Font considerations

The use of fonts in this is something like the use of fonts i want to include in my idents.
The constantly changing and diverse typefaces clash but suit the style and words in the song.
Also the flicking screen changes are cool , i like how it chops sharply to the next typeface.

2011 TOP STORIES ACCORDING TO THE GUARDIAN

AN ENGLISH AUDIENCE......

The collective top 10 stories cover the big events of the Japanese earthquake, the Arab spring and the English riots, as well as four deaths and a wedding.

Here are the top 10 stories as chosen by you:

1. A series of massive earthquakes hit north-east Japan, unleashing a 10-metre tsunami

2. US forces kill the al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, in a raid on a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan

3. The Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, quits and the army pledges to oversee a transition to democracy

4. President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali flees Tunisia, sparking copycat protests that become the Arab spring

5. Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed by rebels in the wake of a Nato air strike

6. Prince William marries Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey

7. The English riots hit their peak in London and spread to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool

8. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies, aged 56

9. The English riots begin on the back of a peaceful protest over the police shooting of Mark Duggan in London

10. The death is announced of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, one of the most condemned leaders of recent history

The news year was in fact so big that some events that would probably have made the cut in a "normal" year, didn't reach the top 10 – the crisis in Greece, the occupy protests, the Murdochs' appearance before a hearing on phone hacking, to name just a few

IDENTS TOP TEN

This ident interested me , its promotion for a note book called Scribe.

Everything in the clip is paper and scribbles , i kind of want to include and element of this style in my top ten ident, maybe sketchy line drawings on lined paper , with a layered effect over text and images could look interesting. 

MOTION GRAPHICS

A plexus  is a tangled network structure in biology. The plug-in creates something similar in 2D or 3D in After Effects. Plexus works with AE lights and paths with custom and shaded sprites like below... cool!

MOTION GRAPHICS

A cool bit of motion tracking by NEMO.

Love the sound and atmosphere created by the film shot!

Although these prices of motion are unachievable in the time and soft wear i have ,

I would love to use this as inspiration for my moving sequence in after effects. 

Another piece on inspiration by Kannelmaki

A scary and morbid and dramatic piece of motion 

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

THE ROYAL WEDDING!!

In april buckingham palace has thousand of guest , all invited to the wedding of the queens grandson Prince William and Catherine Middleton , a university friends of williams. The dresses and hats were breathtaking , a royal moment!!

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

TSUNAMI ONCE AGAIN

North easy Japan was devastated by a tsunami in march.
Waved as high as building ploughed through japan destroying everything in their path!
the waves triggered a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0!
The earthquake reached six miles into the country destroying 114,000 homes and killing more than 1500 people!!! Over 4,00 people are still missing today.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

POLKA DOTS

A year of unforgiving fashion emerged in 2011. The young generation was wearing jumpsuits and dungarees again , high socks and smock skirts were back in fashion , and girls were wearing knickers as shorts and bralets and tops!
But it was the spots that became the hight of fashion once again in the autumn.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

QR CODES 


black and white pixellates squares also known as Quick Response codes appeared on everything , from christ packets to business cars and even walls of buildings. THE FUTURE! When this code is scanned by an electrical device such an phone , iPod or  computer you will instantly download an app of the product  that you are scanning from. 

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

HAPPY POTTERS FINAL FILM.

The deathly hallows was the final film of the potter sagas and his fans camped for three nights in London's Leicester square in rant July to witness the end of an era , the premier of the last film.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

AMY WINEHOUSE

The death of one of Britain's most talented musicians, Amy Winehouse house at the end of the year.
There was a lot of conspiracies about her death but in the end it was stated that it was alcohol poisoning that caused the death.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

9/11

This year was the 10th anniversary of the infamous September 11 attacks.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

GREECE'S MELTDOWN

Fears of an imminent total collapse of the crumbling euro mount in Greece , a second bail out and credit ratings from Italy to spain , France and Belgium were downgraded.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

ATLANTIS SPACE SHUTTLE

This year was the final countdown for the space shuttle , launched by NASA in July , with over a million spectators on the Florida coast. The £120 billion space ship has been on three decades of missions. Nasa will now be dependant on Russian spacecrafts to reach orbit.  

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

KIM JONG IL

The death of the powerful Korean leader since 1994 , dies of fatigue on a train journey in December.
His country have weaped on the streets ever since.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

STEIVE JOBS

The death of the famous 56year old co-founder of Apple. His work transformed our cultural , social and working lives with one brand.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

HUNGER

The worst brought for 60 years in east africa was cause by  a hunger crisis on a vast scale , with 12 million people at risk of starvation.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

FROZEN PLANET A TV MASTERPIECE!

The AMAZING documentary by the equally amazing Sir David Attenborough.
It was impossible not to be addicted every week to the breathtaking scenes , animals and habitats.
By far my favourite programme on the BBC yet!! - Winter 2011

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

EUROMILLIONS

An Ayrshire couple Colin and Chris became Europe's biggest ever lottery winners , scooping the entire jackpot of £161million after several rollovers in July.

They are now 430th on Britain's rich list , just behind the Beckhams!!!

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

DALE FARM GYPSIES

a plot of green belt land in Essex which become the most contested six acres in britain of Traveller families. In october in 2011 the families were forced off the land which had been their home for ten years by riot police.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

THE DUKAN DIET 

The latest holy grail of weight loss this year , inspired by the Atkins, the four stage eating plan which includes meat , nuts , eggs and oat bran. The diet has said to work , but it has its downfalls , post weight gain , constipation and bad breath , niceee. 

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

CHARLIE SHEEN
A multimedia meltdown of the famous American actor who lost the custody of his sons , being fired from the programme which made him famous , 'two and a half men' in march.
Through a rant of tweets , videos and launches of his own on blogs he shocked the public by humiliating himself and sharing his breakdown with his fans.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

BIN LADEN WAS SHOT DEAD

shot by US navy Seals in a compound in pakistan in may.
Mission followed by Obama and his national security team via a camera mounted on one of the Seals helmets.
A significant achievement to 2011. His death was celebrated in the streets of Washington and New york.

2011 IN EVENTS , DISASTERS AND DEATHS.

ANARCHY - The riots in london spread throughout england in august, it all started off in tottenham when a peaceful protest turned into rioting , looting and arson after a 29year old man 'mark duggan' was shop by a police officer during his arrest.

Day one of the riots....

They get worse....

Courts worked through the night to bring justice to the 1,000-plus people arrested for their involvement.  The Government urged judges to award the toughest sentences. 

Top 10 Most Ridiculous Deaths of 2011

Exotic Animal Owner Found Dead, Chained to Bed

Sam Mazzola made headlines this year when, after his death, his personal zoo of exotic animals (including, but not limited to, 1 lion, and 4 tigers and 4 bears... must...resist...urge...) broke free and terrorized the good people of Ohio. Seeing the animals put down by local police caused activist and internet outrage, as well as provided us with some of the saddest pictures of the year. The animals were just actually out exploring, but literal lions, tigers and bears roaming through streets would cause the kind of panic and potential death that you could usually only find in the fun-filled action-packed 1995 thrillride Jumanji.

Aside from all that... What's more interesting than a man who keeps a pack of 20 wolves for pets? A man who keeps a pack of 20 wolves for pets, and then dies of autoerotic asphyxiation. Mazzola was found chained, face down in his bedroom with a mask on and an object in his mouth. Sadly, the object got lodged down his throat and obstructed his ability to breathe, leading to his demise. No one was with him, so it is unknown if he had a partner participating in these antics, or if it was all his own. Locks, keys and other bondage-related objects were also found about him.

Motorcyclist Dies Due to Head Trauma in Anti-Helmet Law Ride

Winning the most ironic death of the year is Philip A. Contos, a 55-year-old who had been an active motorcyclist for over 30 years.

Every year since 2000, American Bikers Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) hold their 30 mile ride from Syracuse to Lake Como in New York, to raise awareness against helmet safety laws in America. Although the group supports helmet wearing, they believe it should be every rider's decision, ultimately, and not a matter of the state. This year, Philip A. Contos joined the ride, riding a 1983 Harley Davidson without a helmet.As the group made it through Onondaga, Contos lost control of the bike, causing it to fishtail and him to go over the handlebars. Contos suffered a blow to the head, which killed him instantly. None of the other riders were involved in the accident, and investigators strongly believe that if he had worn a helmet, he'd still be alive.

Woman Dies of Allergic Reaction to Having Sex with a Dog

One day, a woman decided to join a beastiality chatroom, like ya do, and in doing so met a German man with a German Shepherd dog, who were both very enthusiastic about having sex with the 43 year-old mother of three. 

So, you know, if you're looking to join a beastiality community, that's what you want. Mission accomplished. After they met up the faithful, obedient, enthusiastic dog ejaculated in her, like people do during apparently all kinds of sex. This particular part of the act, though, didn't sit too well with the lady's immune system because as it turns out, she was allergic to the dog semen. Who knew? It's not like they test for that. Kind of a crappy way to find out you're allergic to dog semen, though. That's like going on a Cheese-of-the-Month weekend retreat with a group of friends and then finding out you're lactose intolerant. Anyway, the semen killed her after she went into anaphylactic shock. And that's all there really is to say about that story.

Man Dies While Trying to Sexually Assault an Elderly Woman

Much like most normal people do on a Thursday, Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez rode two miles on his bicycle to get to the house of a 77 year-old woman he was planning to rape. He got there, and while he was raping this woman, he said "I don't feel very well", and then dropped dead, mid-rape. While this is never a laughing matter, and is a horrible, horrible occurrence (the rape part), this story is kind of funny, or at the very least incredibly absurd, for a few reasons. 1. The man rode his bike. Who the hell rides a bike to a crime? Who the hell rides a bike to a rape? Don't you assume that you're going to be making a fast getaway? Even if you're gonna kill her, at least have the common sense to know you're probably not going to take the "pretty, scenic route" back home. "I think I'll enjoy a nice ride back from my rape. I will have earned it." You're not going to be riding back home, then all of a sudden hit an unexpected, yet pleasant downhill and take your feet off the pedals and just enjoy life on your way back from a rape. I mean, at least take public transportation.2. He tried to do it at knifepoint. KNIFEPOINT. if you're going to commit such a hateful act, at least have the common decency to use a car and a gun.3. His last words were "I'm not feeling well". I'M NOT FEELING WELL. That's probably the most polite, proper way to alert someone of your state of well-being, if you're about to die. I don't imagine this guy is terribly intelligent, successful or even well-read. But the concept of him being this polite while committing pretty much one of the worst things you can ever do is just absurd. What did he expect, her to turn around and say "Oh, that's too bad, would you like some tea? Maybe a hot, damp towel?" This just sits weird with me.This whole story is absolutely insane. And definitely a deserved, yet interesting and overall pretty intense way to go for this sexually-predatory jerk.

Man Dies After Swallowing Brother's Butt Crack

South Carolinian brothers Deangelo, 23, and Wayne Mitchell, 20, were both taken into police custody after allegations of drug possession. Deangelo, who had hidden one ounce of cocaine up his rectum, convinced his brother to swallow the drugs and hide the evidence.

The video in the squad car shows Deangelo urging his brother to eat it. "You ain't got no strike; I can get you out. I can't afford another strike." After seemingly handing off the cocaine, he adds a few more encouraging words, "You the only one that don't have no strikes. You my li'l brother, I'm gonna get life."Wayne died an hour after in the squad car on the way to the hospital, where doctors were unable to revive him. Once the lab results returned proving it was the toxicity levels of cocaine that killed him, Deangelo was charged with involuntary manslaughterIn the future, everyone must remember to say no to ass crack.

Someone Actually Died While Planking in 2011

Planking is a photo meme that caught on this year, after an Australian rugby player performed the move during a game. It is essentially, lying down in a public place as if you were a board--arms at your side, legs together and face down in the earth--and getting a picture taken of you doing it. The picture, of course, being the most important part in the age of "pics or it didn't happen."

The activity is as safe or as dangerous as you want it to be and 20-year-old Acton Beale wanted to go a little more extreme by planking on top of a 7-story building in Brisbane, Australia. Since he's on this list, you can guess how it turned out for him. While attempting to plank on the balcony, Acton lost his footing and plummeted to his demise, landing on the ground below while doing something that, as explained to an alien race, would be inexcusably stupid.

Woman is Set on Fire in an Elevator

In what must have been either a mistaken-identity incident or the assassination of the most violent, horrible and dangerous elderly woman (formerly) alive, 64-year-old Doris Gillespie had just returned home from grocery shopping and stepping out of the elevator onto her floor of the apartment building when a man wearing a black jacket and surgical gloves accosted her in the strangest, most brutal way. The man sprayed her face and body with an accelerent before setting her aflame and tossing a Molotov cocktail into the elevator with her.Neighbors shortly thereafter reported a fire, but did not know Doris was burning to death in the elevator.The man was never caught.

Man Dies Exterminating 60,000 Bees

60,000 bees.The House had been in the family for 90 years, spanning four generations and entering into a fifth. Rufus Mason built the two-story Florida home back in 1920, when most of the area was still swampland. Over the course of time, the home began to deteriorate. But that didn't stop Rufus's great-grandson Donald, 49, from at least attempting to keep up with it and raising his family in the home he grew up in, patching it up as he could... until November of 2011 when he encountered a swarm of bees nesting in his home.But this was no ordinary swarm. While attempting to clear them out with fogspray, he took a fall and hit his head, rendering him unconscious. His daughter found him later that evening, covered head-to-toe in bees. When the police arrived, they claimed the walls "seemed alive with the sound of buzzing". Paramedics were unable to move the body until bee control experts came in and removed the insects. Sixty-thousand bees were estimated to have resided in the home.

Woman Found Dead in Cubicle, a Day Later

There has to be an appropriate Dilbert comic for this.

When Rebecca Wells, an auditor for the Department of Internal Services, was found dead at her cubicle in an office building at 9150 Imperial Highway in Downey, it wasn't because her co-workers noticed her and immediately called the paramedics. She had been dead for over 24 hours when her body was found, dead and hunched over at her desk.She normally worked in East Los Angeles, but was conducting an audit in the Downey area. Her body went unnoticed for a day; she was working on the second floor of the office building in a row of cubicles and she was found by a security guard on Saturday, February 12, last seen alive the previous day at 5 PM after a staff meeting. Investigators have not yet pinpointed the cause of death, but no foul play is suspected; except for the whole ignoring a dead coworker thing.

Train-Jumping Couple Buried Alive by Coal

Christopher Artez and Medeana Hendershot had a history of train jumping and traveling the country without much planning. Over the course of several months they spent time in Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and were en route to Florida for the winter when they met their eventual end.

The train stopped at a power plant in Florida when a railcar dropped its cargo of coal into the waiting car. It is unknown if Artez and Hendershot were in the waiting car and crushed under the coal or if they were in the rail car and dropped with the coal into the waiting car. What is known is that Hendershot died from the blunt trauma of the coal while Artez died of asphyxiation -- buried alive with his life partner.Although he died buried under a bunch of hard black coal taken out of the earth, Christopher's mother said "If he had to die so young, at least he died at a moment where he was on top of the world..."

Natural Disasters 2011--A Recap of the 12 months of 2011!

A Recap of the disasters which occurred in 2011:

• Earthquake magnitude 6.9 Argentina-January 1

• Earthquake magnitude 5.2 - Southern XinJiang, China-January 1

• Earthquake 7.1 magnitude Chile-January 2

• More Than 1,000 Dead Birds Fall From Sky in Arkansas-January 2

• Dead fish cover 20-mile section of Arkansas River-January 2

• Uganda yellow fever outbreak kills more than 40-January 3

• Earthquake Near Japan Triggers Tsunami Warning-January 3

• Powerful earthquake hits south-east Iran-January 3

• Earthquake 7.0 magnitude hits northern Argentina-January 3

• Hundreds of dead blackbirds found in Louisiana-January 3

• 10,000s of Birds found dead in Manitoba-January 3

• Thousands of Birds fall from the sky in South America-January 3

• Major Flood in Rockhampto,Australia-January 3

• Dead Birds Found In Kentucky-January 4

• 100 tons of dead fish wash up on Brazil's shores-January 4

• Hundreds of dead birds found in East Texas-January 5

• Dead birds in Sweden, millions of dead fish in Maryland, Brazil and New Zealand-January 5

• Shift of Earth's magnetic north pole affects Tampa airport-January 5

• 40,000 crabs found dead on England beaches-January 6

• Heavy floods leave at least 35 dead in Brazil-January 6

• Earthquake 4.5 magnitude in California-January 12

• Huge Waves Destroy Homes in E. Indonesia-January 12

• Thousands of marine animals found dead  in MATO GROSSO DO SUL/AMAZON Region-Febuary 4

• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake- SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND-Febuary 21

• Thousands of dead fish have washed up at Sebastian Inlet State Park Florida-Febuary

  
  
• Millions of small fish including anchovies, sardines and mackerel were found dead at King Harbour area at Redondo Beach, California-March

• Magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami devastating Japan-March 11

• 40ft section of California Highway falls into Pacific Ocean-March 16
  
  

• Magnitude 3.5 earthquake - OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-March 17

• Magnitude 6.5 earthquake- Vanuatu- March 17

• Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes northeastern Burma-March 23

• Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits Myanmar, Thailand-March 23

• Magnitude 6.4 earthquake off the coast of Japan-March 25

• Thousands of dead fish wash up in Florida-March 25

• Hundreds of dead fish found in Midland,Texas-March 26

• Hundreds of dead fish and frogs in Marquette Lagoon-April 1

• Magnitude 5.4 earthquake in South Sandwich Islands Region-April 1

• Magnitude 6.4 earthquake Fiji-April 3

• Magnitude 6.7 earthquake in South of Java,Indonesia-April 3

• Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Veracruz,Mexico-April 7

• Dead birds fall into Kansas yard-April 8

• Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits shore of Japan-April 7

• Dead fish found in Cedar Creek, Texas-April 10

• Magnitude 6.5 and 6.2 earthquakes hit eastern Japan-April 11

• Dead fish float up in 36 lakes in the state of Connecticut-April 

• Deadly Tornadoes hit N. Carolina and Virginia, at least 47 dead-April 16

• Thousands of dead fish are hauled away in Lakeside,NY-April 27

• A massive thunderstorm front spawned 137 tornadoes, killed at least 180 people, and mangled sections of Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Huntsville, Alabama-April

   
• Dead fish wash up in San Tan Heights pond-May

• Deadly Tornado hits Albany, New Zealand, at least 1 death-May 3

• Major Mississippi flooding, destroys many homes-May

• Dead fish found in Valsad district of south Gujarat-May 3,4

• 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea, Tsunami warning-May 15

• Iceland's Grimsvotn Volcano erupts,followed by small earthquakes-May 21

• Deadly Tornadoes hit Minneapolis and Missouri-May 22

• Deadly Tornadoes hits Oklahoma City-May 24

• Chedeng exits Philippines, leaves 3 dead-May 28

• 800 tons of dead fish float ashore in Philippine fish farms-May 29

• At least 10,000 metric tons of fish dead in Bolinao and Anda waters in Pangasinan-May 31

• Deadly tornado hits Springfield, Massachusetts-June 1

• Dead fish found in Ogeechee River-June 3

• Dead fish wash up in Bulacan and Ilocos Sur-June 4

• Volcano erupts in Chile for the first time in 50 years-June 6

• Massive wildfires in Arizona,claimed more than 30 homes-June 8

• 6.0, 5.5 and 4.4 Magnitude Earthquakes hit Christchurch,NZ-June 11,12

• Hundreds of dead fish float up in Delco Lake,Creek-June 15

• Buildings,trees and mountains miraculously appear in a China lake (no explanation)-June 17

• 40 Tornadoes rip through Nebraska,Kansas-June 21

• 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits Fox Islands,Aleutian Islands,Alaska-June 24

• Massive dust storm hits Pheonix-July 5 

• 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits New Zealand-July 7

• 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake hits northeastern Japan-July 9

• 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits Philippines-July 11

• Hundreds of fish found dead in lake in Kuantan-August 9

• A ton of dead fish found in River Segura-August 9

• Large number of fish found dead in Central China River-August 12

• 5.3 earthquake hits Colorado-August 22

• 5.9 earthquake hits Virgina, jolts NY and Carolinas-August 23

• Hurricane Irene hits SC,NC,VA-August 26,27

• Deadly Typhoon hits Taiwan and China-August 29

• 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits Alaska-September 2

• 6.7 Magnitude Earthquake hits Argentina-September 2

• 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake hits Vanuatu-September 3

• 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake hits Northern Sumatra, Indonesia-September 5

• 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake hits Vancouver-September 9

• Floods in Pennsylvania-September 10

• Texas Fire destroys 1,554 homes, 17 people missing-September 11

• Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake hits Northeastern India-September 18

• Tornado hits Siloam Springs, AR-September 18

• Deadly Typhoon hits Philippines-September 27

• Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake hits Aisen, Chile-October 7

• Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake hits Death Valley-October 7

• Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea-October 14

• Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake hits Amurskaya Oblast, Russia-October 14

• Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits Simeulue, Indonesia-October 16

• Heavy rains kill at least 84 in Central America-October 18

• Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake hits north of Tristan da Cuhna-October 19

• Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake hits Palau Region-October 23

• Magnitude 5.1, 5.6, 6.0, 4.9, 7.2 Earthquake's hit Eastern Turkey (what a hit they took!)-October 23

• Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake hits Fiji Region-October 27

• Massive Flood hits Bangkok-October 27

• Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake hits Peru-October 28

• Tornadoes spawned from severe storms touch down in Oklahoma (after a 3.8 magnitude earthquake the same week)-November 8

• Africa's most active Volcano Erupts-November 9

• Deadly Tycoon hits the Philippines-650+ killed-December 18

• Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake in Siberia, Russia-December 27