ANIMATED BRAND ASSETS

ASSET
ANIMATIONS


Role


Clients

Scope

Project Manager,
Animator

Design Bureau, GradX


Animation


Media

Venue Projections

TOOLS

CLIENT GOAL

Animate Brand Assets -

for the graduate exhibition’s
opening night.

OUTCOMES

5x

Looping Brand Animations

THE PROBLEM

Brand assets have been created to celebrate GradX. Design Bureau needed motion designers to bring their ideas for the exhibition opening night to life.


CORE ISSUE (WHY?)

Motion activation needed to bring the event to life.


AUDIENCE

Attendees at the exhibition opening night.


OBJECTIVE


Visualise clients
Creative Direction

Animation
Refinement
(Feedback)

Assigned
Approved
Animations

01

”X” Animation Ideas


CLIENT BRIEFING

Audience Insight and Solution

Solution

Insights

Client’s Creative Vision Visualisation

Audience Insights

The Brief

50 YEARS
OF INDUSTRY
PLACEMENT

theme for the exhibition
assets to be animated.

Quote of the Project

“We need
Specific animations for specific “X’s”

Each “X” works
in it’s own right
(Cohesiveness, like a family)

Clue:

Potential Idea:

ANIMATED GIF
OR
PLAY AROUND GRAPHICALLY

Solution

SUITE OF X’S
PROJECTED DURING
OPENING NIGHT

Motion Designers
to animate 5-6 X’s
each with unique

discipline animations

Branded Environments

Architecture

Communication Design

Photomedia

Master of Architecture

02

“X” Asset Animation Drafts


PRODUCTION

Ideation and Tools

Tools

Ideation

Client’s Creative Vision Visualisation

Architecture “X”

FOCUS:
PANEL ASSEMBLY


Simulated panels assembling the “X”

Panels fall into place like steps



Animated panels to go after each other

Photomedia “X”

FOCUS:
CAMERA SHUTTER

Simulated a camera taking a photo


Turned the letter into 2 bars to reveal the “X”


Camera flash before the animation starts


Communication “X”

FOCUS:
SOLID “X”

Simulated a solid “X” to split outwards



Animated all parts to move outwards


Middle beam moves the legs outwards

ANIMATION
PROGRESS


Tools

Communication:
Increased length of the stems for balance

Client Vision Refinement


Architecture:
Panels now assemble simultaneously

Photomedia:
Removed the flash, keeping the camera shutter

Architecture

Photomedia

Communication

03

”X” Asset Animations


REFINEMENTS

Final Iterations

Animation Refinement (Feedback)

Architecture “X”

SLIDING BEAMS

Changed the assembly to sliding beams


Delayed the side beam animations

Result: simple animation that “builds”

Photomedia “X”

CLOSE UP SHOT

Introduced rule of thirds for camera style shot


Animated a camera zoom in/close up shot

Result: Represents Photomedia Grads

Communication “X”

EXPLODED VIEW

Reduced animation speed to see animation


Result: Skills of Graphic Design Grads

05

Results of the Project


OUTCOME

Educate staff to upskill

CLIENT IMPACT

How I created value and impact

+150
Views

Each “X” animation was projected onto the walls of the event venue to show and welcome the audience

Objective Complete

+75
Audience

Brand and animations seen before the award presentations to create a cohesive brand suite.

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