The document summarizes and analyzes three different motion graphics sequences from movies:
1) An interactive menu from an Indiana Jones DVD that allows users to navigate scenes and special features.
2) The opening credits for Iron Man 3, which uses abstract imagery and music to set the tone for the film.
3) The opening text for Thor that introduces the character and sets up the story.
1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Unit 64 – Motion Graphics and Compositing Video
HA1 – Motion Graphics Now – Task 3 Analysis
Sequence:
Type of motion graphic and purpose:
What is its purpose and specific subject?
(Title, Credits, animated captions, stings,
indents, interactive menus, web banner)
The First type of motion graphic would be interactive menu from my blog, so the Indiana jones video, it’s
purpose is to be able to go to places on the DVD. for example; choose a scene, play the movies and maybe
special features. Then the second example would be Iron Man 3, and thirdly I would talk about Thor.
Description:
What do you see and what do you read
from this? What symbolism is there?
How suitable is the sequence for its
purpose?
A lot of shots from the movie so this is very well put together, it shows the movie and I feel as though I have to
watch it to see what happens.
Iron man 3 has an abstract of a lot of things, there is the Jarvis, a DNA sculpture and then its goes through the
movie with shots and plays music in the background.
Then finally there is THOR, it starts of with odin (thor’s father) saying “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be
worthy, shall possess the power of THOR!” then thors it through the gateway to other worlds …
Techniques used:
Animation, visual effects, colour, audio,
graphics, movement.
Blur, sharpen, distortion, rotation, opacity.
Uses quite a lot of fade and layer over layer videos to show most of what is happening on.
Iron man uses CGI and small screen’s with video’s on to look like it would in the movie.
Finally there is thor it probably uses the same techniques as are in iron man because there are very similar.
Technical comments:
Video Format, Screen Ratio, Resolution,
Frame rate, Compression
Depending on the DVD been bought, such as Blu-ray or just a normal DVD a Blu-ray makes the movie HD.
2. Use these prompts to develop a written response to each of your three chosen sequences. You can then compare and contrast the results.
