Title Sequence: 'BBC Three 60 Seconds News' Final Animation

This is my final animated title sequence for BBC Three 60 Seconds News, made in Flash and edited in iMovie.

I feel as though I was successful in visually communicated the idea of technology and travelling information. The added sound and revolving, multicoloured circle introduced the concept of time and fast pace. However, I feel that my decision to tween the travelling line into a circle instead of creating a frame-by-frame transition, where the line curls into itself, weakened the overall flow of events that occurred in the sequence. I was surprised throughout the process of making this title sequence how easily ideas came to me and how well the production phase ran. Perhaps because I was dealing with less complex ideas and and a shorter timeframe. However, if I were to remake this title sequence I would try to create something with more movement, using frame-by-frame animation, as the end result always feels more impressive and rewarding.

Tine Bech Lecture: Playful Interaction (26.09.13)

 ("Catch Me Now by Tine Bech, Kinetica Art Fair, 2011" - found on http://www.leoalmanac.org)

I attended a lecture by Tine Bech where she spoke about the nature of her work, in further preparation for my essay. She is a dutch, freelance artist that is particularly interested in technology in art, creating interactive installations, such as, Catch Me Now, Tracking You and Light Pot. Bech brought up an interesting point about how interactive arts concept can be shaped by its receiver. For example, in Catch Me Now children ended up making games around the installation. It was basically an empty space with a spotlight in it and once someone entered it it would expand, change colour and then move to another area of the room. It acted as an invitation to play. 

During the course of this lecture an interesting quote was introduced to me:

"People tend to forget that play is serious." - David Hockney (1999:133)