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Assignment 1
James Bond title sequence
Week 1- brainstorm and plan.
Week 2 - Introduction to After effects
Once i created a comp I imported this image of the James Bond logo to my scene where it would be animated.
This is the time line in after effects which allows me to create layers, and frames for the animation created. This is also where i can edit my animation and add certain effects to it.
Once the image was imported into After effects i duplicated my image in my scene and i had a play around with the transformation tools. As shown above the main tools i experimented with was the scale tool and opacity tool creating that see through effect.
Shape and sequence animation.
I added a rectangle to my scene and increased the roundness in the contents menu of the shape creating the soft edges. I then played around with the scale sightly decreasing and increasing the size of my rectangle each frame in the timeline so it can create a pop/bounce effect.
Once the square bounce animation was successful I then duplicated the square eventually creating several squares in a column each repeating the same animation.
This is the video of my shape animation
Week 3 - Mask and alphas
Once I created a comp I imported this image of the joker into this scene. For this animation I only wanted to use his face so I masked his face and cropped the alpha.
For this animation I also needed an image of a skull so i created a new comp and added it to that scene.
I then dragged my joker comp into my skull comp. I also decreased the opacity of my joker overlaying and making it the same size as the skull.
Once i finished editing the face of joker and the skull I downloaded and imported a flickering fire animation in after effects to add to my animation.
This is my timeline showing the 'skull comp.' This is the comp where all the other comps were placed.
This is the final piece of my animation fully rendered through after effects.
Assignment 1 - 10 sec video animation
I created a rectangle shape layer in after effects and change the fill colour to red ands making the stroke outline yellow. I then added a twist effect to the shape creating that fire look.
I then duplicated a few and used the timeline and layers to move and scale the fiery ball making come from different directions of the screen and in different sizes.
II then created a new comp where i would create a new effect to add to my animation. A circular shape was created and filled blue. I then used the rotation tool to make the shape rotate 360 degrees around my anchor point.
A few more circles were duplicated which did the same rotation but slightly later than the other. Once that was done i wanted to add some effects so i added the 'CC Radical fast blur' and 'Fast box blur' to my animation which could be edited in the adjustment layer. It gave it that liquid effect.
I then combined my two comps from each animation together by simply dragging it into one. Once that was done my animations played together creating a mix of fire and water.
This is the 10 second video animation
Importing sound into After effects
As shown in the image above I imported sound into after effects which.is a loud thunder sound.
This is the waveform of the thunder storm sound
The loud thunder bang at the beginning would be used at the beginning of my James bond title sequence and the actual music for it will come after.
Assignment 2 - Further preparation and final ideas.
At the beginning of my sequence I am looking to create a fiery bullet animation that will go across the screen.
These two green screen videos will be imported and used for my intro sequence.
They will then both be converted into silhouettes within after effects.
I am also looking to create and add these type of spiral effects to my animation in after effects.
Assignment 2 creation
To create the silhouette effect I used the key light effect from the effects and presets menu and added it to my green screen footage imported. I then went to effect - colour correction and curves and dragged the curve line down creating that silhouette effect.
I then changed the size of the white background into a more circular shape to give it that James Bond feel.
Anothrt action sequence was impoted in to after effects as shown.
The same method was used to create that type of silhouette effect.
To create my spiral i added in a red solid then used the venation blinds effect to crate the squares in between my red solid. Once that was done I added the polar quardinates effect along with making it react to polar which created the bendy spiral effect.
I then used the spiral effects to my background when adding adding in more silhouette green screen footage and images.
I then imported an image of a muzzle flash into after effects. I edited the image by going to effect, keying then colour range so i can only use the flash in that scene without showing the black background.
This was then added to the image of a gun to create that gun shot effect.
To create this blood rain effect I firstly created a new solid and made it red. I then edited it by going to effect - simulation and Mr mercury.
The blood rain was edited with my changing the radius in the effect controls menu to give a better and bigger effect.
This is the music for my animation getting imported into after effects. The music was from Captain America - Winter soldier