Tests and Research

As our group has gained two new members, it has been decided that we have enough man-power to change the ending of our title sequence. Our current sequence ends with the pillars of a temple cracking and the title, Samson, crushing the temple from above - which spoils the ending of Samson's story for the audience. It was recommended that the ending should become visually strong like the rest of our animation. 

The new ending will feature the title "Samson" wrapped in chains that are coming from various directions. I am currently awaiting a response from my team indicating as to what aspect of the sequence each member is working on, so I have decided to create a few tests for the final shot. 

Initially it made sense to create the image black-on-white to match the rest of our title sequence, but I found that the chains drowned out the title.

I reduced the opacity of the chains in an attempt to strengthen the clarity of the title, however this will potentially look out-of-place as the remainder of the sequence is solidly white and black with splashes of red.

This lead me to experiment with red: this colour is sparsely used, so I figured that only the border of the type should be coloured as opposed to the entirety of the lettering.

I also attempted to wrap up some of the type using the chains, however I found that the chains were too large to be positioned inside of the letters, but downsizing them does not signify the strength of the chains and, thus, reduces impact.

I figured that the title would create a stronger impact if the lettering was significantly larger - big enough to fill the entirety of the screen. 

However, these are just tests to experiment with the style as the final version of this shot will feature a much cleaner version of the font. As I am still waiting to hear back from the members of my team, I decided to carry out research for the design of the donkey's skeleton.

The diagram above was the image I decided to work from as it possessed a high level of clarity. Alas, I have heard from a few members of the team only to find that the donkey's skeleton is being covered by someone else. This is no loss to me as I did not get as far animating (or even completing the design of) the skeleton, but it was fun to play with the silhouette art style.