Midterm v.3

midterm version 3 from Jessi on Vimeo.

I tried to edit the milk sequence although I see that the front portion should be cut out because it's too long. I changed the ending so it would have a definite bukake-esque ending. I extended the scene with the popsicles and ice cream but I want to go back and have the popsicles on longer versus the ice-cream.

Midterm v.2

I decided to go ahead and do away with every part that wasn't working. I'd rather it be shorter with good sequences versus longer with things that don't work. I think I should have gone longer and more on the very last part since it's a big collective sequence. I feel like maybe there should be some more editing involved, like cuts back and forth between certain sequences and maybe some repeats but I'm unsure of how exactly to go about doing that to make it intentional and visually interesting. I kept with the dumb, happy faces because I like that naive quality.

(PS. Vimeo is still not cooperating, which is why I uploaded it to Blogger.)

Midterm

I may do more scenarios. It seems like it may just need MORE. Or maybe not but to me that's kind of what I'm thinking. I also am considering doing repeats in a rhythmical way and I wonder if this could be set to music. I will attempt to create/find a sound piece that seems fits the mood of the piece and may rearrange elements to fit the music's beat if that works out in any way.

I think the characters need either on emotion or more emotion. I think they either need to stay with blank, happy faces all the time or they need to have a wider range of expression. But I kind of like it how they always look happy because it communicates that they are dumbly pleased with all the sexuality around them, almost like they're kind of drunk on it.

(PS. Vimeo was not cooperating, which is why I uploaded it to Blogger.)

Project Revision

Okay, so whole new direction here! Yes, I am going to go forward with the cutesy foods because THAT'S WHAT I DO. I do that all in my spare time and I agree that I should work with something I really have a passion about. Why I have the passion I have no fuckin' clue but it's there and I'm loving it. So, I decided to try some foods out and by the time I got done drawing them, I was surprised to see that they were all VERY sexual. I started with an ice cream cone and a popsicle. Then I, thinking along the ice cream and dairy lines, ended up with a banana and milk. Then finally a donut because doesn't a banana fit in that hole oh so well? So, what we have are a bunch of sugary treats and foods that are so adorable but would make you blush if you just saw what they could do to each other. (Yes, imagine that banana pounding that donut. Imagine the milk splashing on the banana [homoerotic, eh?]. And imagine the ice cream and popsicle licking the hell out of each other!) Raunchy, cute food. This is what happens when I'm on the end of my rope and I'm liking it!

Assets:

Ideas for Scenes:

Sexy Food from Jessi on Vimeo.

As if this won't give you a bloody nightmare...

Imagine the banana thrusting in and out of the donut.

Ice cream cone is licking the popsicle and oh that popsicle is enjoying it!

Graphical lineup

Milk pouring on wet popsicle

Storyboards and reference stuff

Storyboards:

Based on my earlier text experiment with green, i kind of wanted to pursue a project with a similar feel to it, only expanded to include more colors. This is, in my opinion, definitely a project that needs audio. I would like the words to have a feel to them not only in image but in the way they sound when spoken. This is kind of corny, so I would like to make sure the element of corniness is up. I want the project to have a feel of someone learning colors for the first time, thus I included some references to color-learning videos. I'm still on the fence on my language of choice. All though I did my storyboard in English, I kind of would like to go back to German because the project has to be 100% clear for the average American to understand that it's talking about colors and they're not just some random words.

Reference materials:

http://www.moillusions.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/colors.gif

Project 9 / Write-up

Project 9 - Mattes from Jessi on Vimeo.

Writeup:
Not quite as fail as the last one but still a lot of fail going on here. That and I'm horribly sick so after effects doesn't want to cooperate because it think I'll infect it with a virus (it doesn't realize macs don't get viruses). I brought back some text because it seems I had the most success using text out of all my projects. All though this wasn't quite the same and I think I should have gone a similar route like with my Grün project. Ah, whatever. I'll fix it.

Project 8 - Puppet Tool - TOTAL FAIL!

Project 8 from Jessi on Vimeo.

Writeup:

Yeah, I don't like the puppet tool. I think it has it's place and would be useful for other purposes but this isn't what I need for this project. Oh, well. I tried to move the light waves around with the puppet tool. Not happy at all with this project and it sucks and it's TOTAL FAIL! But I think I was thinking too much on using the puppet tool versus doing the project. Eh... Whatever!

Effects Experiment

test trial from Jessi on Vimeo.

Writeup:

Honestly, I didn't quite complete the tutorial but I was surprised a the easiness of this effect since After Effects has the basics built in. There's a lot to mess with with presets to make this effective but it's not hard and it's actually quite a beautiful effect. I love it but I'm not sure what I'd use it for right away. It seems kinda kitchy and really only good for TV shows or commercial advertisements. I'm sure I can apply the explosion technique somewhere in my work. I personally liked even the font explosion. I think most of the effects are only worth doing though if you're making title work. With my project, I'm going to have to consider some options prior to using any of this crazy stuff.