LilyThis week I am making a show reel of my work so far this year
I like this show reel as an example:
I began and ended with the same coloured screen with my name and Uni number at the start and a moving credits including the names of the work included at the end.
I used snippets of my work and edited and moved them all so they fit better together, I also added a soundtrack to it.
I created a short 30 second self portrait video in After effects, using techniques that I love and tend to use in other sections of my work.
I made sure I added some black and white grainy photography with jagged cut out edges to add some texture and more depth.
In this week I had to create an infographic relating to health. I decided on trying to represent the data of covid cases in the UK from September 2020 – March 2021.
I created an illustrator file with everything I wanted to move separately on separate layers within illustrator. Then I imported the file into an after effects composition of 1920 x 1080 with 10 seconds and from there I changed the time length of each layer to make it work in the sequence I was wanting.
I made a pre-comp from the the word data and the transitioning circles that move in sequences so it made it easier for me to move things around them.
To show the changes in the data from the UK in the form of colours I simply layered them on top of each other and faded them in and out of each other.
I did a advert for a social media platform on a book called Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal.
It has quotes and reviews within the video and it represents themes within the book itself.
For this one I had to create a title sequence for a book I have read. The book I chose is called, Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. I want to make sure I incorporate these colours, as I especially like the sunset. I will also incorporate the boat and a few pieces from the book itself, including a quote.
A good example of a title sequence would be:
In my title sequence I used CC page turn, texture and a few other transformations in a clever way.
In this project I had to create a scene in which things were revealed in a page-turn motion. I also had to make sure I added texture.
An example of this would be the music video for MGMT, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything:
On my frames I gave them an Effect called CC page turn which can be found under Effects > Distort > CC page turn
Once CC page turn has been clicked it can be edited to how you’d like it, such as the fold position and the direction the fold comes from. To create a swift movement of the page turn you have to click the timer button next to the fold position control at the starting point you choose and then move the time indicator to where you want the movement to end and then drag the fold position bar until you complete the full page turn.
For this one I had to hand draw separate stills, to create a stop motion animation. I used procreate to draw stills of a a caterpillar moving across the screen.
A good example of stop motion drawing designs is this:
I drew each frame out each relating closely to the last one so the movement is more fluid and not too blocky. I made a composition on After Effects of 1920w x 1080h and 10 seconds long. Then I put all the frames into After Effects and positioned them in the right place to follow on, one from another. I made all of the frames 01f long to make the transitions between the frames even more fluid.
I also created a psychedelic dynamic background to make it more interesting. I made a rotoscope from the background around the shape of the caterpillar and changed the mode to exclusion to make it stand out from the background.
music video
rotoscoping
I recorded a video of me lighting a candle. Then when I put it into After Effects I used masks to trace around my movements in short intervals to create this rotoscope style. Then I made 2 new block colour layers one with a lighter colour and one with a darker shade of the same colour. Then I made it so the lighter colour was completely opaque which showed the darker colour underneath and as the video went along I proceeded to make the lighter colour less opaque and therefore the background seemed lighter. This gave the effect that as the candle was being lit the background became lighter.
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