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Style frame for my ‘Coffee and Hexagons’ response.

The visual aesthetic is inspired by 70′s graphic design and colour palettes. I felt that the ‘warm palettes’ fit well with the idea of coffee. Far below are 70′s-inspired logos (one for a presentation; blog or webpage relating to 70′s motion design, the other from the fictitious IF99 radio station from Grand Theft Auto IV, and the 1970′s variation of the Aperture Science logo from Portal 2). These logos have served as an influence, as well as a potential source of appropriate colour for my project.

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“The Pulse of Coffee”

Here is my response to the ‘Coffee and Hexagons’ theme for my first motion graphics assessment. The audio comes from this video, titled “Coffee Machine Music.” 

The animation of the large hexagon is supposed to be reminiscent to that of a beating heart, while the pattern of small hexagons in the background represent air from the lungs or blood flow.

I made a precomp from a small hexagon, that is supposed to be synced with a modified version of the sound file with the ‘clicks’ removed, via the program, Audacity.  Two sets of repeaters were applied to the single, small hexagon to produce the ‘tiled’ appearance; one for the rows and one for the columns. I would then rotate the precomp of the small hexagon pattern by 120 degrees, and enlarge it to have it fit the screen. This allows the background of the small, hexagons appear more dynamic and distinguishable.

I used the ‘Convert Audio to Keyframes’ feature to translate the sound to the scale of the hexagons, with some adjustments for the animation of the large hexagon, during the clicks, to give it more ‘oomph.’ Similar adjustments were made to the smaller hexagons to ensure that their movement isn’t too subtle.

Personally, I feel that the animation of the hexagons are a bit too similar to each other, even though they have different sources. Unintentionally, the animation of the background hexagons and the way they’re tilted sometimes gives the illusion of 3D parallax, which adds a nice touch of depth to the visuals.

7 seconds.

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#5 TUTORIAL ?

Talk about a virtual community that you participate in and discuss whether it can actually be considered to be a ‘real’ community. 

The virtual community that I participate is Facebook.

I believe Facebook, as well as other virtual communities, they fulfill certaincriteria that makes than a community, but I believe that just as real life communities, they have a different place and purpose.

As we discussed in the tutorial, we have several types of communities such as of Action, of Circumstance, of Interest, of Inquiry, of Position, of Place, of Practice, of Purpose. Each one of those types of communities has a different characteristic, such as a community of people that shares interest, or the same position. I believe that a virtual community would be another type of community, with the unique characteristic of being in the virtual world.

In Facebook we share our thoughts, we are part of groups of people that have the same interest as ours, and you can communicate with the members of the community, being no different to what we do in real life communities.