one with the Genre Horror like my DVD Menu, & added titles etc. This is how I'd like my DVD Menu to be similar to this in relation to location, character & colour scheme & font.
I added an image of a little girl & put the girl lacking with opacity appearing as a ghost, & then duplicated this layer & made the opacity more, to make her appear more, then added layers in between which then made the effect of her faded in and out like a ghost.

Proposal Update

For the final product for our DVD Menu we were asked to present our pitch/proposal in either Powerpoint Presentation or a newly introduced website called Prezi.com. I have now completed my Proposal presentation on Prezi.com, which included the following options of my DVD Menu:

• Genre
• Target Audience
• Colour theme
• Fonts & Existing Fonts
• Textures & Existing Textures
• Location
• Budget
• Mood board
• Images & Existing images
• Layout
• Character
• Props
• Roll over effect

I was introduced to Prezi as an option to present my proposal & at first impression, my initial thought was it looked confusing but after practice i soon got the hang of it. I enjoyed using Prezi & found it very interesting & makes presenting work fun. I'm glad i chose Prezi as apposed to PowerPoint Presentation, because Prezi is different, fun & easy to use after a while. I'm pleased with my final Presentation of my proposal. This is a print screen shot of my proposal which i will be presenting to my class.

Final Idea Development

Today's lesson i finalised my final idea's on my DVD Menu, progressing of my presentation of my proposal on Prezi, finished of Contiguency Plan, Printing of finished work:

• Contiguency Plan: I have completed of my Contiguency plan, which will help me through my project, as if finding any problems, i have a safe solution. Through the plan, it suggests possible problems i could face, but now i have thought ahead of myself, hopefully there will be no problems occuring through creating my DVD Menu
• Proposal: I am creating my propasal in a presentation called Prezi, i have added some research into my genre, & added all my initial ideas for my DVD Menus, including; font, images, location, textures which i'd like to use in my DVD Menu.
• Initial Idea's for my DVD Menu: I have completed my final ideas including, the font's i'd like to use, images, location, textures etc. I have also completed the research on my target audience & the legal & ethical issues when producing a DVD Menu. I also researched into prices of DVD Menu's, & completed the budget of my DVD Menu.
• I also managed to print of my Annotated moonboards, & my deconstructed movie posters on a word document.

I'm happy with the work completed so far & my inital ideas.
Target: I need to finish of my Prezi Presentation.

Progress on Encore

Through progressing on Encore, i have created a demo of a DVD Menu. Created on Adobe Photoshop, i learnt all the aspects through layers, shapes & the image. I learnt how to add shadows, & how important it is putting each title into folders, as they get quite editted. This lesson on Encore & how to create the basics of a DVD Menu on Adobe Photoshop helped me a lot, & developed my skills in Photoshop. I now am able on my own, to create a DVD Menu, & i know how to change titles, colours, shapes etc.

Introduction to Encore

Today we were introduced to a programme called Adobe Encore which i will be using to create my DVD Menu, i had never used this programme before, & my first impression was it looked confusing, but once getting to know tools etc, it was very interesting. Through creating a DVD Menu, we will need to create it on Photo shop then import it into Encore. Through learning the basics on the programme of Encore i have learnt the following so far:

• I learnt how links are made between buttons within a DVD Menu, & i linked a moving image to the DVD Menu of 'ninjas', which then played a clip of ninjas on the DVD Menu, which looked really good.
• We have been introduced to a Hard Drive which i have learnt, to create folders on & save work onto.
• I learnt how to create the timeline of the DVD Menu, therefore every second of the clip appears & you can edit & manipulate any particular part.
• I identified Shortcuts on the Keyboard, which makes it easier & sufficient; saving projects by using Ctrl + S, this makes it easier for me as i can save as i go along quick & easy. Another easy shortcut was Ctrl + Alt + Space Bar, which allows you to preview so far produced work.
• I also learnt how to import successful a project, by simply right-clicking on the left hand side of the screen & where projects are listed, click down to 'import as' & you can open a file.
• I also learn that when importing a file, it is important to use the correct option of how it will upload. It is best to use DVD Menu & Timeline, to see each step of work progress & to have the ability to edit any part at any point.

With praticing Encore today, it helped me a great deal, as with just simply recieving the helpful hand book, i may have struggled, but actually using Encore as a 'test project' i found it very useful & i understood it clearly. Therefore when starting my DVD Menu, i will have the skills & ability to produce a successful Menu.

Final Idea for my DVD Menu

I’m creating my own independent DVD Menu, including my own images thrilling images. I have chosen Horror, to relate to my Movie Poster, & I’m going to use colours, textures/ elements to relate to my genre. I’ve put into consideration the client & the audience needs of the target audience for Horror.

Title: 

My movie title is ‘21’, the same as my movie poster. I chose numbers, as from researching horrors, their titles can be catches & they’re questionable for the audience. I found some with numbers titles such as ‘23’, a thriller with Jim Carey. My whole title on my movie poster & my DVD menu, is ‘2 sides 1 person’, but to shorten it and make the audience intrigued & wanted to know answers, I simply put it as ‘21’. I felt this title is simple but interesting.

Colour Scheme:  

Horror films use the colours, black & white, reds & dark colours, to associate with the genre. The colours I will use is, black & white, red, i feel the black portrays the darkness of the nature of the genre, the white to imply the innocence which could be in danger in the film & also white stands out & contrasts well with the other colours. Lastly, the colour red which i feel is really effective when using the genre Horror, as it represents blood which implies danger, also i feel this colour is very bold & stands out well.

Font: 

The font will be bold, red colours to relate to blood. The style will be ‘Monotype Corsiva’  as I feel looks almost old & interesting. Of different sizes & colours with white lines slicing through the writing which reminds me of barbed-wire which is dangerous.

Textures:  

From researching textures, I know I’d like to include ‘Crime scene’ tape across my DVD Menu, with ‘duck tape’, as the background to my titles. Almost like a plan from a psychotic or a crime investigation board. Textures such as Warning Signs, Red paint spattered like blood also portray the genre Horror, & imply danger & death. I also feel textures such as these, really stand out & intrigue the audiences eyes.

Warning tape to imply something bad has happened,
& danger & death is close



Tape to portray Horror



Red paint splattered to portray Blood



A warning danger sign, to portray the danger of
Horror

DVD Menu

We're now investigating & researching into DVD Menu's as our next assignment. We have looked at a number of DVD Menu e.g. Hangover, Fahrenheit 9/11 etc. I've learnt there are elements & code & conventions of DVD Menu's to imply the Genre of the film. Elements, Codes & conventions such as;

• Rollover effects (When you select an option & it highlights)
• Colour Scheme
• Images
• Fonts
• Animation
• Textures

These all would relate & link to imply the nature of the Genre. E.g. For the Genre of Horror the elements would be similar as the following;

• Rollover effect- White font to Red
• Colour Scheme- Red, White & Black
• Images- Dark & Scary
• Fonts- Bold
• Animation- A character appearing from the DVD Menu
• Textures- Blood, Tape, Knifes etc.

This is an example of the elements which would portray the genre Horror. Horror is very dark & scary, therefore the colours would have to be dark to imply this. The colour Red is always popular when showing Horror, as it represents blood & blood is closely seen with Horror as it implys death & danger.

We've been given the choise of Indie Horror, Indie Drama, SCI-FI & Childrens Animation, i've listed the elements & codes & conventions which would be seen & used to portray the specific genre.

Children’s Animation

Colour Scheme:
Children like bold, bright, exciting colours to keep them engaged. Children can be easily distracted so it’s key to keep them engaged. The colour Scheme for children; Bright yellows, reds, blues, greens.

Font:
To keep the children excited, fonts should also be big bold & bright. Therefore Big bold fonts, using the colour scheme of bright colours.

Images:
Moving images to keep them intrigued in the DVD Menu of bright, happy characters; cartoons. Animations of bright characters.

SCI-FI

Colour Scheme:   
Dark Metallic Green & Black, Greys. SCI-FI is very scientific & related to space with is black. When presenting SCI-FI films these colours are associated, therefore, I would use Black & dark metallic greens to present my film.

Font:
The fonts used are very hi-tech, modern & scientific relating to the science-fiction genre, therefore I would use ‘computer’ scientific font to enhance the modern, hi-tech theme of the genre.

Images:
Images are very hi-tech & technological relating to the science fiction genre. I would use moving images of hi-tech, modern elements, such as robots, computers etc. The DVD Menu would be very technological & hi-tech. Heavy Animations.

Horror

Colour Scheme: 
Horror films use dark colours to relate to the dark nature of the film. Black & white, red are associated with Horror films I found, as it can represent blood. However I would use Black  & yellow to make the characters glow & stand out.

Font:
The Fonts use are very big, bold & dark to stand out & to relate to the genre. I would use big, bold yellow titles to stand out.

Images:
Images are also dark & scary to relate to the genre. I would use Static images & Moving images to show scary clips from the movie, & shocking static images. The images & moving images would be dark & bold, to scare & intrigue the audience.

Drama

 Colour Scheme:
Drama films base on realistic characters dealing with emotional themes such as; Drugs, Alcohol, Love, Religion, Crime etc. Therefore the colour scheme would range heavily, but would still use very bold colours to emphasise the drama. For example Love would use Red colours & hearts, where as Crime would use darker colours such as black & yellow. I would use Red to imply a Theme of Love to stand out & contrast with a white background to also portray the innocence and drama.

Font:
The fonts would also range a great deal, as drama as such a wide range of dramatic aspects & themes. I would use bold red fonts to relate to the red colour scheme & contrast with the White background.

Images:
Images would again, range as the themes vary, however as my theme would be Love, i would take images of couples together ' in love' & use poses of them kissing, cuddling, etc to imply the nature Love & relate to the colour scheme & font.

After thorough research into these 4 genres, I've decided to choose Horror as i find it interesting with the use of dark colours, dark images & textures such as tape, knifes, blood etc. I personally enjoy Horror films & how all the elements relate & enhance the genre, however i haven't chosen Horror because of this, I've chosen this as from researching DVD Menu the movie 'Crash' a Drama Thriller, used Polaroid Images to portray the characters within the Film, i really like the use of this, & from researching into it, i feel Polaroid Images remind me of Crime Scene Investigation, where they have images like this of the victims, therefore i decided I'd like my DVD Menu to include Polaroid Images to enhance the scary dark side of the genre. I'm still researching into Horror in-depth & have found textures I'd like to use such as, Duck tape, Warning Tape, Blood etc.

This is a deconstruction of the film 'Friday the 13th' which i've highlighted the colour scheme, font, images etc. All the elements portrayed & the feel of this DVD Menu is what i'd like my DVD Menu to similarly look like.

More Research into the 4 Different Genres of; Indie Drama, Indie Horror, Children's Animation, SCI-Fi, These are screen shots of the pages from Microsoft Document;