For my motion graphic, I tried to recreate a teaserette for one of my most favourite television shows, Man vs. Wild.
This show is about a man who goes out into the most dangerous environments this earth has to offer and shows you how to survive. The intensity that this show possesses is something I tried to recreate, whether I succeeded or not, is still up for debate. My assignment is not flashy, and there aren't many complicated functions when it comes to after effects, but what I lacked in flash I tried to make for with INTENSITY. I also had to recreate the music from the show. I did not have access to an amazing orchestra unfortunately, which is a must for heart pounding intensity, but sadly all I had was my keyboard at home set to orchestra. For me, the music evokes feelings of courage and bravery and makes you want to run through fire, jump off a cliff, and eat a scorpion. The host of the show, Bear Grylls actually does this stuff in the show. I do my best to follow in his footsteps, but there aren't many scorpions around so I usually find equivalents from my life.
As far as actually creating the piece, After Effects was less than cooperative. There were moments where I felt like quitting and just not bothering at all. I'd try an effect out, to see if it would yield even greater results, and I would immediately regret doing so. Suddenly everything would change and then the undo wouldn't work and I would have to start different processes all over again. As I've stated before, After Effects is a beast to be tamed, and I can say most definitely that I do not want to be it's ring master. Photoshop was cool, the images stayed and for the most part were easy to get along with, but After Effects just said: "Hey dumbass, you're going to hate this, and I'm going to laugh...cool beans."
All in all, I believe that this has been quite a learning curb in my digital media experience. Also, after watching the great work done by my classmates, I feel encouraged to keep creating digital "masterpieces", and maybe even one day, becoming well versed in After Effects...but I dream. If After Effects had the same sort of interface that Tony Stark's Iron Man suit, I think I would enjoy it a bit more but, until that happens, I'm just going to have to push through.
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