“Ask Me Anything” Project: Execution
If you missed it, this is the part one all about the development and iteration of my project.
Holke79. (Unknown Year). Kinetic Type. Retrieved from: http://www.holke79.com/project_kinetictype.html
So this post is all about the execution of my video… and man it was hard. I envisioned a video like Zang Tumb Tumb and how it was very type heavy filled with movements but the problem is, I have never even touched After Effects nor Premiere Pro… I actually paid for a course in Domestika called “Animation for Typographic Compositions” by a great artist Holke79, a freelance motion designer who focuses on type. I paid $21 when it was supposed to be $75 so like… who’s winning though? Anyway, I watched the introduction of it and I was like… there’s no time. So I delved into After Effects and Premiere Pro all on my own and tried my best to figure it out. So basically I bought a course and didn’t watch it, moving on... It was really challenging especially because these programs doesn’t know what “fast” means because they’re annoyingly slow to run but we managed and this is when all nighters came in.
I didn’t realise that making 4-5 words of a SENTENCE takes (no kidding) 2 hours (or more) to make depending how much graphics and effect you’re putting on it. I think that my first question took me a day to finish. SO like… yes, this project took a lot more time than any of my assignments did. And my first draft looks something like this:
This is 38 seconds... And this wasn’t even the full answer.
Anyway, when it was my turn to share for feedback in class my connection cuts off so I emailed her instead and she gave me an in-depth feedback that really helped me:
- She likes the direction I’m going so far
- It’s clear and there are some fun bits
- Including graphics are very effective
- Balanced image and text which makes the frame really solid
- Text movements are all at the same time making it feel mechanical
- Not too sure about the “LIVE” and the film grain
And I was a bit worried about the voice over so she suggested that instead of having a voice over; sounds, drumming, ambient noise and choral singing could be added in instead, of what the Futurist will sound like.
So before the next class which was the catch-up class, I really want to have a solid video to show for the one-on-one feedback and I managed to finish everything, questions & answers:
Some points she said was that:
- There are points where you can really tell the effects so it’s not as effective as the ones that includes graphics.
- Some parts were too fast.
- Some parts are out of place such as the lightning and the “Individuality” at the start.
So then I refined it and added some sound fx for the final:
The sound FX is harder to do because I found it challenging to find something that will best represent the Futurist and so I just opted for machine/mechanical sounds and hoped that it’s a bit more effective.
Overall, i’m proud that I challenged myself in this project and the final outcome was actually what I envisioned, and i’m proud of my efforts of finishing it earlier than when it’s due and yeah... hope you liked it too :)