COMPOSTING
Everything seems to be going as followed; now it was time to work on a few tests using the studio for green screening for practice In order to gain the best quality of the shoots and form critical decisions for the actual production stage.
I have now gained an influential interest in after effects and I have enjoyed it so much I tend to use my spare time to experiment with the software and work on my own projects to adapt on my understanding and creativity. In this case, I knew I would enjoy composting.
Here’s an example:
I’ve been working on a theme for my music video and the fact that the song is based on the break-up of his love partner I decided to base it on the flow of water. The reason for this is because, emotion is the key to the song and there are different forms of emotions such as sadness. I thought of way in which emphasis the meaning of sadness and I came to the conclusion to base the song on the art of the weather.
Here is a reference I found interested and felt that it related to what I’m aiming to establish:
‘Like rain, tears can be stormy or just a light sprinkle, and feel angry, cold, dreary and sad, or even come through the sunshine. Rain often follows a change of weather pressure, and tears can be the result of release of inner tension. People frequently cry from relief that they’ve been heard or that they can see a solution where there appeared to be a problem. Those who suffer from a trauma or a loss normally cry a little after the first shock of finding out, as the awful pressure of the news is absorbed and the grief sets in.’
Here are some experimental examples I created using after effects until I came to a final decision my design I looking to use:
By gaining the best quality waves I used such effect The Ripple effect. This creates the appearance of ripples in a specified layer, moving away from a centre point in circles. The effect is similar to dropping a stone in a pond. To animate ripples at a constant speed i used the Wave Speed control. This control doesn’t require keyframes for animation.
Another example is Wave World effect. I used this effect to create a grayscale displacement map for use with other effects such as Caustics or Colorama. This effect creates waves based on a simulation of the physics of liquids. Waves start from an effect point, interact with each other, and realistically reflect off their environment.
The Caustics effect simply simulates caustics where reflections of light at the bottom of a body of water, created by light refracting through the water’s surface. The Caustics effect generates this reflection and creates realistic water surfaces when used with Wave World and Radio Waves.
Final establishment of the test:
