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06_HOW TO CLEAN YOUR FIGURINES
Role:
Ideation
Filming
Color Grading
Typography
Animations
Overview:
How to Clean Your Figurines is a comedic how-to tutorial aimed at amateur figure collectors, demonstrating the proper way to dust and clean collectible figurines. The objective of this 60–90 second video was to create an engaging and light-hearted guide using refreshing lighting, expressive typography, and motion graphics to support the instructional content.
Process:
The process began with outlining the cleaning steps, scripting the voiceover, and storyboarding each shot. Filming included a variety of dynamic angles, such as top-down, close-ups, and over-the-shoulder shots, to maintain viewer interest and clearly show the cleaning process. Minimal color grading was applied to preserve a clean, bright aesthetic. After sequencing the footage, expressive typography was motion-tracked into key moments, reacting to voiceover cues and sound effects. Subtle animations like arrows, sparkles, sweat drops, and blush, were layered onto the figurine to give it personality and bring humor and charm to the tutorial.
Outcomes:
A core challenge of the project was learning to use professional camera and lighting equipment to capture clean, professional shots. This hands-on experience provided valuable technical skills in cinematography, lighting setups, and color correction, all of which are essential to creating an expressive and visually refreshing guide on cleaning figurines.
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