Ode to Jazz
Visual Homage
I designed, storyboarded, and animated this visual homage to 1920s jazz.
Audio: "Sing Swing Bada Bing" by Doug Maxwell via YouTube Audio Library
Concept
I want to create a visual ode to 1920s jazz and culture. My goal is to capture the excitement of the music and time period through motion, dynamic transitions, and visual style.
Art Deco, Encyclopaedia Britannica:
“Art Deco is a popular design style of the 1920s and
’30s characterized especially by sleek geometric or
stylized forms and by the use of man-made materials.
...Art Deco objects often showcase simple, clean
shapes, usually with a “streamlined” look; ornament
that is geometric or stylized from representational
forms such as florals, animals, and sunrays.”
Visual Inspiration: Art Deco Posters
- Clean lines
- Color Gradients
- Vector images with noise/vintage look
- Repetition
Visual Research
Type Exploration
Color Palette
I pulled the color palette from Art Deco reference posters
Storyboards
Style Frames
Motion and Historical Research
Motion Research:
Charleston Dance
Record (Coin) Spinning
Instruments in a Jazz Band:
Trumpet or Cornet Trombone
Clarinet Saxophone Drums Piano
Banjo Guitar
Stylization
- Color Correction (more blue in darks/less blue in lights for a vintage look)
- Warm Light at top of frame - Vignette
- Animated Texture - Grain
Original
