Rob Harrison: July 2011

The first project for this class was to create a sound work using audio filters and plugins using a small recorded sample of a sine wave at any frequency. The sound file below is the initial sound wave that i began experimenting with in soundtrack pro.

Before i began proceeding further with this project my first initial steps involved researching the principals behind a Sine Wave and how it worked. if you were able to look at a Sine Wave with your eyes it would look like the image below.

The sine wave or what is also referred to as a sinusoid is a mathematical function that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. It occurs often in pure mathematics, as well as physics, signal processing, electrical engineering and many other fields.

Further information explaining the mathematical equations behind a Sine Wave can be found here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave

As well as Sine Waves there are other types of waveforms, Square, Triangle and Sawtooth which can be seen in the diagram below.

Sneaker Documentary

Just For Kicks documentary title sequence from Arthur King on Vimeo.

This Title sequence was for a documentary about the sneaker culture in America. The title sequence is made using a series of photographs in a stop frame animation style. This is combined with layering titles in after effects over the images and manipulating the colours to the beats of the music and cutting on the beat of the music. The edit gives the sequence a real MTV popular culture feel and sets the viewer up to know what the documentary is about purely from the title credits.

MTV France

MTV France title sequences from Arthur King on Vimeo.

This title sequence was made for MTV France and the title sequence is used for the music countdown. The style of the titles is made in a graffiti look really poppy. The title sequence is animated to the beats of the music.

OFF Barcelona titles

OFFF Barcelona 2011 Main Titles from OFFF, let's feed the future on Vimeo.

This was one of my favourite title sequences, it revolves around the theme of an alien invasion but the title sequence takes a more artist approach placing the text within the video. The sequence is quite drawn out so it is more like a test for a short film rather than a title sequence for a film. The man aspect i like about the video is the suspense that the title sequence creates and the linear narrative of the story that the alien invasion gradually takes over the film and the audience is left hanging on what is going to happen.

Extreme Sports Documentary

Parks Bonifay Titles from Wesley Kandel on Vimeo.

Playgrounds Festival 2009

Playgrounds Opening Titles 2009 from Heerko Groefsema on Vimeo.

This clip was made for the intro to a film festival in the USA 'Play Grounds Festival' I found this title sequence amazing, the entire title sequence is completely made of photographs and the photos were stitched together in after effects to create the effects of a camera with an ultra slow frame rate. various elements were added such as particle filters for blood and sweet. the reason why the sequence was so effective was because the style of the edit with fast cuts and the added elements of the fast flashing of frames.

planet hulk doco

Planet Hulk Open Titles from NITRO on Vimeo.