Blue Cloud Studios Logo Design

Hey guys, i realised we didnt really have a logo to put on our animation or our blog, so I sat down tonight and got designing. I had previously drawn a couple of really rough designs in my sketchbook over the Easter and I came to the conclusion that they needed to be a bit more graphical so that it was professional looking. I need to scan in my drawn designs, which ill have to do after showing you the final design.

Ignore the dark grey background as this is just to emphasise the logo. I thought we'd keep it quite simple and graphical to go with Tom's blog background design, but still kept the cute fluffy cloud and made this blue obviously!! i like the way that this is the only blue imagery as it makes it stand out more. The little circle-looking images are C's rotated and there are 5- representing the 5 members in our group :D

Title Sequence

I spoke to John today and we had a discussion about the title sequence- I know he has produced a couple of ideas, then I thought of something that will work really well and after some discussion and a look at my designs, we were both happy with the idea, which will be posted soon. Ill also be using the font from the title sequence for the DVD menu, which is also in the process of being completed and will be posted before the weekend :D



Backing track for the animation

What does everyone this about using this as a backing track for the animation?

The music comes to a natural end 1:12 in I think so could be easy to cut/edit?

Line test.

heys guys, just a line test. If there's anything that needs doing before tomorrow please tell me :) I know there's a weird wobbly bit with the mum's hand before she waves. There's a frame when the boy's hand is missing and it could do with smoothing the movements out at the end. If there's anything else (other than filling them ofc) then please say. What d'you guys think?

& Jade, what would you like me to do with the dog?

Imogen's Line Test

Untitled from Jade Midson on Vimeo.

Line Test

Puzzle Pieces Line Test from Jade Midson on Vimeo.

DEADLINE!

Ok guys, here's the deal :)...
We spoke to Andy today in our tutorials and he suggested line testing what we have to far today, which we uploaded earlier and he also suggested booking out the rostrum room to animated because that way, we are in a controlled environment. This means that all the lighting will stay constant and the camera we'll be using will take higher quality pictures. GO1 is good for testing, but the lighting is inconsistent, with people coming in and out of the room, lights being turned off and on etc...

Andy caught up with me today and handed me a timetable spreadsheet with which time slot he has allocated us. We have the rostrum room on FRIDAY 15th APRIL -  we need to be there for 9a.m sharp to start animating. Andy explained that if the room is left unattended by at least 9.30, the room will be taken from us and given to someone else in need of it.

What does this mean?

ALL drawings need to be completed before then so that we can have the whole day to photograph the images and create the final animation. If there are any issues, please contact me or Laura ASAP as failing to meet this deadline will result in putting us way behind and having to work throughout the Easter Holidays with no way of meeting up with each other.
We would like the final week to be dedicated to finalising the animation and last-minute editing, creating the DVD menu and cases etc and authoring the DVD...

I understand people have other work commitments, but if we put in the hard work, this deadline can be easily achieved.
Sorry to sound harsh, but I know everyone's eager to do well and finish the animation and feel happy with the end result...

Keep up the good work :)

Laura's Line Test

We line tested Laura's part of the child placing in the first puzzle piece before we spent hours colouring in all the frames, so that we could see if the animation would work. We were thinking of possibly adding in a pause to portray the child thinking where the puzzle piece would fit in and also maybe removing a couple of the frames to make it run smoother.


line test 2 from Jade Midson on Vimeo.