Seed & stem
Seed & Stem was the final assignment from the Advanced Motion Methods course from the School of Motion. The video was intended to provide care tips and education so people know how to keep their plants alive. We were tasked to select a music track (if desired) and animate a series of boards created by Sarah Beth Morgan.
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Boards
Looking at the boards, a common thread amongst the frames was the light (or the tan color). This provided the initial guidance on how I thought to transition between the frames.
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Sketches/Storyboard
Sketching these were a very important part of the process in coming up with the transitions. Note the directional arrows in the sketch below. Each frame has motion that corresponds to its adjacent frames and to the project as a whole. For a left, there's a right. For a scale in, there's a scale out. This type of oscillation helps to establish a rhythm that helps it feel more intentional and harmonious. After the larger movements (seen below) were figured out, the smaller animations were added and helped reinforce the movement.
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Animation Bits
In exploring transitions, morphing, scaling, and match cuts with position, scale, and rotation were primarily used. As for timing, music drove when the scene change would occur. Note some of the specifics in the scenes below. The ant eye trace to the flower, the bee flying into the center match cut into the logo leaves, the flower rotating to turn into the larger flower. These elements and a few happy accidents with the music really helped the flow of the animation.
