Below is the results from an After Effects I attended. As I intend to use After Effects heavily, these sessions will further my knowledge of this software and aid the editing process.
This session covered animation and key frames, using shape and text layers to create various moving parts in a title sequence. Using the transform tool I manipulated: opacity, rotation, scale, anchor point, position, skew, and blur to create varying effects. In order to create smoother transitions between these effects I used Easy Ease on some of the key frames, which removes any jitter in the movement between each key frame.
Anchor Point & Rotation: The yellow star has been manipulated using both the anchor point and rotation transformation tools, with the anchor point the location which the star rotates around. By selecting the start and ending point with two key frames, this caused the star to rotate once around the anchor point.
Scale: Using 3 key frames for the large circle, I used the scale tool to grow and shrink the shape. Setting the shape from 0% (invisible), grow to 140% (larger than normal size), then down to 100%, causing the shape to grow to larger than normal and shrink back to normal size.
Transparency: On the smaller circle, I used two key frames at the beginning and the end of the clip to make the shape appear from nothing. In order to achieve this, the value of the first key frame was 0%, and the second key frame's value was set at 100%.
Position: Used on the "Title Text" text layer, here the position transformation moved the text layer from out of the frame to the centre of the frame, using two key frames and motion blur to smooth this transition. This transition can be created through placing the object in the start position before moving it to it's final position, and the software blocks in this movement automatically.
Detailed, thoroughly explained, relevant, creative, informative research and planning work. There is so much evidence of refinement and progression, all which are linked to what you want to produce for the music video with out loosing sight of the intended target audience.
ReplyDeleteGood use of media theory which is applied to your own work. Excellent Hayley. You are definitly working to Level 4.