{"id":1248,"date":"2014-05-30T07:08:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T07:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2014-08-10T06:45:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T06:45:13","slug":"animation-extracts-01-darius-holbert-podcast-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=1248","title":{"rendered":"Animation Extracts #01: Darius Holbert Podcast (May 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As described in the prior making-of blog<\/a> for the new Main \/ End Titles for the KQEK.com podcasts, I use animated textures to signal the switch from an ongoing interview to a music cue extract, and give the cue a bit more visual support than a blah black screen. For the latest podcast featuring composer Darius Holbert, I went a little farther in building the animations to match the dramatic or mood progressions in the cue extract.<\/p>\n

More visual information within an .avi file will augment file size, and with 3 somewhat elaborate animated sequences, the final file is a bit meatier than expected – about 700 MB. The upload to KQEK.com’s YouTube channel took about 3-4 hours, and their conversion process to an .flv file did knock down some important details in one particularly elaborate section (comparative stills are at the end – but don’t jump ahead yet).<\/p>\n

Of the three abstract graphics created to support the cue extracts in my interview with composer Darius Holbert, the finales of No. 2 and 3 lose the most in Vimeo and YouTube’s down-conversions, especially #3 because of the fine details in the patterns. The version uploaded to Vimeo fared better, but only in true 1080p do the details and colours look the most striking. The funny thing is, the concept for last graphic was pure accident. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sort of.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before I continue, if you haven\u2019t watched the three graphics, do so now<\/strong>, because everything<\/strong> that follows will be total spoilers<\/strong>. I’ve larded the text with many big screen-sized frame grabs from the Premiere project timeline, plus some stills from an early draft of #3.<\/p>\n

Within Animation Extracts #01<\/strong>, I re-ordered the extracted pieces (the order is 1, 3, 2 in the podcast) to build towards a specific mood (as reflected by the pretentious titles I gave each graphic).<\/p>\n

Here are the links for the podcast on YouTube:<\/p>\n