First character titles in Adobe After Effects

As I successfully made my main title for the children's TV drama, I moved onto creating the titles and individual shots for the characters being introduced. I was now able to use the software comfortably for the intended purpose, and had a feel for the style of the entire piece.

These are my first attempts at making the titles and background for the male and female characters. They will each be shown for 3-4 seconds. From watching the pieces, it is evident that the colours are different for each gender, this not only allows the audience to recognise the gender, but also connects with the stereotypical colours associated with the gender. For instance, I have chosen different shades of blue for the male characters and pink and orange for the female characters.

Having created these pieces, I have decided that there needs to be more added to the piece to engage the audience further, however when producing the final piece, I must ensure that any background animation I add doesn't distract the audience from the characters being introduced.

An example of a male character's piece


This is the first piece of the couple in the gang's shot
As both genders appear in this shot, I chose to combine the colours used in the separate gender shots. I have also chosen to use one colour as stronger to convey that the relationship is not equal. For example, in my first attempt more pink and orange is shown, which suggests that the female holds more power.



This is the first rough title I created that contains a shot of the character, in the final piece it will be shown for 3 - 4 seconds, allowing plenty of time for the audience to engage with the character and establish the representation that has been used.



Moreover, each of the character titles possesses a contrasting effect that gives each character a sense of individuality, and keeps the audience engaged; unlike my animatic, I have started to remove the repetition first seen in the animatic.

It is also evident that Saved By The Bell has played a heavy influence in my final decision to use animation within my children's TV drama intro, along with the way in which the characters are presented on screen. However, I have chosen a more modernised introduction than Saved By The Bell, but I must ensure that my intro isn't too similar.