Motion Graphics & Compositing - Exercises
25/04/2024 - xx/xx/2024 // (Week 1 - Week x)
Denise Anjali // 0342430
Motion Graphics & Compositing // Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Exercises
LECTURES
Week 1: MIB briefing + Intro to module
A quick introduction of the projects in the upcoming semester were given. This module involves a lot of typography.
Have a constructive workflow - synchronize your workflow and construct how your brain works. Important to understand the assignment by understanding what it is asking. Construct a strategic plan for the task and fill in the blank. Use empty folders to structure your progress. Get ideas and inspiration before setting a perimeter for the task. Learn to observe and learn to apply the observations.
Week 2: What is motion graphics?
Animation with text as a major element, essentially animated graphic design. A way to communicate with the viewer, passing on a message using music and effective copy. Motion graphics is made by creating the composition first, with the separate animations in various layers to later be animated and come together. Use the various software necessary to create the visuals and the composite the final animation in After Effects. Motion graphics can be used as a storytelling tool, such as to aid in a voiceover of a story.
INSTRUCTIONS
Exercise 1 - Deconstructing digital images and the rendering process
This exercise makes us utilise a given set of images to create 3 digital collage compositions in Photoshop and animate one of the compositions in After Effects as an introduction to motion graphics and compositing.
Image 1.1: Digital collage elements
From these images, I created the following three digital collages. Some are based on a similar assignment we had in a previous module. I realised I really like using sharks and plants in compositions given their rather contrasting colours and shapes.
Image 1.2: 1st digital collage
Image 1.2: 1st digital collage
Image 1.3: 2nd digital collage
Image 1.4: 3rd digital collage
Image 1.4: 3rd digital collage
I chose to animate the 3rd digital collage. Figuring out how to correctly import the PSD file into After Effects was a trial of its own for some reason but I managed to figure it out. From the beginning, I knew I would want to animate the shark's movement. Playing around with the basic transform tools and keyframes, that was the first thing I animated.
Image 1.5: After Effects process
Using a similar process, I animated the paper plane and its passengers, the changing sky to show the passing of time, and the growth of the plants behind the mountain to synch with the sky and shark. Based on these elements, I found music that fit a morning mood and underwater sound effects to match with the animation.
Final animated digital collage
Image 1.5: After Effects process
Using a similar process, I animated the paper plane and its passengers, the changing sky to show the passing of time, and the growth of the plants behind the mountain to synch with the sky and shark. Based on these elements, I found music that fit a morning mood and underwater sound effects to match with the animation.
Final animated digital collage
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