University College Dublin:
Research impact toolkit
Research impact toolkit
ABOUT
Five animated explainer films for the UCD Impact Toolkit website.
Five animated explainer films for the UCD Impact Toolkit website.
AIM
To introduce the overall concept of the Research Impact Toolkit, which provides researchers with resources and tools to help plan for impact, engage with stakeholders, capture evidence, and communicate the impact of their research.
To introduce the overall concept of the Research Impact Toolkit, which provides researchers with resources and tools to help plan for impact, engage with stakeholders, capture evidence, and communicate the impact of their research.
USES
UCD's Research Impact Toolkit website
UCD's Research Impact Toolkit website
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Introduction (90-second film)
Scripting by David Bennett
Storyboarding, illustration and animation by Suzanne Lawrence
Character illustrations by Fran Morton
Scripting by David Bennett
Storyboarding, illustration and animation by Suzanne Lawrence
Character illustrations by Fran Morton
Main Toolkit Sections: Plan, Engage, Capture & Communicate (4x 30-second films)
Scripting by David Bennett
Storyboarding and illustration by Suzanne Lawrence
Character illustrations by Fran Morton
Animation for Plan, Capture & Engage by Sarah Verrall
Animation for Communicate by Suzanne Lawrence
Voiceover provided by VSI London
Scripting by David Bennett
Storyboarding and illustration by Suzanne Lawrence
Character illustrations by Fran Morton
Animation for Plan, Capture & Engage by Sarah Verrall
Animation for Communicate by Suzanne Lawrence
Voiceover provided by VSI London
STORYBOARDING
Storyboarding was done in the style of a map - guiding the viewer around the big picture image.
The illustration as a whole is revealed only as the final frame of the film, leaving the viewer with an illustrated guide to remind them of the film's content.
There was an introduction film previously used to explain the Impact Toolkit created in 2020, which was the outline for the introduction film - this was previously designed by Sarah Verrall for We Are Cognitive, and many elements of the previous introduction film are retained in this film (such as the icons in the first scene (5"), and the 'other factors' (50").
ILLUSTRATION
Character illustrations were completed by my former colleague and talented illustrator Fran Morton.
Her characters were integrated by myself into the backgrounds I created for them to inhabit.
Her characters were integrated by myself into the backgrounds I created for them to inhabit.
ANIMATION
The introduction film was animated by myself, as was the Communicate film (such as this rubiks cube, which took forever, ngl). The Plan, Engage and Communicate films were animated by Sarah Verrall, and her opening toolkit and banner elements were used in all four films
