A beginner's Motion work...

[Vince K]

Since I'm in between films right now :Yawn: and have alot of extra time on my hands to learn more, ( can never stop learning :thumbsup:) I realized I had no 'intro' to the ' live performance vids' I was making for bands, and my co name was nowhere to be seen.
I put this together last night and wanted some opinions on whether or not I was going the right direction...

http://www.vimeo.com/3969771

Since my company is Digital Iris Media ( obv!) and my goal was to bring new life to an OLD avatar....(see pathetic pic on left).....any suggestions?

Thanx!

[Zakaree Sandberg]

make it less (arts college promo video intro)
i think you should have the screen be completely black.. then slowly have an eye open. (real eye) with like a vibrant color to the color portion of the eye (sorry im not a optomologist.. dont know the eye lingo).. then flash it to almost a surreal photo or black and white of that eye after it opens...

im not making any sense! but i see it in my head and its cool

[Ben Holmes]

I recommend looking for a stronger visual representation, and simpler movement for a logo - it should reveal the name, not wander.

Google some eye shapes - then break it down to the core items.

Avoid the video elements - this is graphic design come to life. Oh - a better font would definitely help. Start here: www.dafont.com

[albert rudnicki]

Start with a simple, but strong design, and then shake it.
Working only with black & white helps.

Best

Albert

[Tyler Black]

The iris seems to be floating on top of the "white" of the eye (the purple banded area). I think if you attached the iris to the white so the white also moves, it will make a little more sense... or maybe you're not after that kind of thing.

[Craig W. Bickerstaff]

Its a pretty poor choice of color for the font considering what it's sitting on.
comparing it too your avatar image this probably wasn't the right direction in my opinion.

[Lewis-M Soucy]

Nothing personnal, but it's terrible. Get a designer. There a tons of talented starving designers out there. Your company name is cool, it deserves a great logo! :)

This here is cheap and great! http://logotournament.com/

[PatC]

Out sourcing for a logo shouldn't me too crazy $$, you can find tons of great tutorials online for motion and afx. The only problem with your logo is that it feels like you just started learning motion and I assume you want it to feel like a normal graphic that everyone says ooohh ahhh. <Hard to do!

[Lewis-M Soucy]

I think a great graphic logo with simple fade-in/fade-out is basic classy and efficient as opposed to too much DIY star-wars effect that will make people grin and create the wrong effect you don't want...

[Vince K]

thanx for all your feedback! I TOTALLY appreciate it :thumbsup:
After looking at it over and over again, I see that it does indeed have 'Motion newbie' written all over it...:yikes:


I'm currently revising with a designer friend and will have something up soon for you all to peruse.
Thanx again!!

BTW...that logo tournament site is pretty interesting....