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Evaluation
For the project ‘Fantasy Olympics’ we were asked to design a thirty second, 2D promotional advert for a fantasy Olympic sport event. To do this we used Adobe After Effects.Over the past nine weeks we learnt compositing using Adobe After Effects. I developed a lot of skills along the way as this was my first time compositing in After Effects. We were taught how to design, model, texture and also how to add lighting, cameras and experimenting with techniques for animating.
The main idea for my fantasy Olympic sport was aliens vs. humans on a race to the opponent’s planet using space boots for the Olympic year 56000. To start the project I designed my characters for the advert. When doing this I thought about the characters silhouettes, which can relate to the branding of the advert.
To begin I designed and sketched my characters and scanned them into Adobe Photoshop. To finalise the character I drew over them in Photoshop to create a clean finish. I selected areas of the characters to separate the layers to be able to animate in After Effects. I also used the same method for the environment.
When setting up a new composition I imported all my layers, copied and arranged them into the composition. I started using the position tool to start animating my images which I then went on to using the puppet tool and the opacity tool to animate. From browsing on the internet, I learnt how to add in a particle world effect which enabled me to create the shooting star effect from the two planets.
I had never used After Effects before although I thought I picked it up quite well because of previously and currently using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Flash. Where I noticed After Effects was slightly a combine of the two.
What I found difficult about the program was at first finding where all the tools were situated to be able to animate. I think it would be great to have a valued skill in compositing. I still need to learn a lot more about compositing. Therefore I am going to practice over Christmas so I can carry out projects a lot more fluently.
What I became aware of is that you can export your animations through After Effects rather than using Adobe Premiere Pro. I really do not like to work in Premiere Pro and as a result I thought using After Effects to finalise my work would be better for me to expand my work and I would also be able to composit my work further and add sounds which means I can export it a lot more easily and stress-free. I will most likely use After Effects in all my projects now, which will help me out a great deal.
Overall, I wasn’t sure about the program at first but when I got use to it I really enjoyed the whole process of producing my Olympic Fantasy advert. I managed to learn the program myself and I also helped others with their own work too. On the whole I learnt a lot from this project and it has given the incentive to learn more.
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