sky arts

In this activity i am aiming to make a 20 second animation or video that shows the words 'SKY ARTS' in a creative way.


Inspirations:
There is a stop motion artist that goes by the name blu, he makes animations on walls in the street by taking as photo of each stage of the animation, this creates an illusions of movement but in still pictures.

I was thinking about making a stop frame animation for sky arts, the words would form on paper or on a wall, they would form in an interesting way such as being hatched from an egg or coming out of an oven completely melted and then solidifies into 'Sky Arts'. 


Channel 4 have made some very interesting idents (an identification of the channel). they are used to as an intro to a program while the commentator tells you what is coming up next.

Channel 4 frequently use floating objects to form the number 4, they have mainly used real objects that you would see in daily life and they have changed them to have a sci fi special effect style to them. They have also made one that has used an 'alien space ship' effect behind a pick up truck with to people arguing, they portray it as a normal event as the people look at it then carry on arguing.


Ideas:
One of my ideas is set in a factory, in the factory there are machines melting metal, pouring it into buckets and then picking them up and putting them into moulds. One of the buckets is in the wrong position so the machine picks it up in an awkward angle and then drops it, the metal then pours out and drops through the floors of the factory and hits the floor which then splashes into 'SkyArts' and solidifies. 


This whole sequence will be designed in some sort of 3D software so there will be no need for camera's or outdoor preparation (maybe look at some old factories).

Idea 2:
My second idea is set in a space ship, it starts off with a man running down a tunnel (with a space ship style to it) with a laser gun and he is firing backwards at some other soldiers chasing him. He then takes cover behind a large computer desk and fires at the soldiers while they fire back, then a laser shot hits the computer which makes a flash and creates a burn in the computer saying 'SkyArts'.

Preparation for idea 2:
Find an open space and create a set out of various cardboard cutouts.
Resources:
final cut pro, sony vegas, firefox