Techno Terror Final Export

Distribution and Exhibition

Logo Final Export

Smoking Computer Hologram Effect - Final Export

Techno Terror Title Sequence - Final Export

Smoking Computer Version 1

The clip would be greatly trimmed to fit the Final Export if originally Used (Considering the shot is only meant to be a second or so long)

Foundation Portfolio CCR

Question 1: How does your product use or challenge the conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Question 2: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed?

GRAND by Jackson Veale

Question 3: How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

Question 3 by Jackson Veale

Saber Website

Question 4: How did you integrate technologies?

For the logo sequence, I used the Saber effect , and with this I integrated several effects onto them to create a symbolic logo (And logo sequence also).

The saber package allowed me to create an authentic neon look, also being realistic with the shadow and wind effects Pre-Built into the ad-dons software.

Our Studio Logo

This is the Package I used to create the effect seen. We chose to have a neon-like look to add to the 'Techno-Thriller' Vibe, perfectly fitting with the music also chosen to make the genre very evident. Our Film is essentially a Hybrid of Science-Fiction, Action and of course a Thriller.

Many problems were faced with creating the Still, mainly with several layers attempting to take over our saber layer, rendering the effect invisible. We were able to fix this by setting them all to 'Screen', essentially making the troubling layers Transparent,

 Another problem was with the Saber effect refusing to work on the lettering provided, creating a blank background with no lettering what so ever. After many retries, we were able to fix this by adjusting the Saber Core settings and setting the lettering to a layer mask (As seen below).

For the first part of the sequence, we simply filmed a pair of hands expanding and clapping, with the Saber neon to be tracked along with the hands. This could not be tracked automatically due to the Add on being incompatible, so I had to manually move the Ray with the hands with several Key-frames. After this was done, we settled on a Fluorescent blue colour (As seen above), also representing our genre with the very Fluorescent yet grim look.

After this came for the need of Sound Fx to add onto the sequence. I aimed to install a sense of Awe within this sequence, and the Sound drove this factor greatly.
The majority of problems I faced were with Motion tracking, having to manually move the energy to follow the hand movement, which in result looks a bit choppy compared to an automated sequence (Which some of our other members used to create authentic holograms and a realistic smoke effect on my part).

 

- Original clip used to make the Sequence

Not only did I choose Music from Hans Zimmer (From Interstellar), but I added several small Fx along the lines of Loud Thunder Claps, Electrical Flowing Currents, Neon Flickering, and Star Wars Light Saber Fx. To do this I prioritized the most important sounds, ones that would evoke the feeling we were aiming for, not just sound pleasing to the ears. First was the Musical number, secondly came the Thunderclap, then came the sound FX relevant to the energy and lastly the Neon Flickering which is subtly there.

We considered many different Fx before the Light-saber effect was chosen, ranging from A clap, A siren or even A Gong. We Effectively  looked for anything with a loud sound, or relevant to our Logo which none seemed to be.

This proved rather difficult as each clip was overally loud, as we wanted, but having to adjust each severely to make it presentable and not take away from the sense attempting to be portrayed. I had to also play around with the timing and length of each, making sure that one doesn't take away from the others by staying in the sequence to long (Like the Thunder Effect).

The gains of several of the Audio Tracks had to
be severely adjusted to make a Coherent piece

Not only did I have to mix all the sounds together and raise/lower the gains to have a coherent sequence, but I had to keep in mind sound effects used by the editor within the intro sequence, having to attempt to make a seamless blend between the Sequence and the start of the film to keep the audience engaged.

List of Sources used

Saber Effects
Light-Saber Sound Effect
Lightning Sound Effect (LOUD)
Electrical Arcing
Neon Lighting Powering
Background Track 'No time for caution'