After Effects - Title sequence

in this session today i created a title sequence which could be used for a trailer, this type of sequence is commonly used in TV shows like X Factor, Britans got Talent and many others. i started this composition from scratch. first off i created a text layer and a new camera which the lens was set to 28mm as there isn't much distance between each layer in the comp so there will be less DOF(Depth Of Field), I then key framed the Z axis of the text to -1000 so the text disappeared off of the screen i then set another keyframe 8 keyframes in and set the Z axis of the text to its normal size 0. after duplicating the layer i noticed that there was a little jitter between each layers keyframes, to fix this i right clicked on the furthest keyframe and clicked on the keyframe interpolation button which opened  another tab which displayed three buttons the top button said linear but the middle button said auto which basically means that After Effects is guessing the calculations which is not what i wanted as i typed in the exact numbers i wanted for the key-frames, this fixed the issue and I continued to duplicate the text and re-type something else until I finished on "cinemas" to polish the final edit I added motion blur to give the text realism as it flies onto the screen.

Original Client Brief for Corporate Promo

this is the client Brief for my group. This is the client before the company went under new management.

Adobe After Effects - Camera Projection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YCtb1XYczo&feature=youtu.be

This effect was created in Adobe After Effects using the camera projection technique. I had four different PNG files which where edited into different sizes. When you first import your footage into After Effects, it imports it as a 2D composition, so we had to create a virtual 3D camera in After Effects , in the camera creating options you can choose from various preferences like what lens you want on the camera, i picked the 35mm lens so it could pick up a decent amount of DOF (Depth Of Field). At the bottom of the viewing screen there is a button which should say active camera, when you click into that it opens a little tab which has options like top, bottom, left, right. i clicked on the top button which allowed me to see the composition from a birds eye view, once in this mode we could move each PNG image further back to create perspective. once all of the images were in the correct place i moved the focus point of the virtual camera to the furthest point which was the sky by clicking and dragging the middle crosshair to the back line which is the sky.

after this i key-framed the Y axis of the comp to make it look like the viewer is peeking over the wall, i also key-framed the aperture of the virtual camera so that at the start the sky is really out of focus and as the camera rises slowly the aperture returns to perfect focus.

My Groups Corporate Promo Production Schedule

Promo schedule

 

1.     Brief  – 17/01/14

 

2.     Pre- production – 24/01/14

 

-         Script

-         Shot list

-         Storyboards

-         Location report

-         Sound track

-         Lighting plan

 

3.     Shooting – 31/01/14

 

4.     Post production – 07/02/14

 

-         Editing

-         Sound

 

5.     Re-shoot (if needed) 09/02/14

 

 

6.     Show client rough copy, for Info on any changes needed – 09/02/14

 

7.     Hand in  copy on DVD and upload video to Facebook – week commencing 10/02/14

 

After Effects - Warp stabiliser

In this clip i made the footage steady and give the effect that it was shot on a tripod, the original footage was a bit shaky, I created this static feel by using the Warp Stabiliser effect in Adobe After Effects, for an easier way of finding this tool i went into the motion tracking workspace which in the tab can be seen in the four top buttons at the very top of the tab. The warp stabiliser effect is very useful for footage that may have been shot on a cheap tripod where the wind has blown it or someone may have been changing the focus ring and has shaken the camera. Warp stabiliser works a lot like 3D tracking as when you click on the button the warp stabiliser will analyse the footage and stabilise it, but unlike 3D tracking the Warp stabiliser will create a 3D camera for you. However this effect will not work as well if the footage is incredibly shaky , for instance if your running down a road with the camera the footage will be really shaky.

After Effects - Wiggler

In this clip i used the Wiggler effect in After Effects which i Key framed from the start to finish of the baseball player hitting the ball, this effect makes the footage look like the baseball player hit the camera. to make this effect I used the wiggler tool to create this effect, in the wiggler tool you can choose if want your footage smooth which would be your average hand held looking OVS shot and jagged which is your earth quake looking shot. for this clip I used the jagged mode which gave a much more exaggerated hit. once I ram previewed the clip it looked really good but the effect shakes the whole bit of footage so your left with the matte background showing, so I used another effect called motion tiles which works similarly to the clone stamp tool in Photoshop but the effect does all the work for you, after this I ticked the mirrored edges mode which made it look realistic.

Auteur Theory - Sam Raimi

Recurring trademarks:

Before Sam created one of his most well known films The Evil Dead, he was making  Three Stooges influenced shorts, which some scenes in his films you can see. for instance there are a few scenes in the Evil Dead where there is a bit of slapstick back and forth jokes between the characters. one of Raimi's early films 6 Months To Live the entire film was influenced by the Three Stooges as it featured three characters that would convey a three stooges personality/ style.

Sam Raimi also likes to use creative pov shots like in Evil Dead where the camera is flying through the trees.

In most of Sam Raimi's films there is always a male figure which dominates. For instance in the Evil Dead Ash (Bruce Campbell), Spiderman Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire)


Recurring actors:

Bruce Campbell - Sam Raimi and Bruce have been friends ever since the Evil Dead and said that he uses Bruce in most his films as he is the good looking one.

Ellen Sandweiss

Scott Spiegel