INTRO TO MOTION GRAPHICS W/LIVE DEMO & IN-CLASS PROJECTS

WHAT

The Intro to Motion Graphics workshop provides introductory discussion of motion graphics design using a tool such as After Effects. But most of the concepts and techniques can be applied to other motion graphics toolsets. More and more AFC films have leveraged aspects of MG to enhance the production value of the films.

WHEN

Friday April 20th, 2007 | 10am-6pm

WHERE

TBD

REGISTRATION

• Interested applicants must complete registration form below to be considered for the workshop.
• Registration does not guarantee workshop enrollment in this workshop.
• Seating is limited. Seating assignment is based on order of confirmed registration.
• If you have filled the full form before, just email your name, phone, and workshop title.

Registration form:
http://ammanfilmmakers.alif.com/workshop-registration.htm

FEE:

• 10 JD to be paid after conformation of registration.
• 50% discount or 5 JD for students with valid ID.
• Fee must be paid no later than Wednesday April 18th to finalize registration.
• 15 JD for walk-in students, if seats are available.
• All interested students must complete registration form.

BACKGROUND

Motion graphics (MG) is a relatively young field. Often times, MG can be found in the form of TV commercials, but also as video art. Even the web is claiming a growing share of motion graphics content.

Motion graphics is a design philosophy that combines and transforms elements from video, stills, audio, and text in a highly synchronized manner and over a short period of time to deliver rich audiovisual content. MG is video on steroids. MG has become an integral part of the creative and commercial world of audiovisual productions.

Numerous computer-based toolsets exist that are supposedly geared towards motion graphics design such as Discreet's Combustion, Adobe
After Effects, and Apple's Shake. Often times, these toolsets work in tandem with other more specialized content editing and processing tools such as raster image editing, line art design, audio editing, and even video editing tools.

CLASS PROJECTS

To illustrate the various features and functions of the selected motion graphics tool (in this case After Effects) the instructor will perform a live demonstration of various short projects.

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

SCREENINGS

A selection of short productions utilizing MG will be screened and discussed during the workshop.

TOOLSET INTERFACE

• The project window
• The composition window
• The timeline window
• Palette organization
• Time Controls palette
• Audio palette
• Info palette
• Tools palette

STARTING A PROJECT

• Creating and Setting Up a Project
• Importing Assets/Footage
• Importing Photoshop files

COMPOSITIONS

• Settings and preferences for a composition
• Importing footage
• Preview speed, quality, and resolution
• Moving around the editing timeline

MOTION

• Main Transformations: position, scale, rotation
• Controlling transformations with keyframes
• Manipulating keyframes
• Opacity & transparency
• Anchor points

LAYERS

• Selecting & moving layers
• Duplicating & renaming layers
• Align & distribute layers
• Layer switches
• Trimming unwanted footage
• Splitting layers
• Stretching time to slow or to speed a layer
• Frame blending
• Special layers
• Solid layers
• Adjustment layers
• Blending

MASKS

• Mask transformations
• Inversing, feathering, expansion, and opacity
• Animating masks and their shapes
• Using mask modes

EFFECTS

• Applying effects
• The order of effects
• Animating effects with keyframes
• Particle systems
• Backgrounds

TEXT

• Creating text with the Type tool
• Text properties
• Arabic fonts
• Outline and fill
• Moving text along a path
• Using text animation presets

INTEGRATING AV CONTENT

• Import sounds
• Synchronize content

RENDERING

• Render composition for DV
• Render composition for QuickTime
• Render composition for DVD/MPEG2/MPEG1

WORKSHOP LANGUAGE

Arabic. English for technical terms.

IMPORTANT

Content of workshop may change without notice. For updates visit:
http://AmmanFilmmakers.alif.com/apr-20-07-intro-to-mg.htm

ABOUT THE AFC

The Amman Filmmakers Cooperative (AFC) is a not-for-profit cultural initiative and talent incubator that aims to promote and encourage independent filmmaking through training, experimentation, and networking.

AFC CONTACT

For inquiries contact Hazim Bitar.
Phone: 0776.400.434
Email: ArabFilmmakers@gmail.com
Web: http://JordanianFilms.com

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