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.

Kinetic Typography Next Steps....For Thursday May 9 TGJ 2OP

On Thursday May 9th in class we will be meeting as a class for each of you to present/pitch your 3 ideas for you kinetic typography assignment.

How do I prepare?

1. Complete at least 2 brainstorming pages. 

You can do any of the following:
Mind Mapping. Lists. Doodle pages etc. Whatever works for you.

- Read this blog entry on Mind Mapping

and check out these images below... You can be as neat and tidy or messy as your mind...

Do one that focuses on the MOOD of your piece of writing and a second that focuses on the TOPIC or SUBJECT of your writing. It may be abstract or it may be concrete.

Use words and pictures and let your mind go. Don't do any editing at this point. Anything and everything that comes to mind should be added.

You can also try something that's more list oriented like this:

Alphabetized LIST

Add words/images based on the alphabet. 

Sometimes that really challenges you to think outside the box.

2. Once you have your brainstorming mind maps or lists or doodles, step back and take a look.

What jumps out at you? Circle the ideas that you think could be integrated into your project.

3. Come up with 3 distinct concepts for your kinetic typography. Think of this a short film with a beginning, middle and end. Create a brief idea - either visually or verbally that describes each of your three ideas.

4. Present the following to the class ON THURSDAY MAY 9 (No exceptions!):

• Your written piece
• Your brainstorming imagery/lists
• Your three distinct ideas

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?