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 and mobile framing.

Background

• http://​tv​.adobe​.com/​w​a​t​c​h​/​l​e​a​r​n​-​a​f​t​e​r​-​e​f​f​e​c​t​s​-​c​s​5​/​u​s​i​n​g​-​c​a​m​e​r​a​-​t​o​o​l​s​-​a​n​d​-​c​h​a​n​g​i​n​g​-​c​a​m​e​r​a​-​s​e​t​t​i​n​g​s​/​r​us/
• http://​greyscale​go​rilla​.com/​b​l​o​g​/​t​u​t​o​r​i​a​l​s​/​i​n​t​r​o​-​t​o​-​a​f​t​e​r​-​e​f​f​e​c​t​s​-​3​d​-​l​a​y​e​r​s​-​a​n​d​-​c​a​m​e​r​as/
• http://​vimeo​.com/​1​0​9​7​8​010
• http://​www​.dig​i​tal​sand​wich​.net/​p​o​r​t​f​o​l​i​o​/​a​e​-​b​a​c​k​g​r​o​u​n​d​-​r​e​n​d​e​r​i​ng/
• http://​www​.medi​a​col​lege​.com/​v​i​d​e​o​/​s​h​o​ts/
• http://​helpx​.adobe​.com/​m​e​d​i​a​-​e​n​c​o​d​e​r​/​t​o​p​i​c​s​.​h​tml

Exercise:

Using After Effects cre­ate a main, ten (10) sec­ond ani­ma­tion of a sta­tic shape or let­ter. Next, cre­ate (5) ten (10) sec­ond com­po­si­tions. Incor­po­rate a cam­era into each new comp. Adjust the cam­er­a’s posi­tion and set­tings in each to show a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive of the orig­i­nal, sta­tic shape or let­ter­form. Next, ani­mate the cam­era in each comp to cre­ate a dif­fer­ent type of mobile fram­ing (tilt, zoom, pan, etc).

Finally, nest these new “cam­era” ani­ma­tions into a final ten (10) 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 cam­era movements:

• Dolly
• Pan
• Tilt
• Zoom
• Other Cam­era Movement
• http://​www​.medi​a​col​lege​.com/​v​i​d​e​o​/​s​h​o​t​s​/​m​o​v​e​m​e​n​t​.​h​tml
• http://​www​.video​maker​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​1​4​2​2​1​-​c​a​m​e​r​a​-​m​o​v​e​m​e​n​t​-​t​e​c​h​n​i​q​u​e​s​-​t​i​l​t​-​p​a​n​-​z​o​o​m​-​p​e​d​e​s​t​a​l​-​d​o​l​l​y​-​a​n​d​-​t​r​uck

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