Ben Pritchard

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Section of Animation

2010-05-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

Section of Animation

2010-05-12T11:46:00.000-07:00

A few sections of my animation that i have cut up to decrease the file size so they can go on the blog.

Screen grabs from animation

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Poster 5

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Poster 4

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Poster 3

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Poster2

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Poster 1

2010-05-11T06:37:00.000-07:00

Rififi

2010-05-10T10:16:00.000-07:00

I found this cover for a 1950's film which has given me some inspiration to create some more hand rendered posters to support my animation. I like the texture they have crated and the type on the side of the poster.

Postcard

2010-05-10T10:12:00.000-07:00

I worked on this photograph using oil pastels to create this effect. I have then taken quotes from my book. I could make this postcard size with the image on the front and the quotes on the back.

Prints

2010-05-10T10:04:00.000-07:00

Some print designs consisting of photographs that I have put into black and white with bold colour and quotes from a book from peoples accounts who have suffered with schizophrenia.

Art and FMP

2010-04-26T08:33:00.000-07:00

I have taken screen grabs from my FMP and during my art lessons have been using hand rendered techniques to manipulate the images. I think it creates a texture to the images that you cant get from the computer and they are quick and easy to produce to add volume to my experimentation.

Black & White Film

2010-04-19T13:36:00.000-07:00

A section of film I put together in final cut and took to after effects to add the graphics and narrative. Im not sure if the music suits the film, but just quickly added something to it.

varied faces

2010-04-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

caried faces to portray a trapped mind. Not the most abstract, but something i was playing around with carrying on with the black and white film with colour graphics

New Graphic Elements

2010-04-19T13:06:00.000-07:00

I used the old footage in black and white and added the narrative with some graphic elements to create a different style. I think it is more sophisticated and abstract and the colour works well against the black and white film.

Head with narrative

2010-04-19T13:02:00.001-07:00

I just tried to add some narrative the this video I created before. i wanted to try and create an abstract look that had some narrative to give it some depth.

black & White To Colour

2010-04-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

The first section that I filmed, switching from black and white to colour. I still think it looks better in black and white but thought i would try the combination.

Narrative experiment

2010-04-19T11:52:00.000-07:00

Not the best thing I have done, I just wanted to post to show the stages I went through in deciding how to portray the narrative.

Black & White Film Reel

2010-04-19T11:40:00.000-07:00

This is some screen shots of some video footage I taken and then edited in Final Cut. I then took it to after effects to add on the narrative, which i kept white to keep it clean and crisp.

I decided to go for black and white because i thought it was dramatic and sophisticated at the same time. It also helped for any discrepancies in the weather when filming on different days.

Dream Magazine

2010-04-19T11:25:00.000-07:00

Front cover options and page layout for a dream magazine design. The magazine content is about motion graphics. I think my designs are strong and I feel it was a very positive project where i really got to grips with layout and minimal design ideas.

Oli Soreson VJ course!!!!!

2010-04-09T05:59:00.000-07:00

I went on a 2 day course at ovfm in Oxford! The course was awesome and I learnt a lot about VJing, where it started, hardware, software, techniques and the set up. We were taught using Resolume Avenue which I now continue to use and practise.

Big Thanks to Oli Soreson for sharing his knowledge and skills.Check out the pics and check his work http://www.olisorenson.com/

More experiments

2010-03-31T14:20:00.000-07:00

My experiments

2010-03-31T13:57:00.000-07:00

My video experiments based on the style of Nokami and Rob Chiu.

Nokami

2010-03-31T13:54:00.000-07:00

Another Motion designer that has really inspired me. Again I like the abstract approach to design that really grips the viewers attention and keps you guessing. I particulary like the videos titled:

EHS

Descension

Semiosis

http://www.nokami.com/2008/03/25/vj-nokami-video/

The Ronin

2010-03-31T13:51:00.000-07:00

Rob Chiu is a motion designer and director of film and I have been inspired by his work. I really like his style, the way he uses the camera, graphics and sounds to really capture and grip the viewers attention. Enjoy!

http://theronin.co.uk/Motion/?For_All_You_Are.mov

FMP Sketchbook Research

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Pete Eckert FMP

2010-02-18T13:04:00.000-08:00

This is some photography work from Pete Eckert. He is blind and started photography after he lost his sight. He believes that he is a visual person and sees things with his mind which enables him to create the art that he does.

I find this very interesting and this is part of where i'm going to steer my FMP. I want to investigate into how blind people, among other people that I will look into, perceive the world. I want to see how they view things, the struggles they have and how they are able, in some cases, to create such stunning work like that of Pete Eckert.

I am also going to look into people that have schizophrenia and other conditions that basically can affect peoples perceptual view of the world. I will investigate into these conditions, how it affects them and try to discover the way in which they view the world around them. I will then try to create their views from the knowledge I gain. I hope to create some interesting pieces of work, whilst also creating some awareness on the conditions.

Record sleeves

2010-02-17T11:07:00.000-08:00

I found these record sleeves really interesting as they all have a description as to the inspiration and thought process for the final piece. This is interesting because it outlines the concept for each design and shows purpose. It has really give me something to think about when thinking of my designs as to why Im designing them in that way, whats the concept and the relation to the music style.

Record sleeves

2010-02-17T10:57:00.001-08:00

Diggin' through some records!!!!!

2010-02-12T10:29:00.000-08:00

I searched through the vast pile of my records to look for some inspiration. These are some of the most interesting ones I could find.

24 Hour Party People!!!

2010-02-12T10:21:00.000-08:00

I really enjoyed the film we watched and found it very inspiring. I had a look on the factory records website and found some interesting posters for the bands which could help with the inspiration for the record label brief!

Final Major Project

2010-01-28T09:31:00.000-08:00

Final Major Project

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Final Major Project

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Intro Idea

2009-12-02T04:09:00.000-08:00

This was an idea I had for an intro. I created it near the start of the brief to get used to after effects. I like the final result and it inspired me to create my own music for my project. However it is a long intro and probably too long to include in my final piece, maybe cut it down?!? Undecided yet!!!

Final piece coming together

2009-11-27T11:25:00.000-08:00

After my research of work by tomato and some by hexstatic I have decided on a style that I would like to go down for my animation. This is a more cut up - tech style than what I was doing before with some live video footage thrown in. I Have decided also on to concentrate more on the idea of my 2 objects morphing together rather than the actual end product of the two objects. To create sort of like a trailer for a film - show you a bit of what could/would happen.

I am also going to create my own music to go with my animation to help with the cut up-tech style and add in sounds effects.

ZINE Idea

2009-11-24T09:20:00.000-08:00

Synaesthesia

Neurological mixing of senses

Seeing music / hearing colours

Based on this I would like to explore the visual sounds of mobile ringtones. Using the 'fact' of hearing colours, I will use different shapes and colours to represent the sounds of the ring tone so that people can interpret their view on how the music sounds.

I would like to make it into a zine, with fold out pages for the longer ringtones and maybe include a cd of the ringtones at the back for you to listen to after (or is that going against the fact of hearing colours so there would be no need for the cd? something to think about)

Exceeda

2009-11-24T09:10:00.000-08:00

Exceeda work is a mix of video and motion graphic, however it was the motion graphic based advert for MTV/BOOM that got my attention. Made up of lots of graphic elements and videos, this advert really inspired me with my work. I really liked the chopping and changing of images and how they combined video with graphic.

Obviously my work is a lot more basic, however I think their work is amazing and a level I would like to work towards

Hexstatic

2009-11-24T08:51:00.000-08:00

I have been looking at work from Hexstatic whos work is a montage of all different imagery from video to graphics, old and new, art and pop, human and machine and everything is mixed in together applying techniques that a scratch dj would use (which is why I was drawn to them). They work with another group called Colcut whos work I also find very interesting.

I have posted a link to a video on Hexstatic's my space which I took inspiration from particulary the first couple of minutes of it.

http://vimeo.com/3543461

2009-11-04T08:26:00.000-08:00

After effects experiments!!!

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2009-11-04T07:31:00.000-08:00

The colours I used were randomly red, blue and yellow. I had an idea of putting a section of the bear in a box then it reminded me of the De Stijl art and I had the right colours so i put a few of the designs into boxes with heavy strokes and created and animation from it.
I wanted to try and create some more clean cut type work for my hybrid to try a different approach.

I played around with the shapes and cut them up and put them back together to create these hybrid shapes. I also added the pylons in to add more content and to represent the electrical energy flowing through the bear because of the light bulb, bringing it to life.

C4D Practice

2009-10-14T06:33:00.000-07:00

I had a go at drawing the light bulb in cinema 4D. I dont think it turned out too bad considering I have no idea what im doing!!! Hopefully adam will explain on thurs how to become a master at the program! I was going to draw the bear but didnt have a clue where to start!!!

2009-10-13T04:58:00.000-07:00

I have had a go at combining these two shapes to form the hybrid. My first ideas are based on taking the two shapes and keeping them, almost in their original forms, but multiplying and resizing to make up different images. The idea behind these was me thinking about how I would use the hybrid in the show reel. The idea I came up with in brief is to have the bear almost to be half 'machine like' and to be powered up by electricity! Hence being half made up of light bulbs and having them light up when the bear gets power which will then enable the bear to move about.

I like the idea, but I now want to try and combine the two objects to make more of an abstract shape and see what I can come up with that way, just to try other routes! Im going to try and get away as far as possible from the original forms, maybe taking some of the key features......maybe not, we will see what happens.

2009-10-13T04:53:00.001-07:00

The light bulb!!!

Reform ! !

2009-10-08T08:07:00.000-07:00

My chosen object was a small teddy bear! I chose this because it has some key features on it such as the face, scarf, arms and legs, which I will try to manipulate to get away from the distinctive look of the bear but keeping some of the key features. The object I have to merge it with is a light bulb! I will try replacing some of the features of the bear with the light bulb and also merging them completely to make a new unusual shape.