Hey Everyone, This project was as you guessed by the title a project based on typography, the brief was to choose three television series shows, to create still’s that create a sequence that could be seen on TV.

A part of the objective was to include texture, color, and line in a way that shows the frames moving, or movement, not just still shots, I think I got that part right.

I did not concentrate on recreating the actual logo’s of the shows. I believe that was a waste of time, due to copyright, and the fact if I was doing an actual show, I would either need to create a logo, or use one that is supplied to me. Having said that, I found a CBS logo on brandsoftheworld website, and used that one quite happily. Well here they are;

All Saints

With this one, you see the blue and red flashing like you would see an ambulance lights flash, then with the title coming in the blue part of the flash would fade away slowly into a fade and arrive, with a new flashing lights style coming in under the All Saints colored with the gurney colors of the medical nurses. Then with Coming Soon, transitioning into the frame with cbs closely followed.

Knight Rider

With Knight Rider I tried to capture the essence of the KITT light found on the bonnet, using the concept that knight rider is an old show come new, the one very common theme was the bonnet light. The typography at the bottom the screen building up to the final screen.

On the 3rd frame I tried to bring about the snake used in the new knight rider coming from behind, and engraving itself into the bitumen road, giving it that engraved look. Of course the CBS logo would also be in there.

NCIS

With the third and final show I chose NCIS, although a huge loss not using the actual NCIS logo from the show, from the first frame the see’s the background texture building up, along with the story of text before NCIS arrives on the scene, reminding us what NCIS actually stands for, CBS quietly adding itself to the wall, with a play on times in the military format.

So in conclusion, I gave this project a good going at, failing a little with the logo’s used, which is ironic, that this was about typography, and yet we didn’t have access to the actual fonts used in TV shows. However I think my concepts shine through, maybe with my research of All Saints falling down a little.

Cheers,
lacedrabbit