September 2018 – Harry Twyman Art & Graphic Design Blog

StrangeTown Opening Sequence Development & Final Piece

StrangeTown from Harry Twyman on Vimeo.

The final outcome of my opening sequence ‘Strangetown’ was successful, the theme really suits the pace of the sequence and the timing collaboration between the keyframes and the text fading in and out. This creates a haunting tone and the tension builds as the theme progresses to unveil the title of the series. The outline of the rooftops builds as the sequence progresses working well with the theme and the eclipse moon giving it a more scarier tone.

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Red moon from Harry Twyman on Vimeo.

My chosen colour swatch and fonts
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COLOUR COLLABORATION
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FONT COLLABORATION
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MY MOODBOARD FOR MY STRANGETOWN OPENING SEQUENCE

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The typefaces displayed on the moodboard all convey mystery and horror but the typeface ‘LEMIESZ’ fits more into the genre supernatural, its big and bold which helps it stand out and the outline of the letters are very bumpy which gives it that slime texture which will increase the tone on the strangetown opening sequence.

The original ‘Bad Moon Rising’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969) would have been a suitable theme for the genre supernatural, but it was too relatable to the film ‘An American werewolf in London'(1981) which the song is featured.
so this cover version is very different in terms of pace and mood also conveys a haunting and mysteries tone.

ALIEN (1979)

The text is constructed as the sequence progresses which creates tension and collaborates with the atmospheric audio which creates a haunting tone.
It also conveys mystery because the visuals only show stars and a planet and are shown in dark tones which would indicate that its a bad place.

PULP FICTION (1994)

FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996)

The opening sequence is very engaging and the music conveys grittiness and goes well with the font ‘Dharma slab expanded heavy’ which is a an effective collaboration. This makes the tone of the film more visible

STRANGER THINGS (2016 – PRESENT)

This font is called ‘American Advertise 011’ it looks very haunting which will match the tone of my opening sequence of ‘Strangetown, the slow pace of the kinetic typography conveys a spooky and dark tone

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AFTER EFFECTS (YIPPIE – KI YAY)

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YIPPIE – KI YAY (Adobe After Effects)

I’m really happy with the final result,after affects is very in depth and a pain in some cases as most of it is based on timing working with typography and shape.

The reloading of the gun creates the anticipation of the shots about to be fired, the opacity tool is used to make the bullet holes appear quickly by moving the keyframes closer together. everything went my way except when exporting the file it didn’t include the background colour it only displayed a black background.
However the black background did look very effective when collaborating with the blood red circles.
The original colour was to display cream skin colour to convey are person being shot at.
To improve this the gun fire audio would be included to make the clip more gritty and engaging and small footage of an explosion at the beginning to grab the attention of the audience.
The Font is called ‘Haettenschweiler’ its very gritty and bold which matches the tone of the clip and stands out.
Saul Bass was my inspiration the way he uses shapes to tease or summarise the plot and even though he uses a soundtrack for the opening sequences, you can still identify what tone and plot the film/TV series has if you mute the sound.

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