Avatar Opening

The goal of this project was to create a short video using SFX, green screen, and maya. We worked in groups and started out by coming up with the idea to kind of recreate the avatar intro, then we made a storyboard for it. After that we filmed each of our actions in front of a green screen and recorded the voice over for it. Then we edited our own parts in AffterEffects.

I edited the green screen by using color keys and a simple choker to get rid of the it and put in an image. I made myself a silhouette by making the brightness and contrast 0 on the video, which is something new I learned. I also learned about collaboration and how it can make a big project a lot easier. 

After I had all the green screen and silhouette work done I added in some dust SFXs for the air. I think it looks pretty good but I would have tried to do better on the movement of the wind, if I did it again, because it looks a little off. But overall I liked how it turned out and would keep pretty much everything else the same because it looks good.

I think this project helped me work on my green screen skills and learn how to make a silhouette. And even though I won't be in animation next year this project helped me learn about collaboration which will be helpful. Overall I liked this project and had fun doing it and if I did it again I would work on the movement of the wind but keep everything else the same.

Hot Wheels Box

For this project we worked in teams, in my case it was Allyson and I. We didn't really have a leader and worked more like a team. So before we started the project we went over traits that make a good team which were trust, respect, and open communication, I think we displayed these well. We then came up with an idea for Hot Wheels where we had different race tracks on the boxes and the would link up with each other to make one long track. We had some trouble finding the right template but we eventually found one that was close enough but it cost money so we just redid it as best we could.

While I really think our idea was amazing we didn't have much of a plan for what we wanted the tracks to look like. Which ended in us pretty much slapping on a track like road but I also think it was because we were pressed for time. We also, although a bit later in the project, thought " hey, we should probably have the name somewhere on the box. So, again being short on time, ended up sticking the logo, that Allyson had accurately recreated, somewhere on the template.

 Also in our idea making process we decided to have the choking hazard warning on the inside of the box as well as all seven of the box designs so you could "catch 'em all" but as we were stressed for time we couldn't make seven different designs. At first we were not sure if we could have the printing company print on both sides but when we got them they did so that was a plus.

I think the most challenging part of making this was the designs. We hardly planned any of the designs so it came out looking that way too. There also wasn't a lot consistency through out the designs we had made. For example, the Hot Wheels logo isn't on the finish template and where it's placed on the other two are different, the tracks also looked a bit different. Those are also a few thing I would change or go back and fix. However, I did like the way the logo turned out as well as the checkered board and the cone in the picture bellow even if I didn't get to print it.

Later in the project we decided that it would be cool to have stickers, so people could customize their tracks, but they didn't turn out very well and I didn't have enough time to finish them. Overall, I think this project could have turned out a lot better and a bit grander if we had done more planning and had a lot more time.

Invisi-Pill

 I started by making my template using the tutorial on Linda.com, making a die cut and bleed area. Then I added the basic colors I wanted to use and made the logo in a different document. After that, I it in the template and went online to get the nutritional facts and bar code. To get them in to Illusistrator, I imported them as vectors. Then I typed the warning and description along with the color bars and the top flap thing.

 For the label I also used a similar tutorial from Linda.com. I used a gradient from dark to light on the background and title to make it seem like it's fading away. I also put in the same nutrition facts, bar code, warning, title, and logo.

 Once I finished the template and label, I made the 3D mockups with the tutorial from Linda.com. I did it by making an outline of the bottle with the pen tool, then going to effect, 3D, 3D revolve to make the bottle. To make the box, I created a rectangle and then went to effect, 3D, 3D Extrude and Bevel. To get the panel art on the box I made each of the panles of the template into symbols and then went to map art to insert them onto the 3D box. I had the most trouble getting the label on the bottle, because no matter what I did, it wouldn't show up on the bottle.

 To fix the label problem I decided to just go with my logo and hope it showed up and it did. I turned out a little weird but I just went with it because I was sooooo feed up with the bottle.