PROJECT 5: Motion Graphics - BBC2 Idents

Project 4's brief was split into two parts, one being Motion Graphics and the other being Graphics. We were given the choice to complete either one, or both of these tasks. I decided to do both in order to explore the brief in depth. I started with the Motion Graphics task in which I was instructed to create a 6 - 8 frame storyboard, or a 10 second animation for a BBC 2 ident which reflects a specific aspect of the channel output. I chose to focus on art and the theme of production that comes with television. I began drawing thumbnail sketches for the storyboard, however after doing this, I decided to further explore this on Cinema 4D to visualise how it would look on digital format. I used a plugin called Thrausi to achieve the effect that I wanted, which was for the BBC 2 logo to appear to be shattering. Experimenting with this project, I achieved the look I was aiming for with the storyboard and consequently ended up rendering it out from Cinema 4D. In my free time, I played around with it in After effects, creating a final 12 second ident and also creating a second ident in a different style to attempt to explore both my own skillset and exhibit this work in my portfolio's showreel.

I feel like this part of the brief went fairly well, and although it was quite time consuming, it exercised my skills in motion design and prompted me to look into learning new aspects of motion design that I had not witnessed or experienced before.