Bouncing Ideas

Sky Arts #2

Carrying on from the previous Arts Ident I decided that I'd like to look more at After Effects and how I can manipulate imagery to create something new. From my research project I had been looking more at QR codes and I wanted to try and incorporate these into moving image in my research project and so extended this to my client work too. Through my research I didn't come across any moving imagery in advertising where the entire peice is composed of a barcode and manipulated. I did however come across artist Scott Blake who creates portraits from barcodes, which can be scanned and link to interactive art peices.

Sky Arts #2

QR from Leigh Harrison on Vimeo.

Carrying on from the previous Arts Ident I decided that I'd like to look more at After Effects and how I can manipulate imagery to create something new. From my research project I had been looking more at QR codes and I wanted to try and incorporate these into moving image in my research project and so extended this to my client work too. I personally haven't seen anything like this before used in advertising where the entire peice is composed of a barcode

Sky Arts #1

For my first Sky Arts potential submission I created a light painting based upon my research. Which can be found here.

Light Night - client ident 1 from Leigh Harrison on Vimeo.

This idea originally came from my research for club night visuals. I was inspired by the lighting effects used in the footage I was watching and decided I wanted to reflect this in my client work in some form. During my research I came across long exposure shots which created 'light paintings'. Through various experiments I found that I could achieve this effect using a timed flash and 7second exposure time on my camera. I originally intended to use a separate flash which was controlled however due to money I couldn't use that. To compromise I ended up using the flash on my phone which when set to an interval worked really well and allowed me to get the desired images. I would have liked to have experimented with a proper flash but as I didn't, I can't compare the results. The backdrop of the logo came from my location research - when I decided on the light painting I needed an area which was well lit in low light, wouldn’t be too busy as I would be taking long exposures and need there to be little interference and as I had to bring the home made light boxes with me the location needed to be easily accessible by foot. I considered the Arboretum and various places in the city centre but ultimately decided on the steps of Newton building as the lighting worked really well and allowed me to get the result I wanted. I took the background image on a long exposure then attempted to use the light boxes to create the logo, however when I was using them outdoors I just couldn't get the same effect as my initial experiments. To rectify this I decided to retake the logo shots at home and digitally composite the logo moving in after effects. I used Photoshop and after effects to initially help the logo to look as if it was part of the original image, and then to animate the letters to be inconsistent and have a DIY aesthetic. Overall I'm pleased with the final outcome, it would have been more satisfying to use all original images rather than have to composite but I've wanted to get more familiar with After Effects and this forced me to experiment and get used to the program.

Sky arts test piece

Testing how layer masks work with existing footage, uploaded in very low quality as was familiarising myself with different codecs and formats.

I'm intending to film different painting techniques and place them behind the sky arts logo for one of the final peices.

Sky Arts first peice

This is the first ident I created in response to the open brief for Sky Arts. I used light painting/photoshop to create a 20 second clip in which the only stipulation was that the logo must form no longer than 12 seconds into the clip and hold for 8 seconds. I'm pleased with how it turned out although I know it's not perfect.

Arts experiments

Ideas for settings

I've been thinking about where I want to set my lightbox and how it's going to interact with the surroundings, I rediscovered these idents used to promote The Warehouse Project, a seasonal night club in Manchester, for it's 2010 season.

This made me think of the stairs of Newton which are lit up at night, which could be a prime location to set up.

Long exposure tests

Light box

I've started creating a light box, shown here in the first stage with no foil or coloured cellophane inside, although I do like the effect on its own without adding the colour. The fact that you can see the edges of the inside of the box (the orange parts at the side of the 'S') show that this experiment will need some tweaking before the final outcome but hopefully in the right setting I can get it looking how I want, experimenting with colour and different sized lettering.

Light Painting

This short film by Pahnl uses light painting with long exposures combined with stop motion to create a beautiful effect. I'm currently making a light box to experiment with in the hope of using the technique for my Sky Arts submission.

Origami

Experimenting with origami to find some inspiration for some digital transitions for my research project and also I may use origami for one of my Sky Arts designs.

line art mood board

Clemence Behr

3D Geometric Installation by Clemence Behr

PROTEIGON

PROTEIGON from BURAYAN on Vimeo.


A stop motion, directed by Steve Braind for Parizan.
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Moodboard Sky Arts 1

Ok Go

Ok Go's creative team need a pat on the back, consistently quirky and original the band recently broadcast a live performance which was pixelated using the avatars of people who tuned in to watch through facebook and twitter. A creative and interesting way of getting an audience interested in a live performance.

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