William Blake Animation

Commissioned by the Tate Gallery for their Blake Exhibition 1977.

Background music - Carmina Burrana 

Theme - Poet's journey from heaven to hell

"Energy is Eternal delight and whether we create or destroy it is the same energy."

Churchill in Typography

This is a title sequence demo for a documentary on Winston Churchill, number 1 on the top Britons list. Although it is quite basic, the part that appeals to me the most is the typographic star animation near the beginning of the sequence. I think adding sound would improve this animation helping to enhance the mood. For my pieces at the moment I am thinking of going for  a combination of image and typography. 

Inspirations

Television Title Sequence for Dexter, ITV Drama

William Blake

Previously the BBC has conducted a survey to find the 100 greatest 

britons and then followed this up with a series on the top 10. 

I have chosen three more people from the list who I would like to 

create my own title sequences for. I wanted to pick very different 

personalities. Each of which I would be able to find a good body 

of interesting associated visuals to use as my starting point.

The first sequence will be devoted to William Blake. Initially I 

am thinking about including elements of his own work, paintings 

and poetry. Ultimately I want this sequence to reflect the dark, 

gothic mood of his work in a way that will attract a 

contemporary audience.

Firstly I searched YouTube to see if anybody else had tackled 

this subject and what kind of thing they had come up with, 

especially interpretations of his poetry. Here is a short 3D

animation of his poem "Mad Song."

The second clip is a short story by Guilherme Marcondes of Brazil 

based on William Blake's poem 'Tyger'. What I particularly like 

about this is the blend of photography with the animation. I 

especially like the fairground footage and soundtrack to set the

tone at the beginning. I also think the glowing shapes which grow 

and follow the puppet tiger and animation throughout are a really 

nice touch adding a sense of magic to the story.

Of the two examples, I think the story is much more interesting, 

because it captures the sense of Blake's poem but this has been 

done in a contemporary style. Obviously these are far longer than 

the 20 seconds I will be aiming to produce for a title sequence 

but they have both helped me think about what I want to achieve.

FInal Major Project Number 3

TV/FILM TITLE SEQUENCES

AIMS - 

To be experimental in an area where I have only have a basic knowledge. 

To trial some motion graphics and animation ideas and techniques. 

To learn more about the software.

TASK - 

Pick a genre that interest you/your chosen audience and develop three different TV title treatments.These could work as a series but each should cover a different theme.