Cool Tape Reel Animation!

Saw this video today on Youtube. Well, of course the song is lovely, but the thing that really got my attention was the animation with the tape reel.

 

I wonder how that was done... really interested in finding out! 

Links!

Found this site while searching for some cool stuff I could use for my assessments. It's got some sweet links to a buncha animation stuff. A couple are from video copilot.

http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/50-excellent-adobe-after-effects-tutorials.html

More "Research" !!!

I just *suddenly* recalled a video I once watched maybe last year or something like such, that actually might have been the trigger for me to come up with my idea (once the "storyboard" is up you'll spot the similarities).

Loved the vid, loved the crystals too (hey, I LIKE shinies....)

PowerPivot Motion Graphics

Saw this while messing around on youtube trying to find inspiring stuff. Looks like something I might consider.

 

And here's the best part: I found a link that teaches you how to animate the paper guy!!! 

http://iaian7.com/aftereffects/DynamicPaperCutouts

The Wolf Motion Cycles

Considering that an Aardwolf and a wolf have very similar anatomy, I'm guessing a motion cycle for a wolf might work well for an Aardwolf?

Hmm, looks close enough to an Aardwolf's motion. Think I'll keep this as a reference.

Next step:

STORY BOARD!!! (I love this part).

KIB 105:Interstitials

Been cracking my head over what to do for the first assessment. Am suppose to come up with a commercial of sorts that's promoting something (anything actually), and initially, I couldn't really think of much to do. And I happened to glance at my name card.

Then I kinda thought to myself, you know, maybe I'll do something for me. For Aartwolf (since for the past year there's only one page to it. That says "Site Under Construction". So maybe after it's been submitted and graded and stuff, I could embed it in the website, then lead to the "Site Under Construction" page. Hmm.)

Anyway, I though it'd be fun to do something a tad whimsical. Something like this:

Well, it's cool isn't it?

Will probably try to attempt something like that, but without the human input I guess?