Information Design - Final Project: Animated Infographics

Information Design - Final Project: Animated Infographics

March 20, 2024

7.2.2024 - 23.3.2024 / Week 1 - Week 7
Xing Yu / 0361463 / BA of Design (HONS) in Creative Media
Information Design
Final Project

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FINAL PROJECT: ANIMATED INFOGRAPHICS

Research the given topic in your group and break down the information into parts - narrative and visualization to educate the viewers about the issue.

Use questions ‘What, why, where, when, who, and how’ into the building of your narrative before transferring the information onto your storyboard.

Use relevant visuals to create associations of information to the infographics. Refer to the chart here to decide how to visualize.

Expected outcomes:
An animated infographic informing the audience about a given topic (min 1.5 - max 3 min video)
Must include some form of data/statistics. 
Must use the questioning technique and provide answers.

Task Division

part 1. production ：Xing Yu

part 2. sale ： Gu Yu Qing

part 3. recycle ：Yang Xu Guo

part 4. handle ：Ke Bo Zhi

part 5. summarize ： Chen Tian Yao

part 6. video dubbing ： Huai Yi

presentation ：Wang Zi Long

PPT making: Gu Yu Qing

Research

Our theme makes a mineral water trip, and we receive our respective assignments according to the plan.

1. Production stage

· Show how raw materials are collected and processed.

· Show the manufacturing process of mineral water bottles on the production line, including heating, molding and packaging.

2. Use stage

· Show people buying, opening and using mineral water bottles. Time passes quickly, showing that the bottle is used and gradually empty.

3. Recovery stage

· Show people putting empty bottles into recycling bins.

Show the process of collecting, sorting, cleaning and compressing bottles by the staff of the recycling center.

4. Reuse/reprocessing stage

· Show compressed bottles entering the reuse and reprocessing process.

Show that some bottles have been cleaned, filled and recapped to become new mineral water bottles. · Show how other bottles are fed into a processing facility and turned into recycled plastic pellets.

5. End phase

Review the entire process to show the fate of bottles that cannot be reused in the environment, such as incineration or landfill.

· Highlight environmental initiatives, such as biodegradable bottles or sustainably recycled bottles, to express the importance of environmental protection and sustainable use.

Then our group found some videos and pictures about the subject

Reference

Final Group Project PPT

Animation

The animation part I was responsible for was the first part, the production of mineral water. At first, I drew the source of mineral water, a snow mountain and a clean spring, and then shifted the picture to the lake through the zoom key frame, and the water pump is taking away the clean water. After enlarging the picture and adding text transition, I used a water drop instead of transition to make the picture silky. The clean source water is transported to the processing plant for processing and the forming and packaging of the mineral water bottles.

Here are the backgrounds and materials I drew in the Ai.

Process in Ai 

Then I exported these materials in Png format with Ai, the background color was transparent, and then imported them into Ae.

Process in Ae

My part Animation： production

Yutube link ：https://youtu.be/V3V-qtvBHtg

After I finished my part, my team members put all the animations together and added the sound effects. The following is the final animation result.

Final Group Animation Yutube link： https://youtu.be/uA49KzDljUQ

Final Group Animation

Final Group & Individual Part Animation Infographics Video in Google Drive ：

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vWT_v6GTW88PPDNn_OqrjHVByKxotGgI?usp=drive_link

This is our team's engineering file.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TCMV8_7W6MhgOUYHtmfVkSu8ggfQ0S4N/view?usp=drive_link

Final Group Animation 2：

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sjCCvCthI9t3sCGAhgJxhLFCPS1t5UIq?usp=drive_link

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Reflection

In the process of our team working together to complete the animation of mineral water journey, I gained a lot of valuable experience and sentiment.

First of all, teamwork is the key to achieving goals. Everyone brought their own expertise to bear, and through effective communication and collaboration, we managed to bring our respective ideas and creativity together to present a lively and interesting animation work.

Second, every member of the team plays a role, and everyone can bring insights and contributions.

In the process of making animation, we encountered challenges and difficulties, we overcame them, and finally accomplished our goal. This process not only enhanced our skills, but also strengthened our team spirit.