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  • Hypothetical Da Vinci Code credits…

    Posted by Betty Boop2 on April 8, 2006 at 6:51 pm

    So one day this week I had nothing going so I said what if…Ron Howard called and said…

    “Hey Jay, whip me an credit concept that I might run with for my new flick The Da Vinci Code. If I like it we’ll do lunch.”

    So I did. This is it.
    https://www.jtdesign.org/AmericasBest/Downloads/DaVinci-Code-final.mov

    Comments, suggestions and the like is most welcome. If you’re Ron, please accept my apologies.

    Jay Thompson
    Thompson Visual Design & Storytelling
    7 Marjean Ct.
    Kirkwood, MO 63122

    Axel Rogge replied 20 years, 1 month ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Justin Productions

    April 8, 2006 at 9:54 pm

    Not bad, really. Music wouldn’t have hurt.

    There are some good effects in that vid’, but I didn’t feel any timing. It was just o.k. for me.

    Justin Productions
    Tangerin01@hotmail.com
    Adobe After Effects 6.0 Professional

  • Rich Rubasch

    April 8, 2006 at 11:11 pm

    I could have used a couple of ease in or out keyframes and the ones and zeros kind of clashed with the imagery…but overall it was a good little experiment and I applaud you for taking the time to build it…and of course, to show it to us all grazing in the pasture.

    Rich Rubasch
    Tilt Media

  • Michael Munkittrick

    April 9, 2006 at 11:25 am

    I was going to say EXACTLY the same thing Rich. The abrupt stopping of various pieces makes it look like a Powerpoint project instead of motion graphics, but then again there is no absolute to your imagination. Overall, I thought it was pretty cool. A few too many plugins at work in there, but still a good presentation.

    Michael Munkittrick
    Gainesville, Florida USA

  • Axel Rogge

    April 10, 2006 at 6:50 am

    Funny – I like the hard stopps (stops?). They give me some feeling of mechanical or electronical – which fits, too. Color and flicker fit together as well. What I do not like that much was the 3D-Typo. Quite everything else is flat. 3D was not a thing for DaVinci, instead he was a master of perspective. I would ad some elements to give the whole more perspective, maybe the 3D Typo works better then.
    I like the morphs and the visualization of “what

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