Monday, 4 March 2013

After Effects Tutorial

Adobe After Effects software lets you create a cinematic visual effect with motion. After Effects has built-in text and shape extrusion, new mask feathering options, and the fast, and a 3D camera tacker. After Effects is a complex programme which is very interacact piece of software which is used by professionals in the media industry, to create effects for footage and text.

Adobe After Effects was used to create the film title, 'Queens Down Warren' and trails of production companies in case we created our own company instead of using a well known one.

This was the youtube viedo which helped us as a group understand how to work the Affect Effects programme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rh5wmtEBrY
 
 
 
The movement of the text helps to portray a sense of pace which is fast within the trailer. This helps to show the audience that events are occurring quickly and change is rapidly happening within the film. However the text movement was not chosen due to the texts not being central as well as the lack design making it hard to identify the genre from the text used. The reason why the Queens Down Warren title motion was not chosen was due to the fact it does not stand out from the other captions used.
 
 
This effect was created as a trail for our production company: Cameo. The effect was to look like mud was falling leaving the craving of the word Cameo in the hard mud. The idea behind this was to keep the production company inkeeping with the film. The trailer is set in an abandoned area which was muddy and this is also shown in the characters with mud on the clothing and face. Although the production company visual would be in keeping with the film, the duration was 30 seconds which is to long for the company to be shown. However we did not want to cut the duration down becasue then the effect is lost. This resulted in the production company being discharged.
  
 
This is another Cameo Production effect which we created. The idea was to get a strong flash of red across the title to fade it out. Becasue Adobe After Effects is so complex this became increasingly hard to do. We did manage to do this however the effect given didnt make it look overly professional as there were still things which needed to be twicked.
 
 
Both of the above were trails to lead to the final title below. The effect was put in in order to show danger within the trailer.This was later discharged becasue like other trails it was hard to get the effect to look realistic. Although we as a group liked the concept we could not the effect exactly how we wanted.
 
 
This our final piece created on Adobe After Effects, and was the one we used within our trailer. The idea behind this title effect was the have the text in amonsgt the bright red. The reason is because red signifies danger and blood and it looks as though the title is being consumed by danger, because of the way in which the flashes of red close in around the title.

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