Goal

To explore how con­ti­nu­ity of edit­ing can cre­ate a log­i­cal inter­pre­ta­tion of space.

Objective

Con­struct and edit three ani­mated sequences of mov­ing objects from mul­ti­ple perspectives.

Background

• Work­ing with Cam­eras in After Effects https://​www​.schoolof​mo​tion​.com/​b​l​o​g​/​c​a​m​e​r​a​s​-​a​f​t​e​r​-​e​f​f​e​cts
• Work­ing with Cam­eras in After Effects https://​vimeo​.com/​3​6​1​6​6​9​156
• Overview of Adobe Media Encoder https://​helpx​.adobe​.com/​m​e​d​i​a​-​e​n​c​o​d​e​r​/​u​s​i​n​g​/​o​v​e​r​v​i​e​w​-​m​e​d​i​a​-​e​n​c​o​d​e​r​-​u​s​e​r​-​i​n​t​e​r​f​a​c​e​.​h​tml
• http://​helpx​.adobe​.com/​m​e​d​i​a​-​e​n​c​o​d​e​r​/​t​o​p​i​c​s​.​h​tml
• http://​www​.medi​a​col​lege​.com/​v​i​d​e​o​/​s​h​o​ts/
• Types of Edit­ing Tran­si­tions in Film — The Ulti­mate Guide https://​www​.stu​diobinder​.com/​b​l​o​g​/​t​y​p​e​s​-​o​f​-​e​d​i​t​i​n​g​-​t​r​a​n​s​i​t​i​o​n​s​-​i​n​-​f​i​lm/

Exercise:

Using After Effects cre­ate a main, ten (10) sec­ond ani­ma­tion of a shape or let­ter mov­ing in three dimen­sional space. Next, nest the ani­ma­tion into three (3) five (5) sec­ond ani­ma­tion. Incor­po­rate a cam­era into each new comp. Adjust the cam­er­a’s posi­tion and set­tings in each to show a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive of the orig­i­nal, main animation.

Finally, nest these three “cam­era” ani­ma­tions into a fourth, five (5) sec­ond com­po­si­tion. Vary the in and out points of each ani­ma­tion to show only a por­tion if each. Edit these shots using straight cuts to con­serve time.

Pay atten­tion to how spa­tial con­ti­nu­ity is pre­served from on screen to off screen by main­tain­ing the direc­tion that the ele­ments moves between seg­ments. Con­sider using the 180-degree rule with cam­era posi­tions and the fol­low­ing basic shot types from pre­vi­ous exercises.

• Wide Shot
• Medium
• Close Up
• Cut in or away
• Birds eye
• Cross­ing the line
• Point of View

Technical Specifications

Cre­ate the ani­ma­tions at the fol­low­ing settings:

• File Size/Export Set­tings: HDTV 1080, 29.97fps
• Ren­der Set­tings: Best and Out­put Mod­ule: H.264
• 44.1kHz, 16 bit, 2 chan­nel audio
• File name: xyz_art378_exer00_part00.mp4

• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine exer­cise score: Exer­cise Grading

Techniques

sto­ry­board, sketch­ing, shoot­ing, editing

Materials

paper, pen­cil, cam­era. edit­ing software