purcc 2012 - University of the Pacific

Senior Art & Design Show – Artist Statements
Motion
Aaron Davis
Faculty Mentor: Marie Lee
When I interned at Comcast Sports, I learned to create motion graphics. The thrill of seeing my designs
transform into a living moving production immediately opened a whole new door that made my passion for
art and design grow even bigger.
The first animation is ten-seconds and displays the Comcast Sports logo forming from tiny little pieces
flying together. Lightening strikes from the logo to reveal each of the Bay Area sports teams.
Following my first animation is an advertisement for the California Football team, which displays on the
bottom of the screen like a banner and is similar to a flipbook as the images flip and slide into the
composition.
Next is a time-lapse concept for an opening title sequence for a basketball documentary called The Town
Game. The documentary is set in Oakland and the view of San Francisco can be seen as if you are playing
on an outdoor basketball court in Oakland.
The fourth animation is a music video for the song Black President by Nas. The video has a static effect
that lingers throughout the whole video. The composition is broken up into nine videos. Sometimes one
video is played on all of them, but most of the time it is broken up to show various videos at the same time.
Last is a commercial to help announce the spring concert at University of the Pacific, which reveals the
artist who is performing and the two DJ’s that are present before and after the artist.
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