Summary

I had the idea to create fun project to help show off the Starbucks mugs I've been collecting recently. I thought since there isn't a lot of commercials floating around advertising the beautifully illustrated mugs, I decided to create one. I used the mugs that were across Canada. I ended up not having all the provinces in the end since Manitoba was difficult to find, and Atlantic Canada and Alberta where expensive to purchase online unless I went to those provinces.

Storyboard Concepts

I had a few storyboard concepts I tried to work with in the beginning. My first idea was to purchase the mugs based on the country I went to however due to the pandemic, travelling is a challenge. My next idea was to purchase the mugs and use my greenscreen and replicate popular areas of that specfic country. Another bump on the road was finding out that the United States for example didn't have a "United States of America" mugs, they were only states. I could've either ignored the United States all together or just use the States but it would've looked weird. After doing some revisions and boiling down my concepts, I decided to stick to Canada. I purchased mugs online and create a setup. While I didn't have all the mugs, I used what I had to create a simple video with bold text.

Behind the Scenes

My boyfriend was kind to help out with the video making process. I learned later on that I using a busy background was not a good idea since the mugs are already detailed with illustrations and a busy background will ruin it. In the editing process I decided to keep a simple colour palette based on the colour of the mugs. I also found out the difficult way that two of the mugs are illustrated with green accents or green is the primary colour on the mug. Since the greenscreen only had that colour and I wasn't sure where it was purchased beforehand, I tried to work with it even though it was proven to be tricky.

Still Shots

Here are some still shots of the video that is being edited. Mentioned earlier, The greenscreen was a challenge and I think next time, I will need iron out the wrinkles on the greenscreen,better lighting, and a higher quality camera in order to deliver better results in the video. What I did enjoy about the video was testing out new techniques and using some items I alreayd have in my room to make the video look good.

Video

Draft video