i just stumbled across this on the intarwebs. a cross between an infographic and a stop-frame animation. i hate to think how long this took to make!
EDIT: i've just discovered there's a whole series of these animations. you can find them here. i love 'em!
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18 May 2010
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22 March 2010
Bob Dylan and Robin Hood Tax
I think I may go for Bob.....it has the message for the cause, he has purposefully used really general reference points so the song is both iconic and lasting!
Other ideas include;
Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World
I posted this on Facebook and got a huge variety of suggestions including Grandmaster Flash - The Message and Nine Inch Nails - The Hand that Feeds You, but definitely to wordy and not suitable for my stand up and fight in a merry way, folky vibe!
Posted it to the Robin Hood Tax page and they had a vote and are all in favour of the Bob Dylan idea, so I reckon that's my tune!
17 March 2010
more infographical goodies
for some reason the memory of these just popped into my wee heid this morning and i realised they could be classed as infographics:
the animated 'guide sequences' from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, created by rod lord. [i refer, of course, to the original 1980's BBC version, not the sacriligeous yankee remake].
i could only find a couple on youpube, but the whole set are available on the beeb's H2G2 page - although you'll need real player to play them.
i used to love that series and those animations, when i was a kid & i was always mystified by what all the text you couldnae read [coz it scrolled past too quickly] was saying. that was back in the days before computators and intarwebs - when all we could do was try and pause the animations on clunky old VHS video recorders to see [mostly unsuccessfully] if we could decipher anything from the wobbly static filled still-frames.
the animated 'guide sequences' from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, created by rod lord. [i refer, of course, to the original 1980's BBC version, not the sacriligeous yankee remake].
i could only find a couple on youpube, but the whole set are available on the beeb's H2G2 page - although you'll need real player to play them.
i used to love that series and those animations, when i was a kid & i was always mystified by what all the text you couldnae read [coz it scrolled past too quickly] was saying. that was back in the days before computators and intarwebs - when all we could do was try and pause the animations on clunky old VHS video recorders to see [mostly unsuccessfully] if we could decipher anything from the wobbly static filled still-frames.
12 March 2010
SMiles Studio Diary
Info-graphics Brief
OK so this brief has finally started to make me think about what I need to do to make what I am doing on this course my career. I have been trying to put my finger in why this is happening now, is it the fact that i like the idea of producing info-graphics....is it just the timing...who knows but it has started!
So my first objective bearing this in mind was to choose something that is relevant, current, dynamic and not totally saturated yet! I thought about issues and areas that I would like more information on and it came to me like an arrow whooshing past my ear.......terrible pun there........The Robin Hood Tax.
It is a brand new campaign which has the possibility to be massive. It has broad support and is starting to make tracks, but my issue is that the website whilst fun and a little garish, isn't that accessible for the facts and in a sense is aimed more at already conformed anarchists/activists or "socially conscious" people and doesn't have as much pulling power to average "Joe Public". This is very evident when viewing the amount of people as fans on Facebook compared with the number of people who have signed the petition via the website, a staggering 75% more on Facebook. So is this due to the information being less accessible via the website, is the more concise information on Facebook easier to understand? Also there is definitely a space for a piece of visual beauty to hook people in.
So i started to make my presence known via the Facebook wall and an email to the group via their website. I mentioned my desire to make a piece of info-graphics for the campaign, which i said that I would be more than happy for them to use if they so wished to. they have responded by saying this is an area they are definitely interested in moving to next and are really happy to help me with any information as and when i need it.
So feels like I have stuck my foot in the door and now I just need to get on with the goods.
Here is the link for my brief inspiration.
http://www.robinhoodtax.org/
OK so this brief has finally started to make me think about what I need to do to make what I am doing on this course my career. I have been trying to put my finger in why this is happening now, is it the fact that i like the idea of producing info-graphics....is it just the timing...who knows but it has started!
So my first objective bearing this in mind was to choose something that is relevant, current, dynamic and not totally saturated yet! I thought about issues and areas that I would like more information on and it came to me like an arrow whooshing past my ear.......terrible pun there........The Robin Hood Tax.
It is a brand new campaign which has the possibility to be massive. It has broad support and is starting to make tracks, but my issue is that the website whilst fun and a little garish, isn't that accessible for the facts and in a sense is aimed more at already conformed anarchists/activists or "socially conscious" people and doesn't have as much pulling power to average "Joe Public". This is very evident when viewing the amount of people as fans on Facebook compared with the number of people who have signed the petition via the website, a staggering 75% more on Facebook. So is this due to the information being less accessible via the website, is the more concise information on Facebook easier to understand? Also there is definitely a space for a piece of visual beauty to hook people in.
So i started to make my presence known via the Facebook wall and an email to the group via their website. I mentioned my desire to make a piece of info-graphics for the campaign, which i said that I would be more than happy for them to use if they so wished to. they have responded by saying this is an area they are definitely interested in moving to next and are really happy to help me with any information as and when i need it.
So feels like I have stuck my foot in the door and now I just need to get on with the goods.
Here is the link for my brief inspiration.
http://www.robinhoodtax.org/
25 February 2010
unit 04 - infographics
hi folks.
seeing as quite a few of you missed this afternoon's session [for various reasons], i thought i'd upload the brief here, so you can all get a chance to peruse it over the weekend. i'm sure you'd much rather be doing that than going out drinking, taking drugs and having fun.
unit04 - brief
also, here are links to the two playlists of example infographic animations we showed you - just in case you wanted to look at any of them again:
vimeo playlist
youtube playlist
anyone who missed the introduction of the new brief this avvy, make sure and have a chat to alex, dave or me before embarking on anything, so we can make sure you understand what's required of you.
seeing as quite a few of you missed this afternoon's session [for various reasons], i thought i'd upload the brief here, so you can all get a chance to peruse it over the weekend. i'm sure you'd much rather be doing that than going out drinking, taking drugs and having fun.
unit04 - brief
also, here are links to the two playlists of example infographic animations we showed you - just in case you wanted to look at any of them again:
vimeo playlist
youtube playlist
anyone who missed the introduction of the new brief this avvy, make sure and have a chat to alex, dave or me before embarking on anything, so we can make sure you understand what's required of you.
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