checklist

Technical Portfolio – After Effects

Checklist – To include in your portfolio:

•       You will hand in a portfolio of all your annotations and examples. This week you should screen grab and answer the following questions:

Item	Tick when complete
•       Got to www.artofthetitle.com/titles/ •       Select between 3-5 title sequences •       On a word document, analyse the title, How do you think they were created, try to break down each element of live action and motion graphics, who is the target audience and how have they been targeted. Do you like the sequence or not? Explain. •       Choose one to feedback to the class.
•       Show the workspace in after effects – what does each window do? •       How do you import files into after effects? •       How do you move layers in the timeline? •       How do you duplicate a layer? •       How do you add radial blur? •       What are the transform properties?
·       Take an image of yourself and import into after effects. ·       Apply drop shadow and bullet train effect ·       Screengrab the process
·       Create a title sequence – minimum 10 seconds – Film a background, add titles, animate the titles using scale and preset motion path. You must storyboard this!
·       Create a title sequence explaining frame rates, make sure you include information on 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 48fps and 60fps – why and when are they used. ·
·       Look at 3 idents and analyse how they were constructed, who is the target audience, what is the meaning behind them.