Someone help me brainstorm an idea!

[Xcyper33]

It is for my Samurai animation, I want to make a fullblown opening intro for it. 1 min to be exact. And I really want to it to have an abstract look kind of like Cowboy Bebop's opening. Full of vibrant colors mixed in with black. I still can't pinpoint exactly how I'm going to go through with this. Can my fellow animation brothers/sisters share with me some advice?

[Xcyper33]

Tis what I have so far to give you an idea.

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/9880 d5475dafd47082d659c1ea929afa

[Damien]

How bout....Pirates. The ninja encounters a pirate and he needs to fight him...WITH HIS DICK.

No just kidding. Lemme help with a brainstorm.

So we got
-a ninja
-jazzy intro
-fragrant colours

And we turn it into
-Sword fight
-Dramatic back story (for example dead family members, revenge issues)
-Travel story
-Lots of forest environment
-Food
-Bad ass smoking antagonist...with a 3 clock beard...who's bulky.

Am I helping? Or just adding messed up clichés?

[Sam]

Instead of him having slowly scrolling up, with a green background, why not open the bars quicker, and then have something like a paint stroke (minus the brush) and then introduce your character. Quite urban-abstract.

At the moment it seems a bit too slow, and yeah it might fit the music - but showing a contrast between the tempo of the music and the tempo of the animation can have a great effect.

And since its a samuri animation, I expect it to be fast paced.

[masterrom]

how about have colored vertical pillars going across with one character wielding their sword inside of each of the pillars. kinda cliche, but it always looks nice.

[Xcyper33]

To GFG: I already have the story set in place thanks for your suggestions tough.
To Sam: Interesting, but what do you mean paint stroke? I'm not following you >.< Also I would like to make it faster pace.
To: Maelsterrom: I'm not following you either, veticle pillars?

[Sam]

At 2/21/10 11:46 AM, Xcyper33 wrote: To Sam: Interesting, but what do you mean paint stroke? I'm not following you >.< Also I would like to make it faster pace.

It's hard to explain what I mean. I'll try and animate something if I can.

[Sam]

Kind of shows what I mean. Animating it from nothing into that, from the bottom. It'll be like its being painted on - and that introduce your character.

[Xcyper33]

At 2/21/10 12:49 PM, Sam wrote: Kind of shows what I mean. Animating it from nothing into that, from the bottom. It'll be like its being painted on - and that introduce your character.

I see what you mean now, cool. I'm going to make the black borders more vibrant rather than straight. Cool :)

[Xcyper33]

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/f208 5eceb2d9603d03a0c8caef424335

Ok here is it, continued. What do you think guys?

[DillonBrannick]

I'm thinking.
this samurai guy is running from someone but we don't know who. he gets in lots of battles to get away from these people. and finally he has to face them and we see who they are, he dies or wins.

also show how tough his life is how e has to sleep, what food he eats, etc.

[Sam]

At 2/21/10 03:30 PM, Xcyper33 wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/f208 5eceb2d9603d03a0c8caef424335

Ok here is it, continued. What do you think guys?

Much better :)

But, one thing annoyed me is the text, how you had to keep it confined to the black areas.

They're important names, we need them to fit the style of each little scene. You could easy change the colour of one side like I have, or change the colour completely.

The inconsistency really annoyed me :P

[Xcyper33]

Sam I really like how you have the text move from one border to the other. I'm going to go with that. I'll show something in a bit.

[Sam]

At 2/21/10 04:47 PM, Xcyper33 wrote: Sam I really like how you have the text move from one border to the other. I'm going to go with that. I'll show something in a bit.

Well, thats what i was trying to show. I thought "maybe he's not moving it over the yellow because it would be hard to read white".

[Colombiana]

Let the Ninja interact smooth on the music and with your screen.
f.e. When he use his blade, he slashes the screen.

[Scorium]

Something is wrong with the NG Dump you used. It doesn't seem to exist anymore.

Definitely go with something that hasn't been done before, or something that hasn't been done in a long time. Watch some old samurai movies, like "Musashi". Then, go with the ideas that inspire you.

Really, REALLY old samurai movie techniques SCREAM high quality entertainment.

[duhidiot]

Um, I'm interessed and all, but the dump doesnt exist. Mind posting a link? Thanks!