Phase 13 - Project Production Cont....

To enable the text to scroll across the screen you can either import a previously designed image or create a new layer by selecting Layer and then choosing Text, Solid or Camera (more options available) and choose your desired font and size, create a new keyframe, position your image to the points where you want it to move and then an automatic keyframe should be selected. This is the way I used to enable the typography to run across screen.

Uploading the video to the project is a similar process to importing an image, after dragging the file onto the editing space the video clip playback bar is usually at the beginning of the clip, scroll back to the clip and then place it where you want to place it.

After Effects also hold a variety of effects for text, solids or other elements. I wanted to use a text effect so instead of creating this on photoshop and importing single layers I decided to play around with some of the effects on AE and use one of them. I came across one particular one which suited my project.I altered the scatter so that it synchronizes with the end of the video along with the beginning of the other video.

Phase 13 - Project Production

The production of the final product took numerous days to complete, huge amounts of editing, thought process and tweaking had taken place therefore, the project may not be a carbon copy of the storyboard. Throughout the production stage there were several actions which I have only taken one screen shot off otherwise it may become repetitive. Some of these actions include; Importing, sound, image or video, editing video that have been shown below and create different layers.

I started off with a blank composition, after adjusting the settings I then set of to create the project. At first it was fairly straight forward, importing images that I have previously created on Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator

After creating the images in Illustrator, by choosing the 3D option and playing around with it till the desired effect is achieved, I then bought all the individual layers into After Effects (AE) and began adding key frames. The key frames allowed me to position the layers as well as use an effect such as Opacity, Scaling or Anchoring.

Most of the time, I would choose the area I wanted to render to ensure that the timing is right; not to slow or not to fast. If this was the case, then moving the key frames appropriately would allow the timing to be altered.

Continuing with the production stage, I found an silhouette of a group of people which looks like they are cheering, I bought that image into Adobe Illustrator and changed the stroke of the outline and began to fill the space with '70,000 Fans' randomly across the image.

The next step I decided to create a font of 70,000 Fans just in case the audience are confused by the image that I created in the previous scene. To do this I typed this phrase in Illustrator and bought it into Photoshop. I wanted to create a font that is 'out there'. I created this type of text by flipping it to the side and applying wind in all directions to get the jagged effect, then by going to Color Balance I was able to choose the specific color I wanted for the project.

Phase 12 - Voice & Sound Editing

After recording numerous male and female voices, I then uploaded the files onto the computer and picked the four best voices in order to use in my final recording. Below shows the number of people I used in order to get the right voice:

The next stage involved getting all sound clips onto the editing suite.


As you can see, they were not aligned, therefore to do this, I dragged each file to the beginning of the editing suite.


Some of the voices started late or early, or finished early and ended late this meant I had to cut down some of the voices and then align them accordingly. This process involved continuously playing back the sounds to make sure they all start and finish at the same time.

After that was complete I was left with a 2/3 second voice clip.

Before continuing, I wanted to get the music file ready and edited for the final production. To do this I chose 'Dual Of Fates' the Star Wars soundtrack to be music file. I chose this because it creates a tense atmosphere and may reel the audience in.

The music file was too long for the piece and this meant that once the video has finished, the music will come to an abrupt end. To fade out the end, I simply opened Soundtrack Pro and loaded the music file onto the editing space. After this was complete, I highlighted the part in which needs to start to fade out and then used the shortcut in the top right of the screen to drag the sound out, as shown below:

Now that all video and audio aspects were edited, it was time to begin the final production.

Phase 11(A) - Editing Video Clips Cont...

The next stage, was editing the last scene this is a similar process to the one below but with more scenes as well as finding the correct position so that it can be imported into After Effects:








Now that both video clips have been edited and are ready for the final production, all thats left to edited is the voice recordings of "Let's Silence These Racists" which is my tag for the project.

Phase 11 - Editing Video Clips

The next step was editing the video clips so that it is ready to be imported into Adobe After Effects. This is another advantage of creating a storyboard, in previous projects I ignored the importance of creating the storyboard henceforth, when in the production process everything was unorganised. This time round, creating a storyboard aided the production as I organised what needs to designed, filmed and edited.


Using Final Cut Pro I began to edit the video clips. This began by choosing the right video clips that are going to be used in the actual project. When filming, I found I was taking more shots than expected.


After the video was uploaded onto the project page, I dragged it onto the editing suite and began to edit the bits that were not needed. After adding in Effects such as Fade In/Out, Dissolve and 3D Spin.



I continued on to edit the sound clip as you were able to hear some background noises such as wind and dogs barking. This was done by right-clicking the appropriate file and choosing stereo option. This bought up the sound file, after finding Mute I selected this option.



This was the final image of the video clip, after finding the relevant effects and positioning so that it is ready to be imported in After Effects, I exported the file to a QuickTime Movie and saved the file as a .FCP

Phase 10 - Filming

The story board shows the scenes that need to be filmed, voice recorded and the typography that needs designing. After it was safe and suitable enought to start filming (due to snow and ice) I set about with the group of actors and started to film.

The filming stage was broken up into sections:

1. Penalty March.
2. Penalty Scene 1 (Miss)
3. Penalty Scene 2 (Score)
4. Final Scene

This made it easier to film the scenes as well as, get the group of actors together.

Below I have uploaded some of the unedited scenes shot.

Penalty March:

Unfortunetly, due to the size of the video's it is taking much longer than expected to upload onto Blogger. Therefore, a DVD is available with all film scenes shot (un-edited) throughout the project. Please message for more details.

Phase 9 - Planning Production

After researching into what I wanted my project to reflect, and what I visualised in my head I sat down and at first was very excited with the choice I made. My mind was filled with imaginative ideas, full of different effects, video clips and audio files. This piece would surely in fact have a huge influence on the audience. However, bringing these ideas to life was incredibly hard. I found myself jotting down scripts, film scenes and images on paper (as seen below) without thinking of a narrative. Without a narrative, the images and videos on screen are there for no purpose, it does not follow a set structure and therefore, may confuse the audience.








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As you can see from the images, I had created a script that I wanted my actors to say, It was a sort off stance yet engaged the reader with poetry which maintained maturity within the piece. The 2ND and 3rd images in my opinion are the 'typical' conventions of a racism piece. 'Unity' is an aspect that bigger co operations are using, whilst I respect their approach, I wanted to being something unique to this project as sometimes it can stand out from the crowd.






I then set about creating a story line taking into consideration all factors including; inspirations and research. Not only will this help create a story line, but when approaching the production stages I will know what I need,I need it and other effects. Additionally, after creating the story board (shown below) I made a list of the video scenes, and video recordings that are needed.