My Portfolio Project

Jim O'Neill creative multimedia Jimagine Jimagine Media Jimagine Studios Jimagine Productions Limerick School of art & design Limerick Institute of Technology Creative Multimedia Clonmel Ireland tipperary Cashel

WHERE DO I START?

What career path do I wish to take?

I want to write, direct and produce my own films, TV shows, animations, music videos, adverts & webisodes. For my work experience during college term and post third level education I want to get as much experience as I possibly can working with film crews & post production houses with the intention of creating my own media/production company and studio.

What will be my overall design?

My overall design will be a show-reel showcasing the work I produced in college. It will also highlight my brand name and logo. I will also create a DVD of my show-reel and design the packaging as well. Along with this I will design a poster, postacards and a website too.

What message and information will I be trying to convey?

The message I will be conveying is my abilities to design motion graphics, compositing in After Effects, my directing and filming techniques, my creativeness and imagination, my ability to edit audio and video. All this will hopefully show potential employers that I'm confident in my skill set, can work on my own intitative and handle the dynamics of working with a team. The content I will be showcasing will be the work I've done in After Effects, Premiere Pro, Reaper FM, Photoshop, 3D STtudio Max, Maya, Illustrator, Flash and Z Brush. I will also be displaying in my work my brand name and logo.

DESIGNING MY BRAND NAME

COMBINING MY FIRST NAME WITH THE WORD IMAGINE TO CREATE MY BRAND NAME - JIMAGINE

I CREATED MY OWN TYPEFACE USING THE LETTER J (FROM THE LATHA FONT)

I ALSO LOWERED THE FIRST TWO LETTERS - I AND J AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BRAND TITLE.

THIS WAS INTENDED SO I COULD ALIGN MORE TEXT AESTHEICALLY BENEATH IT.

I ALSO PLACED TWO DOTS OVER THE I s WHICH GAVE THE BRAND TITLE A MORE CHARACTERISTIC FEEL.

I THEN BEGAN CONTEMPLATING ON WHETHER TO ASSOCIATE PRODUCTIONS, STUDIOS OR MEDIA WITH THE BRAND. IN THE END I SETTLED ON MEDIA AS I FELT THIS HAD A LARGER SCOPE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.

I CHECKED THE BRAND TITLE AGAINST BOTH BLACK AND WHITE BACKGROUNDS JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE DESIGN WOULD SUIT ANY BACKGROUND.

DESIGNING MY LOGO

I TOOK THE TWO I s FROM THE TYPEFACE I CREATED AND JOINED THEM TOGETHER

WHICH GAVE THE LOGO A KIND OF HIEROGLYPHIC CHARACTERISTIC.

I THEN MIRRORED THE CHARACTERS AGAINST EACH OTHER

WHICH BROUGHT FORTH A KIND OF FACIAL EXPRESSION TO THE LOGO.

HERE I JUST PLACED A CIRCULAR SHAPE AT THE BOTTOM TO BALANCE OUT THE IMAGE.

I TESTED THE LOGO AGAINST BLACK AND WHITE BACKGROUNDS.

FOR A MORE MINIMALISTIC AESTHETIC I PLACED A SHADOW BENEATH

TO EXTRUDE THE WHITE LOGO IN A BEVELED WAY AGAINST A WHITE BACKGROUND SURFACE.

THIS IS ONE OF MY EARLY CONCEPT IDEAS I HAD FOR MY DVD PACKAGING.

THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS THAT I SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON A COMPUTER PUTTING MY FILES INTO FOLDERS

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE TO SEE MY PORTFOLIO DVD IN A FOLDER OF MY OWN DESIGN.

NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THIS CONCEPT BUT IT DID HAVE A NICE MINIMALISTIC FEEL TO IT.

ALSO I AM THINKING ABOUT CREATING MY OWN LOGO STAMPER AND STAMPING ENVELOPES WITH HOT WAX. THIS WAS JUST AN EXTRA THOUGHT I HAD IN PROMOTING MYSELF.

IT COULD BE USED FOR ENVELOPES I HAND TO POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS WITH THE CONTENTS OF MY CV.

AUDIO

THIS THE AUDIO I WILL BE USING FOR MY SHOWREEL.

WHICH I DOWNLOADED FROM YOUTUBE'S AUDIO LIBRARY,

VIDEO

This video is a reference test for what will be my intro to my portfolio show reel. I'm using the coloured images to mark the beats of the music so I can reference the markers later with the final compositions. It also helps to give me a visual reference to see if my edited timing is on par with the music. It will also speed up my editing process as I progress further with my show reel.

BRAND STYLES