Banner Ads – animated gif

Animated gif banner ads have been the web standard for many years – made in photoshop. The ads are simple animations. The process often goes from drawing to photos and back to digital intermediate.

A basic 4 frame banner – uses a horizontal text hightlight animation. How would you add interactivity to this?

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A 5- frame banner ad “alien pit-stop”. How could this be more effective? What is motion arrows could help get this joke across?

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A Redbull concept storyboard. What is essential to successful execute this concept? What is the storyboarder banking on?

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What does this ad need to be more effective at such a low frame count? What is counter-intuitive about this ad?

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What visual technique is used here? How is interactivity achieved?

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Does this story model apply to the ads above? If so how do each of them incorporate it?

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