Monday 4 June 2012

Completed Video

I really hope that this will be the final time I have to upload this video! I'm really pleased with the finished outcome and think that by changing the font and adapting some of the text and moving a few clips has been really beneficial to the finished product. I believe that now the music fits better and that it looks like it could be an actual advert for Lego. I'm particularly pleased with the outcome and hope that it reflects the journey i've been on over the last 9 months!
Here is the finished video, again there is a 10 second black clip:


Sunday 3 June 2012

Testing & Comparing Fonts

So i've spent the day trying to match up the font from Lego's most recent advert to one that i can use within mine, I tried to google what font they use in their adverts and turned up no results that were of any use!!
Heres a screen shot of the font they use:

After scrolling through my complete collection of fonts these five fonts were the closest i could find to the lego one:
This font is Al Bayan, I believe it is close but not quite right!

This is a font called Apple Braille, again I think it looks similar
to the original Lego font but not exactly right!

This font is Gujarati MT, close but not similar enough!

This font is ST Heiti, it is not close enough for me to use though!

This is the font that I have found to be the closest, and I plan to use in the final edit.
It is called GB18030 Bitmap.


Friday 1 June 2012

Feedback

I have shown the advertisement to a variety of different people and had virtually the same feedback from the all. Which is that the that the text at the end is not quite right, and i agree.
Here is what the text at the end looks like:



I agree with the feedback that I received and want to put it right, i believe that the problem lies in the font and the transition. Therefore I plan to look at other lego adverts again and match the text up.
As well as the feedback about the text, i also received very good feedback from people, they said that the advert was very good and looked as if it could be seen on the television. I am very pleased with the feedback and feel if i can overcome the issue with the text it will be a very good piece of stop motion.