Final Sequence

Here is my final sequence that i am submitting, like i said in my previous blog entry i have done all the things that i said i would

My feeling on Second Crit

after having that second crit my feeling are that i should loose the double beat because I didn’t feel it was right, i should sort out the ahh so it dosent cut off, i am going to keep the orange circle because this is to replicate a oven element and keep the zoom out because I feel that this resembles relaxing.

Edited After Crit

Here is my video after my crit, i have made the changes that were suggested by classmates and i have also added a double beat to the soundtrack to create more impact on the viewer.

Then i uploaded the video to you tube and asked class mates to comment on the sequence and here is my feedback

• Double beat (mixed feeling was and was’nt good)
• I don't like how the "Ahhh" cuts out at the end
• The heat waves in the oven are good
• I don't know about that orange circle thing
• All the salad stuff is good
• Removing the blue from that electric effect has made it look better
• At the end maybe zoom in instead of out, or just keep it still.

Crit Ajustments plans

Here i have my suggestion from my crit

• Heat waves should be less wobbly at first and more as they go through the film
• When getting meal out of the oven they should be more heat waves
• Change static colour (gray would be a good colour)
• Try a different effect for the ending, tilt dosent work
• The ripple needs tweaking

here are what i plan to do now that i have had my crit

• Increased the wave size throughout the film
• Add a colour glow in the oven
• Add a oven glow where the heat comes from
• Change the lightening to grey and turn down the opacity
• Changthe tilt to a zoom
• Change the ripple to a more convincing effect

Class Crit Comments

Here are the suggestions of my classmates

• Heat waves should be less wobbly at first and more as they go through the film
• When getting meal out of the oven they should be more heat waves
• Add a colour glow in the oven
• The ripple needs tweaking
• Look at desert heat for heat waves
• Reduce ripple & add a glow
• Like static
• Like bag explosion
• Change static colour (gray would be a good colour)
• Pase of the film could be worked on
• Try a different effect for the ending, tilt dosent work
• Ahh could be longer
• Steam workes well
• Could use zoom for ending

Creating Steam

Here is my steam effect that i have created to give the impression of the chicken meal being hot. i created this steam using particle world and adjusting a number of settings to make the effect seem authentic. I have used steam around four times in my sequence so here i feel that i have created a useful effect for my sequence

Effects brainstorm

Here are some effects i am thinking of using

• Camera Shake,
  
• zoom
• Writing Text,
  
• sparks
  
• underline the word pub
• Still then Camera Shake
• blur
• Frosty
  
• Condensation
• Fire Ring
  
• heat waves
  
• smoke
• impact
• lightening
• Explosion
• turbulence
• Camera Tilt
  

I hope that these effects will create the mood of the film that i am hopeing for

Write on First Try

Here is my first try at the effect write on, this effect gives the sequence an effect of the letters being written by a human because i have used a handwriting looking font. Then by uncovering the font in a handwriting style it makes it look more realistic .

After creating that effect i applied it to some of my filmed footage to see how it will look on my sequence. I feel that this works very well.

After Effects Book - Useful

Content Of The Book

Covers CS4
This cookbook contains recipe after recipe that allow you to harness the full power of the native plug-in effects in the After Effects application. In a step-by-step manner, author Chad Perkins guides you through the creation and application of each and every native plug-in effect available for use in the AE toolset. The book also shows you how each can be used optimally in your media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and also how to combine multiple effects.

From color correction effects to distortion effects to stimulation effects and all in between, this book puts the full power of the AE plug-in effects in your hands. It shows you how to create, among others:
- the shatter effect
- the fractal noise effect
- the glow effects
- the Particle playground effect
- the 3D Channel Extract effect
- the Colorama effect

My Opinion

after scouring this book i have found a number of effect within this book that i would find useful with my sequence. The effect that would be most useful is that of the write on, this is useful to me because i have a post it with writing on in my sequence and the filming made it blur. Therefore i could write my message with the write on effect.

Edit After Peers Comments

After adding sounds and showing class mates i had suggestion that my placing the meal in te ovqn scene was too slow. This is because i filmed it too slow and sped it up by 20% in final cut, this looked slower and like it had a ghost. so by increasing it by another 30% bring its speed up to 150% looks just right.

Sequence With Sound

Here is my edit of my sequence with sound effects placed where i feel that they work. After spending all day creating my sequence i am happy how i is constructed. This sequence is constructed after my talk with Kate and review of my previous sequence sounds and construction. This is because i felt that my sounds were becoming too comical after i wanted rage due to the post it scene.

Also my post is scene was too short for the viewing time because something on screen had to be read therefor with Kate's help the identification of the length of my scenes was easier to see and i could chop frames here and there also there was a scene that had no real use therefore i could chop it out. After choping this out i didnt need to edit frames of other scenes, and now i look at my sequence if i choped frames here and there the sequence would seem too short.

Sound FX

Knowing everyone is going to need sound effects here are six websites i have found that offer free downloads...

Absolute Sound Effects Archive
Media College
Flash Kit
PacDV
Partners in Rhyme
Free Loops
Sound Bible

To anybody who wants 1200 + sound effects just ask me because i have a disk which i got free with a magazine so ask me and i will give you the files.

First Edit

Here is my first edit of my sequence with no sound. I plan to analyse the length and layout of this sequence and make finer edits to the sequence. I am currently searching for sounds to place on the sequence to give it more character.

Looking at the sequence as a whole i feel that i am pleased with the length and layout of my sequence only i need to chop out a few frames here and there.

Filming Results

After filming I have found that when looking at my footage on the zi6 it looked fine but when it come to looking at it on the monitor the footage looked grainey. therefore i am going to look into improving the footage, but at the same time i could use this to my advantage with setting a mood.

Animatic

Here is the result of me sacnning my large storyboards and placing them in sequence in after effects. You will notice that some of the scenes are stationery for example the establishing scene, this is because i plan for some scenes to be stationery within my sequence. Also other sataionery scenes are because i could not edit the images for animation. Therefore i have only animated the images that i could. After creating this i am happy with how my sequenc will run.

Storyboards For Anamatics

Here I have drawn my storyboards for my animatics ans you can see i have used a range of pens for there thickness. I have done this to show different surfaces for example the bottom one i have used a thick marker to show a table top and a thin cd drawing pen to show the fast motion of the fist hitting the table.

Idea Developement

After looking at my ideas I have decided to go along with my making diner idea. With this idea i am planning on using anger or rage for the mood because I can use sound of impacts to set the mood. Also with the oven I can use a roaring noise when it comes to open the oven.

Screen Resolution

After class i have recaped on screen sizes and here is a demonstration on screen sizes and there resolution coloure coded

Ideas

After thinking about my subject i have come up with these ideas...

• Turning on Mac Pro, ripping disk & adding to iPhone
• Making a cup of tea
• Leaving home in the morning and going to uni
• Walk along the beach
• Making a salad dinner

I will most likely go with the dinner idea because of the rapid shots i can do with salad