Tuesday 14 November 2017

ANIMATED SHORTS? STING? - After Effects

Blood Sweat & Tears Animation Log - Kiera
Video link
: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDLt1tdPMs&t=63s

  • The artist stated that she mainly uses Photoshop for her illustrations and occasionally After Effects. However she use Premiere Pro to piece her animations together.
  • A distinct element to her work is that she plays around a loop (gifs on Photoshop). Though I really find the minimal movements and subtle sound effects interesting. Her animations are rather atmospheric

Fluffy Touch Collection Japan. Mobile advertisement 
for a clothing line - Gu, Okuyama Yoshiyuki

  • I am unsure if this is made in After Effects. However the use of collages and looping is clever. The short, choppy movements work with the aesthetics of collages and paper cut outs. 
  • They effectively used the model as the main subject repetitively and has the most movement, leading the eyes of the audience. Song wise is very catchy and upbeat, grabbing people's attention.
Monsters, Inc. Title Sequence, Disney & Pixar (2001) - Geefwee Boedoe
Animation - Patrick Siemer
Soundtrack - Randy Newman

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/monsters-inc/

"...A hybrid between cut-out animation versus digital...It was the first time Pixar had ever used off-the-shelf software...we did it on a Mac with After Effects and Photoshop!" - Geefwee Boedoe, 
  • The combination between analog, hand drawn paper cut-outs and digitally animating it with After Effects is interesting. There is still this organic touch to the images. 
  • The way the animated images were in sync with the music is rather important and emphasizes the flow/mood -the very first scene with the blue doors. 
  • I'd also like to learn more about camera movement -panning, zooming in and out

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