This GIF was created in a group as our task was to come up with our own ideas and create the gif by shooting a series of images on our own to practice the time based medium. The process of coming up with ideas was easy as we already had a basic knowledge of a gif as well as doing some research.
We also came up with some of the following ideas:
- Blowing a bubble using bubblegum.
- A crowd of people walking in a certain direction
We then went to shoot our idea outside and in order to create the affect of the coke fizzing up / spilling when it was opened, we had to shake the bottle. However, during this we came across a few difficulties as we had to buy another drink. This was because the first bottle did not fizz as much as we would have liked. The GIF consists of 5 images taking consistently, one after the other, however, I would improve this by using a tripod next time so that the camera stays still as I feel that this is what makes a successful GIF.
Once we had finished shooting we then began to edit it on photoshop, however, we came across a few more difficulties. Although we had a sheet to help us and tell us how to make a gif on photoshop, I was unfamiliar with some of the tools used. We overcame this by re-reading the sheet and taking our time to put the images together. As my partner who I was working with was more advanced in photoshop skills she edited the images to keep the pop of colour on the label of the drink. In order to do this every image was edited to make them black and white and then every image was individually taken and edited by erasing the black and white filter from the sections we wanted to keep in colour. We done this as it really allows viewers of the GIF to focus on the bottle and is therefore very eye catching. In addition, by keeping the background and arms / hands / rest of the bottle in black and white it would emphasise the red label.
