End of Year Display

As my initial plans were, I went with a collage of three cinematic wide shots in a row of my environment setting. I decided on this choice mainly because I wanted to show off the pastel colours the most, showcasing various regions of the race track. Not many people might understand the difference of a circuit and a drag track so I felt it was important showcase this side of the project. Having two separate angles would hope to display the scale & straight line tracks.

Design choices

My first ideas were that the car would be centred between the two other shots though I gathered some feedback from classmates and they thought it would work better on top, after switching them around I was able to see that it was much more catching to see the car place on top especially from a far.

The render resolution for the images is 2560x1080 ultra wide resolution and I measured the scale in accordance to that which was 69cm x 29 leaving a good enough space at either end and also allow for visibility with the computer in front. I chose to go for a high quality print which has an almost waxy matte finish, the reason for this was I thought it would make the warm pastel colours jump out more.

Prior to getting my business cards printed I had a look through an old wallet which was full of business cards I picked recently and over in Australia. I used these cards as a reference point as to their durability, practicality & overall finish. The ones that I really personally liked were the smaller, or sometimes narrower cards as they appeared to be more intact because they didn't stick out whereas some of the larger ones had gotten bent over time. For this reason I asked for a smaller size card. I went for a semi matte finish on these as a happy medium as I quite liked both and knew it wouldn't hinder the viewing when the light shines on it. Since the mock-up versions, I updated the colours from grey to an off black against a bright white font, the typeface used was Bebas Neue Regular by Dharma Type. I changed up from Brandon Grotesque as I found this to be much more pleasant against the adjacent imagery.

Composition 01 - conveying a sense of speed

Composition 02 - environmental elements

Composition 03 - track & track side elements

Conclusion

All in all I'm happy that the images turned out how I planned, it was good to get a snapshot of the creativity of all the class work together. I also got some positive feedback from other students, they mentioned the humour that the style conveyed which is my film was aimed to be. I also got some feedback on the finish and quality of the paper, all prints were done by Kolormaster.