Dynamic pages Process

Research


https://notability.com/n/1OuWkYc408ut0oc6jfCrp7

(Full) Notes on the composition of the song

https://youtu.be/PkgywU3ninw

YouTube Inspiration- Bohemian Rhapsody


Exercises

Paper pulling Mechanisms

 

https://notability.com/n/2zHogl8Gx1u8FdrFBvwzvy

Test of transforming a triangle to a circle

 

https://notability.com/n/ukPTZdE0C5f7Mabq6URGx

Experimenting with transformation aesthetic

 

Testing different directions motions of transformation

 

Full Movie Length with extra practice on falling speeds and other transformation types.

 

Final Full Movie with edited background and added audio.

 


Iterations


Did Do…

  • Transformations from triangle to square
  • Used colors purple and yellow
  • Fall at the beat drop
  • Faded to black and white with pulses (black glow)
  • Used Euphoria soundtrack
  • Edited black black ground for clean finish

Didn’t Do…

  • Sparkles or lines swirling around the shapes
  • Diamond Sparkle shapes
  • Turned completely black and white at drop
  • Layering Transition of triangle to circle
  • Spiral Transition
  • Single Moving Shape

 


Process


 

We started with the pull paper exercises, I took inspiration from the sun and moon for mine. I added color to make it more appealing and eye catching. Since the project is meant to be made of fully paper, I created these exercises solely out of paper, no pencil or markers.

After the exercises, me and my partner talked about how our two pieces would contrast each other. We used the same song, different beat drops, similar colors and both black backdrops. We harmonized with our colors and aesthetics.

When I first started my exercises and practices, I began with what I needed. I couldn’t figure out how to seamlessly turn a triangle into a circle, so I practiced until I got it. I knew all the shapes I needed so I cut them out and played with them enough to where I liked the flow of it. The difference in my project was that I didn’t bother with the laser cutter or the cricket, all my shapes were cut out by my hand. That’s why some of my edges are less precise, but since we were bound to abstract shapes like circles and triangles, I didn’t think it would be too much work.

Once I got the flow down, I started on the edits. (The app I used is called ibis Paint). The way I took my frames, I used a black card stock background in my dorm. My desk has a yellowish light and it made the black background look bad and distracted from the shapes. So, to fix this, I went in and individually took out the background for each frame. This process took at least 8 hours because I had to be very precise about the outlines and I had at least 100 frames. I put in this effort because I wanted it to be perfect. I think it looks much much better with a pure black background.

After this was done, and I had all the frames perfect the way I wanted them, I started on adding the audio. This was a bit challenging, I ran into many barricades but eventually, I worked it out. The app I used to join all the frames with the audio was called Filmr. I did have to edit the gray circles at the end to line up with the subtle beats but then I was finished. I’m really proud of my piece and I’m glad I went through all that work, even though there was a much easier way of completing it, I just had technical difficulties. I really think the editing was the hardest part because that was where I got to correct the mistakes I looked over in shooting. I’m proud of this work.

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