Hi my name is Nicholas Ramos and I work for the government 😎

Ok I'm not a secret agent, sorry to disappoint. But I helped to create a marketing campaign for The City of Weston, to help them promote the 2020 Census.

So with the help of some friends, we did some research and found some interesting ideas for what to include in our campaign. I was more of the creative mind for my group, which consisted of Reem, Rhea, and me, Red! So what I was to do was create the videos and most of the graphic ideas for our group. I looked up the Census logo, and boy was i pleasantly surprised...

at how boring it was. Ok maybe I'm stepping out of line when I'm saying that, but to me, if we want to get the people of our town excited about Census, we need to make it seem fun. So, I went into Photoshop, and after researching some articles Stoklosa had given us, I had found a perfect idea. As for logos, one new trend is gradients. I wanted a bulky font so I looked through and found one i enjoyed and created this masterpiece...

Then I decided to go for a different approach as to what I wanted for one of the videos. I wanted animation (A rising trend in 2020!). So after creating many images in photoshop, I opened up good old After Effects and did what animators do best... I animated.

Click here to have your mind blown

Then as for my final video, I wanted to explore my inner cinematographer. So I created a cinematic highlight reel of the best parts of Weston.

Click here to cry from this beautiful piece

I was very happy with my video creations and I thought they had a very nice flair to them. I think fleshing out my graphic design ideas now will help for the future and a big help for my upcoming short film (Title TBA) will also be the cinematic video. I loved looking for those weird and quirky shots. Feel free to give me some feedback. As for now that'll be all. Have a great day!