VFX & Motion Graphics
Kuleshov effect - Cuts between a person and what they’re seeing used as a way to tell a story
Green screen - Demonstrates ability to use chroma key and masking
Typography - Shows several types of text effects and cutting on beat
Editing cuts - Examples of types of editing techniques in cuts
Color and audio correction - Before and afters of a color corrected and an audio corrected clip
Kinetic typography in After Effects - Demonstrates understanding of After Effects text manipulation and animation.
Rotoscope - Demonstrates knowledge of how to use rotoscoping tools in After Effects.
Shape layer animation - Shows knowledge of shape layers and their animation.
Parallax - Demonstrates knowledge of layer separation in Photoshop as well as moving layers in 3D in After Effects.
Puppet Tool - Shows proficiency with the puppet tool in After Effects.
Scene recreation - This assignment was to recreate a scene from the Dumb Ways to Die music video. This demonstrates knowledge with the pen, shape, and puppet tools, as well as animation techniques like key-framing.
Final Video - For my final video I used visual effects to present my great-grandfather’s photographs from World War II in an interesting way. Using path animations, 3D camera manipulation and other techniques in After Effects to make a map with a timeline to display his images.