This project outlines my process in building the Titles and Credits for my fourth year short film, as part of completing my degree in Digital Animation Production LIT - LSAD Clonmel
To Create the Titles for my animated short, titled "Me and my Master" I explored animations with themes similar to my own. Themes relating to the death and lose of a loved one. These are the themes explored in my film, as a son learns to live with the death of his father and now living with the fathers lazy disobedient dog, whom he is afraid of.
Animation inspirations I came across were those with spirituality and hardship as themes. Films such as Charlotte's Web and All Dogs go to Heaven. Using films such as these as influence I began scripting the title sequence in hopes of reflecting the stories emotional narrative using ….
Style and Transitions,
Text, Colour, Framing, Timing, Music Etc.
With the treatment and rough storyboard complete I used Storyboard Pro to create a storyboard and then animatic.
With Animatic complete I began to construct the sequence in After Effect, using the opening scene of the short as the background for titles. Then creating the text transition- fade in and out, adding a breakup of letters and a glow for more dramatic effect. For the end credits I also made a change, from scrolling text to fading in and out text as there was not enough script to fill a lengthy scroll. I updated the storyboard and submitted it along with the new sequence.
The final step was to create my logo. Again using After Effects.
I created two white solid layers at different widths and opacities.
And two text layers with my logo. Pre- comped the white glint.
Then placed the white glint between the text layers, using the alpha channel of top text layer to mask the glint. This way only showing on the lower text. From here I keyed an animation, added sound and exported.
Finally adding it to my sequence and exporting the lot.
