Advanced Production Exercises Uncategorized VFX and Post Production

Notification test

Throughout the short “Jim” will interact with the world through his phone. Notifications and messages will appear on screen without showing the display. I will create vector logos for each of the applications he uses and integrate messages into the world.

This clip from Sherlock demonstrates the concept (BBC, 2012)
Rough sketches for app icons

This could be used to drop a hint regarding when the story takes place prior to the reveal as he has the same news application that breaks the story about COVID at the end. This could be in a list of notifications that are dismissed when he sees his boarding pass tickets are available, Implying he was supposed to go away with “Sarah”.

A basic version of this concept is demonstrated below.

Basic version of the concept. The final piece will use motion and not just opacity fades.

References

BBC Worldwide America, 2013. Sherlock 2×01 Mycroft concerned by text sound. [Online]
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xNnLYbuQDo
[Accessed 07 01 2023].

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