KNB123

Liz Whittaker n7197322

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POST MORTEM

For this final project I selected a very minimalist style motion graphics, inspired by many of the motion graphic work I feel is effective. My animation is meant to appear as a bouncy shape on an old TV with poor reception that moves in time with the music. I feel I achieved this for the most part, although I feel like the second half of the animation does not sync with the music as well. It appeared to during the production of the animation, however after rendering and uploaded it, it seems somewhat out of sync. If I had a chance to do it over again I would have sought more assistance from my tutor to help with this. I ran into a few difficulties with the After Effects software which I had to overcome, but feel that I still ended up with a decent finished product despite the challenges. I accepted the feedback received and changed the animation accordingly. I feel the end result is very simple, but it is a style I appreciate. If I had more time I would have had the shape do more and move around more dynamically, using the camera tool, but felt like I did not have the expertise while creating this work. 

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KNB123 Submission 2A FINAL This is my final submission where I added some more coloured wiggle layers to the animation to give the "RGB split" effect I liked in the X-Men: First Class video. I added in the tv turning off effect without too much trouble by using solid layers and masking out two ellipses shapes. I then used keyframes to scale the shapes. I decided to get rid of the shake effect because by the time I got to the part of the audio where I felt it fit, the tv turning off effect had already started so I felt it was unnecessary. Before studying this subject I had no experience with After Effects whatsoever. After completing it I feel as though I have a sound knowledge of some of its basic functions. With a lot more practice I feel that I could achieve more professional looking end result, and also the ability to work faster. I feel as though I created very little in a lot of time and that I may not have enough knowledge of some of the shortcuts one could use with the program. That being said, I am proud of what I have produced and am excited to explore the software further.

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KNB123 Submission 2A WIP

Today I showed the animation to the class and received a little bit of feedback. Their suggestions were to have the end shut off like an old TV, where the image zaps down to become a tiny dot on the screen. I think this is very achievable, and hopefully will be able to find a sound effect to match. Another suggestion was to have the shape to move around more to match the music, and maybe to have it shake during the animation the same way it does at the end.  Here are some of the effects and sound effects I used.

http://soundbible.com/tags-glitch.html

http://cinemaspice.net/product/vhs-pack/

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Since it was suggested to have the "tv turn off effect" at the end of my animation, here is the royalty free sound effect I will use.  https://www.freesound.org/people/harpoyume/sounds/86034/

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Starting to try and make the animation fit the music more. Because I am trying to avoid the issue I ran into with scrubbing the audio during my typography exercise, I had to rely heavily on the audio wave forms to figure where the beat was in the music. It is quite frustrating and a bit imprecise because there was not a lot of distinction in the wave forms, really. But after a lot of RAM previews it did sort of work out in the end.

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So far I have added the track + static + a shape that kind of “beats” in time with the music. I want this shape to move around, maybe bounce, and then introduce multiple shapes that all move in time. I want to use lines as well and have a few in there now just to see what it would look like as a third visual element. A lot of work to be done.

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I am using this free stock footage from http://recroomhq.com/downloads/2010/04/14/tv-static-freebie.html for the static in my project. https://vimeo.com/metanation

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Visit Original Link

This is the music I plan to use for my project, which is under creative commons. I found on vimeo using the music store. I have posted a few examples of the sort of style I am going for - something minimal using geometric shapes moving in time with the music. I wanted something electronic to suit the futuristic them of my project.

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INSPIRATION 10: 30 motion tests in 30 seconds

This is another example of the sort of motion test I'd like to go for. I like the way it works with the music, and the glithiness of it. This is actually very much what our end project is supposed to be.

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INSPIRATION 9: JUSTICE / DVNO / Music Video (2008)

This is a great example of motion graphics in a music video. I love the retro feel of the titles and how the creators acheived the look of old 80s and 90s titles. I think by utilizing a static layer, or possibly some kind of effect I could do the same thing in my animation.

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INSPIRATION 8: Halt and Catch Fire Main Titles I like the use of the lines in this title sequence, and the technoligical aesthetic. I would like to be able to recreate these line trails in my project.

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INSPIRATION 7: SPACE_CAMP I like the static overlay on this animation. I would like to do a similar thing for my final project.

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Graffiti.

Here was a really simple exercise we did in the tutorial using masks. I feel like it works really well for the stencilled graphics but the one that was painted on would have to be completed stroke by stroke. Otherwise it looks a bit tacky.

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Kinetic Typography 1.

Here is an example of the kinetic typography work we did. In this tutorial we learnt how to use cameras and 3D layers. This made it so much clearer how many of the kinetic typography videos I see are done. I had a lot of trouble with my "duck and cover" kinetic typography and unfortunately after effects kept crashing when trying to create the file. I think this was because I kept scrubbing to match up the words and the audio, and unfortunately I have since lost the file. I had to look up a few ways to avoid the crashing when scrubbing the audio because I plan to sync up the audio and the video in my project, however could not find much help. I resolved to avoid scrubbing the audio when possible. Luckily I can still view the wave form of the audio and judge what is happening based on that.

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INSPIRATION 6: Veig New ID.

This is a typographic motion graphic motion test that I think looks really cool. I wish I could find a making of for it because, unlike most of the other videos I found, I can't see how this is done with my limited knowledge of after effects. 

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INSPIRATION 5: THE EDITOR.

I really like these minimalist animations. Although there is not necessarily a narrative in these animations, the elements still have charm. 

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INSPIRATION 4: Pitchfork Music Festival 2014 Trailer.

More inspiration for my final project. I like the flat design of this, simple lines and shapes on a really basic background. I would like to try something like this for my project.