As we established in our lab this week, After Effects is Photoshop on steroids. In fact, it's Photoshop on steroids and a high protein diet. Our ability to make things move and bend the laws of the dimensions to our will is quite fascinating. Like cats with yarn. However, with all the amazing things in After Effects comes with a lot of new gadgets and toys that we have to learn how to use. After Effects is definitely more complicated than photoshop, in that it has more complicated "Operating Procedures" than photoshop. Not only do you we have the details of still images to worry about, we always have to worry about what those images (or videos) will do when we start moving them around. All those lessons are worth it though. After Effects is a great addition to our digital design arsenal.
For my motion graphics assignment I was hoping to do a title sequence of sorts for a favourite movie or t.v show of mine. I've always wanted to put my spin on things like that, to see if I can kick them up a notch in my own way. Right now I'm thinking of doing a title sequence-ette for one of my favourtie shows, Man Vs. Wild. It's an awesome survival reality show with a guy named, Bear Grylls.
There is a particular landscape near my house I think would be perfect for shooting some kind of video I could use for my assignment. I enjoy editing videos so I hope to combine that with my new found interest in After Effects. I hope to create the intensity Bear creates in his show when he jumps off a cliff or eats a wild snake, but with only five seconds this will be a challenge. Much like the challenge of surviving the heat of the sahara or the cold of the arctic.
I am also considering doing a title sequence for The Waling Dead, another amazing show.
Trying to create the horror and suspense that this show has in five seconds but if there's a will, there's a way. I don't know where I'm going to get a zombie from, but I live in Toronto... Shouldn't be too hard.
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