Kinetic Typography Submission and Artistic Reflection - Yr 2 Tech

Where and how to submit your final work:

Export final After Effects Project to a quicktime .mov file for your blog. 

Post on your blog with a brief written description AND drop the After Effects Project folder (include the exported .mov file and .aep file into the Drop Off folder marked Kinetic Typography

Reminder - you MUST drop off your entire folder to include ALL assets with your After Effects Project

Technical and Artistic Reflection (T&AR)

You will produce a piece of writing that will be one to two pages long. It must be in proper paragraph form and must address the following issues:

-        State the title of the work

-        List the medium (or media) and applications used.

-        Describe the content of the work.

-        What do you like about the final product? What would you change on reflection?

-        Describe your design choices. What did you do to make it look the way you did?

-        What technical or implementation challenges did you find most difficult?

-     Which technical or implementation solutions were most satisfying 

Please submit this on paper - printed and properly formatted!

After Effects tutorials - Year 2 Tech

After Effects Basics with Terry White



Start here and watch the 10 tips beginners want to know.
Take notes and open After Effects to DO as you WATCH!! Go at your own pace.

Syncing text to audio. VERY IMPORTANT 10 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE!!!
Please watch this and then watch it again if need be! Remember the shortcuts, write them down and use them!



Also, there are many videos on After Effects on Video Copilot

Here's another video on Basic typography and motion graphics that may also be helpful.

Post some inspiring work - Kinetic Typography and other stuff...

Please find at least two videos - one of which MUST be kinetic typography that you find inspiring.
The other(s) can be anything that inspired you in terms of style, message or story.

For each of the videos you find, write about the following:

1. What is the story? What has changed from the beginning to the end of the piece?

2. Who is the audience for this piece? What in the piece tells you that it was created for this audience?

3. What is the message of this piece? Is there more than one message? If so, what are the additional messages?

4. Comment on the style of this piece. How would you describe it? Fiction/non-fiction, poetic? personal story? etc.

5. What are the techniques the artists used to convey their message? Interviews, text, performance, music etc.?

6. How is the overall quality (visuals, audio, clarity, volume, objects or sounds that are distracting...)?

7. How do the audio/visuals contribute to the message and the story?

Kinetic Art - Theo Jansen

The Year 4 class has been researching art styles and Kinetic Art was one of the styles chosen. This video is well worth watching. You decide if it is Art!

PS - I know the resolution is terrible but you can always search for him on youtube for better versions...