Idents
Idents are motion graphics which are used as a
type of moving logo for a TV network or other similar industries. Even in
simple videos made for YouTube are idents seen. They show what you are watching
through either a title, or some sort of animation for a TV channel or network.
Motion graphics are used this way to bring in an audience. If for example you
only had a black background with white text on the screen and nothing was
moving then it would be pretty simple and quite boring. They are usually made
to catch the eye of the viewer and make them thin “I should watch that” and if
it is just a little bit of text showing the title for 5 seconds it is very
possible that the programme or whole channel would receive less views because
of it.
TV idents
In the TV idents the main image shown is the
actual logo for the channel. For example there is comedy central. In theirs
they have their logo seen in various different locations all throughout the
world; London and San Francisco are some examples of this.
The technique used for this is very simple. They
get the footage of the locations and the logo along with anything else they would
need and have the logo being air lifted, rolling, dropped, driven or just
conveniently placed into the locations usually causing some form of destruction
that in some luckily fixes itself. It is difficult to know what software was
used in making this ident, but from what I have seen in the different clips I
would only be able to guess the possibility of it being cinema 4D. This is due
to it being 3D editing software that is capable of bending or removing certain
objects or even buildings in a clip. For example when it is being air lifted in
and the logo hits the building, the building bends and springs back to normal.
Titles and
in-programme graphics for music (related) programmes
This music related show goes through the UK
music charts and finds the top 20 to use each week. They base this on YouTube
view count, number of downloads on things such as I-tunes, and just overall
popularity. The Title for the programme reads "The official UK top 20." It looks good and has little movement but there is a small movement of the title by a few inches as it pans across the screen. The in-programme graphics used in this are when the music videos
are playing it shows at the bottom the name of the song, the artist and the
company they are signed to along with where it placed in the countdown to the
top song of the week. It stays there for the start of the video and also for
the end lasting possibly 3-10 seconds until it fades out. When going from music video to music video it cuts out and goes into a small motion graphic of the a number exploding onto the screen. For example if this track placed 15 in the top 20 then that would be the number that is shown. In the background of both the title sequence and the in programme graphics it is the same apart from what shows when a music video is playing. It is a black background with what appears to be a clock with the wording or numbers being the face of that clock.
Titles and
in-programme graphics news and factual programmes
Daybreak uses graphics when moving from story to
another aspect of news suck as weather. This is a good way to transition the
show from the actual news stories to the weather. Instead of doing a straight
cut to it gives the weather man or woman a few extra seconds to prepare along
with the editors for what shows on the green screen. It is done by cutting away
to the Daybreak logo with little motion within that much like a TV ident with a
moving light that quickly glides across the screen. Then it goes to a short
advertisement about a sponsor to Daybreak such as “Deep heat” and “Topps
tiles.” It then goes to the full weather forecast where that plays out showing what you would expect. Behind the weather reporter there is a digitised map that shows air currents, rain clouds over various parts of the map, etc. When
that is over it just simply cuts to a person off screen saying “For your local 5 day
weather update go to our website ITV.com/daybreak" showing a weather map while this is being said. After that
it cuts back to the news anchors and they continue with the news from there.
The use of virtual backgrounds in presented programmes
Channel 5 news
Probably the most obvious for use of virtual background, but still it provides a good example for virtual backgrounds. As the news anchors, weather person, etc, is reporting for the camera the background is made to provide a visual aid for those viewing at home. It provides a quick list of what they are saying and the look of the background is appealing, by this I mean not too dull or over the top.
In this clip we can see that the background is made to make the show look apealing, but not take any focus away from who is talking. It also provides a place for a video to be played that is related to the topic of discussion, or is the footage that sparked the news story.
Probably the most obvious for use of virtual background, but still it provides a good example for virtual backgrounds. As the news anchors, weather person, etc, is reporting for the camera the background is made to provide a visual aid for those viewing at home. It provides a quick list of what they are saying and the look of the background is appealing, by this I mean not too dull or over the top.
Film Titles
In this horror movie cross over between the 2 most popular horror villains ever made the title sequence for it had to represent the both of them. In it we see right off a strip of human skin. Then there is one clean, straight cut across it as if it were sliced with Jason's machete we also hear the slashing sound as the cut is being made. Then it is cut into very small pieces and we hear the ringing sound metal being clung which is what is heard in every Freddy film at one point or another, and following the sound of metal and cutting is the famous Freddy laugh. As the loose pieces of skin fall away they connect once more in a different order to read "New line cinema presents" to which it then melts into blood as it moves back towards the screen. Then with a change of view the blood hits a wall (Or possibly the side of a furnace) it burns and reads "Freddy vs Jason." The reason this is an amazing way to make it like this is because it combines both the killing styles and the original deaths of both of the great horror villains. Jason died by water and that is what the blood is representing, when the blood burns it represents how Freddy died as he was burned to death. This was just the perfect way to make the title sequence in this film because it is a quick reminder to the fans of either Freddy or Jason they they have similar methods of killing people, and they both died completely differently. But when it comes down to it all there is, is blood.
Visual effects in Film and Television productions
Supernatural
Supernatural is an amazing show that has just entered its 9th season. In the show we see all sorts of creatures like Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, Demons, Psychics, Angels, and so much more. Making this show requires a lot of work on how it looks in terms of monsters. Now Angels didn't make any appearances until season 4 and how we first saw the angel wings was really cleverly and simply done. The makers of the show had it so human eyes can not look at an Angel's true form or else their eyes would be burned out. So they had to take vessels in order to talk to people. The first Angel we see is "Castiel" who when he reveals what he is there is a flash of lightening and on the wall behind him while the lightning is lighting the room his wings unfold in the shadows. This is done by 2 crew members stood behind Misha Collins (Actor who plays Castiel) and above the light used to make the lighning effect at either side lifting 1 wing each as the lightning flashes so it looks like they are unfolding from Castiel's shadow. The camera films Misha in a mid shot so the two crew members behind him out of camera shot and when the lightning effect starts they move the wings and the end result shows that he looks like he is unfurling wings from his back but you can only see the shadows.
Other, more simple effects used in the show are the demon eyes. There are 4 types of Demons in the show. Some have black eyes, some have red, some have white and so far only one has yellow. How this is done is when the eyes are changing from human to black, red, yellow, or white is the editors take the clip where their eyes change and edit it in After effects or in a similar software. Then for the next clip in the scene the actor who is playing the demon is wearing coloured contacts that look the same as the edited eyes do.
(This video shows how to make the Demon eye effect in after effects)
These are just a few of the many effects used in the show and is what brings it to life. I decided to stick with the Angels and Demons in this section of the post because that is what the show has been revolving around for the past few seasons if you don't count 7. Demons have been in since episode 1 and Angels came into it in season 4 and since then almost 3/4 of all the episodes have been about stopping or helping one of the two types of creatures. You can however look at all the other effects they use with other monsters and more at, http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Supernatural_From_Script_to_Screen:_VFX_Supervisor_Mark_Meloche
Case 39
Even though this is not a very well known film, Case 39 has a death scene that is truly terrifying. The film itself is about a little girl who gets rescued from her parents and adopted by a social worker who was hired to work on that little girls case, she was her 39th case she was working on. After about 1-2 weeks the girl was all nice and sweet but then things started happening. When certain people came into contact with the girl whether it be in person or on the phone they would either die by strange circumstances, or kill another. The first of her victims in the film is a little boy who is in a group therapy session with her, she makes him kill his parents. And most of the death in the film aren't as bad as this next one. This death scene scares viewers more than any other they have ever seen before and that is because it to do with something a lot of people are already scared of. One of the main characters Doug played by Bradley Cooper, who is also the main characters love interest, is killed by hundreds of Hornets. And how it was done was pure genius.
Now how this was done was very clever. What the effects team did was they got hundreds of dead Hornets and glued them on the back of his shirt for the shot where we see them all, the editors used their techniques to make them move and a Foley sound team used one fly and recorded its sound where they then multiplied that several dozen times and added them all together randomly. This took 2 days of shooting the scene out of the whole film and this is due to the Director Christian Alvart who when making films writes out at least 16 storyboards a night and for just 3 seconds of this scene there were 3 pages of storyboards made. When they had finished filming the scene there was a total of 52 different shots used in the clip above which is only 2 minutes 17 seconds long.
Sources:
http://jakelaurieunit64.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/understand-the-current-uses-of-motion-graphics-and-compositing-video/
Accessed 11/10/2013
http://dku64mgvc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/current-uses-of-motion-graphics-and.html
Accessed 11/10/2013
http://vimeo.com/categories/experimental/motiongraphics
Accessed 14/10/2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E0w-FCeTmI
Accessed 17/10/2013
Note
I would like to apologise to anyone is having trouble with the tv ident videos. I have tried to fix the problem but unfortunately it cannot be done. I hope you can understand.
Even though this is not a very well known film, Case 39 has a death scene that is truly terrifying. The film itself is about a little girl who gets rescued from her parents and adopted by a social worker who was hired to work on that little girls case, she was her 39th case she was working on. After about 1-2 weeks the girl was all nice and sweet but then things started happening. When certain people came into contact with the girl whether it be in person or on the phone they would either die by strange circumstances, or kill another. The first of her victims in the film is a little boy who is in a group therapy session with her, she makes him kill his parents. And most of the death in the film aren't as bad as this next one. This death scene scares viewers more than any other they have ever seen before and that is because it to do with something a lot of people are already scared of. One of the main characters Doug played by Bradley Cooper, who is also the main characters love interest, is killed by hundreds of Hornets. And how it was done was pure genius.
Sources:
http://jakelaurieunit64.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/understand-the-current-uses-of-motion-graphics-and-compositing-video/
Accessed 11/10/2013
http://dku64mgvc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/current-uses-of-motion-graphics-and.html
Accessed 11/10/2013
http://vimeo.com/categories/experimental/motiongraphics
Accessed 14/10/2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E0w-FCeTmI
Accessed 17/10/2013
Note
I would like to apologise to anyone is having trouble with the tv ident videos. I have tried to fix the problem but unfortunately it cannot be done. I hope you can understand.
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