First attempt at ident, the edited version and the rationale

Here is my first ident. It was a struggle getting used to the programme which i believe is evident in this ident. If i had more time and patience, i would make an improved version.

This is my final edit which i am pleased about as i have improved the camera angle and gave the letters more emphasis.

For animation, i found the project fairly difficult mainly due to the software we had to use which was 3D Max. When i first used this piece of software i was overwhelmed at how hard it was. In terms of the brief we had to create a 30 second television ident to convey the message of your own personal channel.  I took this heavily into consideration and thought of the things i am interested in, something being scary films. I wanted to create a scary/spooky ident which symbolised TV programmes like ‘Dawn of the dead’ and ‘Halloween’.

In my first animation ident, using techniques was vital, especially the ones we had been taught. So from this basis, i used these techniques and introduced a moving camera as if the viewers were the camera from a first person view. I believe this works well as it makes the viewer feel more involved. However, i found that the camera was a bit jerky and didn’t focus on the whole surroundings, only a certain part of the scenery therefore i decided to re-edit it to make it better.

The decision was made to re-edit my animation to make the camera movement improved and decided to stretch the ‘D’ and the ‘B’ more so that they stood out. In terms of the audio, i chose a psychotic sounding clip which helps show my interests in genre of horror.

Ultimately, although this project has been challenging, i have enjoyed learning a new piece of software and animation in general. I feel that in the next animated project i will know what i am doing and will be able to improve upon my flaws at the moment thus creating a better quality piece of animation.