Twin Screen Video - 1

I am starting with our workshop. We have to build our skills in Adobe After Effects. Although before university I have only used After Effects for video stabilization and text motion tracking, I get on the software very fast. To make twin screen video 1 or more minutes long I need to know what I can do using After Effects. Learning software from Philip Osborne is fun, short and certain explanations. All I want to know he can show easily. I begun with shape manipulation. Transforming line in time was really interesting, how many effects can make such simple object moving. I enjoyed camera motion tracking, where we used 3D points. I was more interested in 3D motion, I made several videos rotoscoping man from video. As much as I can, made simple layers in Adobe Photoshop and brought them into After Effects. Created a 3D space where I moved layers forwards and backwards. It was a great experience. I need to mention that I watched hours long tutorials on Lynda.com and they were actually really good. Having tutorial step by step helps a lot to improve my work.

So my process using Adobe After Effects can be watched by next few short videos.




Now we have tutorials by James Wright. I love it because I have never used Adobe Audition before. I think this software will be my first choice from now on for audio manipulation.

During those workshops I have been inspired by five-member musician group Of Monster and Man. I love their music and there is something special about their videos. Simple animations that makes you to think of your inside world.



At the moment my plan is to make similar animation and put my own meaning into it. I want to record separate sounds and make this video very sensitive to watch. My idea is to make sounds that represents each step, eye movement and wind. It may not be cheerful, but it will be enjoyable.

So now I know what I want to achieve, need to focus on my actual idea. I want to find something that is not used before and can easily show our relationships with technology.