Amman Filmmakers Cooperative

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

WHAT
The Intro to Motion Graphics workshop provides entry level
understanding 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. Filmmakers Omar Saleh and Rifqi Assaf
have used MG as a key component in the production of their short films
The Last Patch and Decision Man.

Last Patch, trailer:
http://AmmanFilmmakers.alif.com/video/lastpatch.rm

Last Patch, the complete film:
http://AmmanFilmmakers.alif.com/video/last-patch-trailer.wmv

WHEN
The workshop will be repeated over two days.

Friday March 3rd, 2006 | 10am-6pm
Saturday March 4th, 2006 | 10am-6pm

WHERE
http://ammanfilmmakers.alif.com/images/map-to-office-72.jpg

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.

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

FEE:
5 JD for workshop preparations. Must be paid no later than Wednesday
March 1st, 7pm to finalize registration.
10 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

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/mar-03-06-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.

http://AmmanFilmmakers.Alif.com

AFC CONTACT
For inquiries contact Hazim Bitar.
Phone: 079/5308232
Email: ArabFilmmakers@gmail.com

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