Project 3 Evaluation

This project was definitely the hardest of the three, not only due to the new techniques used but also because, as helpful as the tutorial was, it is not complete and part 2 is missing or has not been uploaded to YouTube, nevertheless I eventually completed enough of it to make it suitable to submit for my course. As the tutorial ends early, many of the aspects of the project I had to look up and discover for myself.

The hardest part was the use of the mask tool, even though I have previously used it for my second project. It was exceptionally hard as there were so many parts of the project that had to use the tool in so many different ways. Eventually I figured it out after consulting some friends and researching on the internet.

This project also took longer as it had many different individual moving parts, such as the globe, the headlines etc...

I decided against sound in this project as I felt there would not be a sound or sounds suitable enough to add to this project. Unlike the first 2 projects where sound effects were used to add emphasis or fit the project, the news broadcast felt complete without it.

Project 3 Proposal

For my third and final project, I've decided to do a news broadcast after finding an interesting tutorial online. The tutorial looks a bit more challenging than the ones I have previously used and will help me to further my skills as it includes some techniques I haven't come across yet. Although the project seems a bit tricky, the tutorial is done well and seems easy enough as long as I follow the steps correctly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz67XEwnt3s - tutorial.

Project 2 Evaluation

Using the tutorials, I managed to create my short title sequence introducing my made up company. I decided that the name of my film production company would Mirkwater Productions drawing on  influence from The Lord of the Rings as it was on television as I was trying to decide upon a name. I decided to use a fade effect that would reveal the text as it wiped across it. To do so, I utilised the mask tool on adobe After Effects and combined it with the optical flares extension pack. This project took me a little while longer than the first as I was using many different tutorials and taking aspects from them all rather than just one, step by step tutorial. 

After finishing the animation, I decided upon adding sound. To do this I went onto http://www.freesound.org/ and selected a free, downloadable sound so to avoid issues with copyrighting. After finding a sound and adding it to my project, it was complete.