What you’ve all been waiting for (or not). I’m pleased and somewhat saddened that this will probably be the last TV Idents post on this blog. It’s been fun and I’ve made friends with After Effect (just don’t mention sound editing). Without further ado: please enjoy! Warning: Contains bright colours; no flashing lights though. Continue reading
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Making of: TV ident
Learn After effects from scratch, making your ambitions come true, attempting to clip a DLSR to a tripod for half an hour were all obstacles I had to overcome in order to create my ident. This post will detail how this was achieved… 1. Type something in youtube and you’ll probably find it and that’s … Continue reading
Moire fringing
Moire fringing is a visual limitation in TV idents and filming as a whole. It sounds like the title of a horror movie but moire fringing is simply the phenomenon of patterns overlaying each other to create an undesirable (unless you want your product to feel psychedelic and give people minor seizures) effect. In TV this occurs when the pixel … Continue reading
TV idents pitch
Pitch script
The secret to success (well I hope the pitch is successful): The pitch for TV Idents I am creating a 10 second ident for the BDC department for their launch of the internet based channel BDC 1. My ident has to serve the purpose of engaging the audience, build brand loyalty and of course entertain. … Continue reading
Pitch practise- feedback
what went well Showed confidence Well spoken got straight to the point The ident was very clear The ident links well with the Brit School Even better if more eye contact so there is more of an emotional connection (making your pitch more appealing) Should of talked about market research How would your ident connect … Continue reading
Style sheet
I took one scene from my chosen ident (scene 4 but just with a ‘B’ shown instead of the whole of ‘BDC’ on an equalizer) and changed the colour palette around to see which would suit the overall look of the ident. Continue reading
Moodboard
The most popular colours gathered from the survey were blue and purple, but it’s also important to incorporate the logo’s colours (luckily blue and purple’s part of that) in the ident as well. So I’ve found a variety of things related to the ident for the moodboard. Continue reading
Storyboards
1. Opening shot of curtains. 2. Pulled back curtains reveals a band with their backs turned. 3. Keyboardist turn to the audience suddenly and start playing, reveals B on shirt. 4. Drummer turns around and starts playing, reveal D on shirt. 5. Guitarist turns, reveals C on shirt. 6. The band jams for a bit. … Continue reading
Job roles in industry
There are many job roles in industry : Executive Producer: Oversees the whole project and creative decisions all designs must be check by the executive producer. Also gets paid the most, probably. Communicates with the client as well. Negotiates budgets. Creative director: directs the project creatively and communicates with the client as well. Graphic designer: responsible … Continue reading
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