We can do something about climate change!

High Concept:A robot helps find a way to educate viewers on how to reduce their own carbon emissions footprint would have a great effect on Earth’s climate change.


Animation concept which will focus on climate change.

I thought about addressing the subject of Global Warming for a while. In the past I enjoyed art pieces that revolve around the Hip Hop culture. This September for Thesis I wanted to try a different design that would challenge me. How to make us more aware of our environment.

Research:
livingclimatechange.com

wwf.org

ageofstupid.org

Story Script.
Narrative Point of view:

Character: Robot
Problem: Increased Carbon emission killing Earth’s climate.


Location: Earth’s environment.

Motion Graphics piece.


Summer Production schedule:
Luckily I have posted up on the final style sheets page images of the robot,and earths environment. Over the next 3 months I will continue to work on my thesis.

June 2010
June 7th- 25th
Completing the entire environment for the animation.

June 25th to June 30th
Begin tweaking the color of the environment a bit more.
Color layout will be done in Maya using mental ray. Also I will use photoshop for ending results of my scenes with in After Effects.


July 2010
Sound Design. July 1st- july16
I will be compiling sounds from soundsnap or audio jungle.
Remaing two weeks begin placing sound to specific scenes in the animation.
I already started adding some sound to some motion tests for the beginning of the animation.
July 19-20 th
I will be finalizing sound clips.

August 2010
1ST week off that's birthday week August 5th.
August 9th-25th work on animation.



Story

A robot is traveling in search of sustainable life. While on his search the robot flies over a Grey cloudy cored Earth. But the Earth as we know it has gone through climate environmental damage. All that was lush green and teaming with life has been effected by the amount of Carbon produced by industrial engineering. The atmosphere is a Grey environment with low oxygen. The world’s supply of natural resources has been depleted by human neglect. Earth’s atmosphere has completely deteriorated; all of the living nature, animals, plant life, marine life and some of the human life have been affected by climate change. This is largely due to the pollutants that human waste has let off into the environment. As the robot continues his search of corroded Earth, the robot comes in contact with globe resembling Earth spinning on a CFL light as the globe's axis. On the side of the globe is a light switch. The robot turns the light switch down and lights up. Inside the globe the robot starts to see positive ideas and ways to help reduce climate change. This is going to be motion graphic piece with messages about climate change and ways to help reduce it. The robot then travels over green fields some with wind mill power plants as a source of natural energy.
The idea for this piece will be for the robot to pass by different environments where carbon emissions effects us. Then he will give examples of how we can make a change to the environment.



The story plot had to be change a bit. My first linear narrative did no address the serious issue of climate change in this piece. I'm posting the first concept idea. I will be posting a new narrative concepts.

One important thing for this project is for people to see what is the reason for climate change. Possibly by showing some of the causes of climate change viewers can be more educated as to nature of this issue. I'm waiting on the net flix Al Gore DvD "An Inconvenient Truth" as a part of my research. My goal today and tomorrow is to post up some motion test. Okay that is it for now.

Textures
Will be done in Maya

Sound
Will be done in

Concept

The robot’s goal is.
1. Show how we can lower carbon in society. Through informational text (Futura)

2. Point out renewable energy and show how it’s a key player.

3. Show how we can save the environment such as trees and animals

4. Secure nature’s basic principles

Animation
Under Final Style Frames

Model
Done in Maya
Under Final Style Frames

Compositing
Aftereffects



Video precedents:
Here are some ideas that are pushing my ideas for this project.









WWF.org animation campaign livingclimatechange.com


Earth Hour campaign livingclimatechange.com


Harmony city campaign livingclimatechange.com





A. Robot arriving into Grey Earth.
B. Robot searching for sustainable life.
C. Work out how text (Futura Type Font) will interact with the animation.
D. Have a color style frame to show what the animation piece will look like.

Motion Graphics 1 Midterm extension

Here's the midterm Haiku-

Dancing Dragons

Core project final
Interactive Interface to Brand BBoyBasics
What is B Boy Basics?

B Boy Basics is a way of life for the individuals that represents and help support the culture of hip hop by the colorful art form of Graffiti. The style, grace and movement of BBoying and BGirling. The rhythmic sounds of the Dj which go hand in hand with the poetic verses of Rhyming. This style of apparel embraces the life of everyday people and the language of Hip Hop.

Idea
The idea is to brand B Boy Basics and start creating a identity that for the apparel, which will help people to have a visual connection to the clothing line.

The idea for the interface would be to have the a zipper at the bottom of the interface that the user can scroll left or right on the interface. Then the user would be able to pick one of the images that would display the product and its visual meaning behind it.

References of ideas

I picked a page that references Kenneth Cole shoes.

In these ads the focus is not so much on the shoes , but more on the people wearing them. The identity or Branding of the Kenneth Cole shoes is done by showing, how regular people identify with his product. The ads create a narrative window into the people who could be interested in wearing Kenneth Cole products.



2, Aimee Mullens / Kenneth Cole ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qec520CLyhk









3, Kenosha Robinson / Kenneth Cole ad
http://www.youtube.com/user/kennethcolenewyork


4 Matisyahu / Kenneth Cole ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRk0RUWaRXs

I’m (Still working towards creating the idea)

5. Julien Moya Design idea Concepts
http://www.julienmoya.com/graphiste-freelance-directeur-artistique-flash-webdesigner.html

6 Cyrano
http://www.julienmoya.com/graphiste-freelance-directeur-artistique-flash-webdesigner.html


Future Goals
To have a possible interactive site that introduces B Boy Basics through a narrative space.

I'm still learning how to use code for interaction. So I would like to further learn more action scripting to help me finish my project and move on forward to creating more interactive layouts.






Looking further into my final project. I looked at a couple more interactive sites that allowed users to experience information on a website, through using the designs in animation.

Project.
Overview

To create an interactive branding page, that provides information about the clothing line.

Here are some of my first layout designs.













I wanted to control my navigation of the page by a zipper. This way the user would feel that they would be finding out something new once they pulled down the zipper.


Design Precedents:

There were two sites that really got my attention about interactive design pages.
This site interacts with animation as well as allow the user to


1.) http://www.bio-bak.nl/.





2) Tokyoplastic.com







I studied these sites because they are examples of user interactive sites.





First prototype.













Second Prototype










Third Prototype

The Moog

Moog Synthesizer

I wish I created the Moog Synthesizer. A special keyboard instrument made to produce different types of organic and electrical sounds. This instrument was widely used in the early 70’s . We are in an age where everything has gone digital. The Moog was different because it was know for making electrical sounds from an analog computer. I would have love to have invented this tool because of the different ways you could make sound distort. Many different people have now made the most beautiful sounds in music today. I would have used it for making different types of sound effects for special effects in movie scores. The idea of coming up with making sound from a computer is outstanding.

1::
1) He knew it was the hospital interface,
2) icons for the background pattern were confusing him since it has no function because it has more color.
3) the icons had to be more organized.

2::
1)she did not understand why turtle is placed in the hospital room, also she did not know what is this interface is for.
2)panic button was confusing her. she was wondering if it really works.
3)she suggest us to move the panic button and organize the interface to easy to use.

3::
1) He thought it was a lens pharmacy, because it has eye check at the background.
2) colors in this interface are unmatched and made him uncomfortable
3)he said we could make the object itself to work as the icon instead of using the text at the background. he think it was ugly.

User testing examples.

1 User when he looked at the interface he wasn’t sure what to make of it.
He started rolling over the different icons to see if they would do anything.
Basically from looking from his response he seemed disappointed.

2. I asked him what his response was to what he was seeing.
He said he isn’t clear what he is suppose to do. He wanted to know what was the deal with the turtle. Why was there a red mark on the map.
3 User was definitely confused.
4 The user just wanted something more functional and icons that made more sense.

Second User
1. User can’t tell. His honest reaction was he said it feels like a video game.
2. What was confusing?
User thought that the color of the hospital was not clear to him. So he couldn’t make out that it was a hospital.
3. The user wants something more simple . Maybe one button can start the user off, or lead you to other buttons.
4. Option B Give a introduction or a small animation of the turtle. That show’s him walking into the hospital. Turtle should have more details.

Third User
1 User wasn’t sure if the building was a hospital. He basically made an educated guess.
2. The user though the interface was for a video game. User #2 also came to the same conclusion based on looking at the remote control.
Also the user thought the Turtle represented the red cross on the hospital. User made the assumption that it was an x represented on a map.
3 User said the interface was confusing. User basically said the message was not clear.
4 He would want the user to click on something and possibly it would take you some where else.

Interaction Field related research assigment.

Interaction Field related research assignment.

Subject: Vtechkids.com- Toy V.Smile: Whiz Kid Wheels

Age group between 3-8 years old.
Links : http://www.vtechkids.com/product.cfm?productID=440
http://www.vtechkids.com/product.cfm?productID=685
http://www.vtechkids.com/product.cfm?productID=530


We chose this example of interactive kids game because the goal of the book, is to educate while children go on adventures, and have fun learning. The book focuses on math, logic, spelling, vocabulary, spatial skills and environmental awareness.
There are short games that focus on a one particular object of the game, to make it easy for the child to grasp the concept.
The main point of this game that will be great for the child is that each Smartrigde works with the Vsmile Tv learning system and also is portable. Lastly Smartridges games are positive and non violent.