Top ten worst special effects in movies?

A list compiled in the SMH.  I think the list could have been endless!

finalCut/AfterEffects/motion graphics references (online)

There are countless resources on the web to help  learn all aspects of digital video production. This is a list of sites I have found most useful;

• Creative Cow Forums is a great resource for just about all the major digital video and animation/motion graphics packages out there. Includes online forums and loads of tutorial material as well. This should be your first port of call. http://forums.creativecow.net/

• Video Copilot contains some of the best aftereffects tutorials online and free! http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials

• Loads of afterEffects tutorials on Pixel2Life

• A general vfx site – fxForums – vfx, mograph, and production discussions

• Squidoo is a graphics design oriented learning resource.

• Motionographer has an up to date list of the current hot production houses and individuals working in motion graphics

• Digitalzoo is a good collection of general resource. links

This list will gradually be added to.

Ken Stone’s finalCut site

Mat is posting some great stuff as usual over at the mdcm2002 blog and he’s remimnded me of Ken Stone’s great finalCut site and especially this useful article on the language of film by Michael Wohl.

Pleasantville colour effect in AfterEffects

In this 2 minute video tip, check out how to use After Effects’ Leave Color effect to create the look where you footage is made black and white, leaving only a single color, made popular by the film Pleasantville. http://www.motionworks.com.au/2008/04/leave_color/

AfterEffects Tutorials

Here are some more online afterEffects tutorials, these are at an intermediate level and well worth going through;

1. Video wall: This tutorial covers how to create a video wall but the techniques covered will help you learn about using the “camera” layer and 3D space we looked at this week. Download the AE composition. You will need to download the Trapcode Shine plug-in to complete the tutorial. Trapcode make a great set of pug-ins so you might want to check them out, especially Particular.

2. Creating light streaks: light streaks as per  iPod commercials also using Particular. Download the AE composition.

3. I’ve also placed the materials for the motion tracking example we worked through in class this week in the Media_Stu/mdcm3002_09/video folder so have a go and see if you can make sense of the techniques we covered.

finalCut/AfterEffects/motion graphics references (online): Part 2

Here is a list of After Effects resources from the Creative COW website:

• After Effects podcasts
• After Effects tutorials
• After Effects articles
• After Effects Basics forum
• After Effects forum
• After Effects Expressions forum

More useful online resources;

• 1001 Adobe After Effects Tutorials The name says it all.
• Adobe TV has videos for all levels of afterEffects experience.
• Toolfarm is the place to go for anything related to plug-ins for AE

Intro to afterEffects videocasts

Nick Campbell from Greyscale Gorilla has some useful intro to afterEffects vodcasts. Here are a few;

Intro to AfterEffects;
Vodpod videos no longer available.

The original can be found here. Posted with vodpod

Intro to keyframing;
Vodpod videos no longer available.

The afterEffects comp can be dowloaded from here.

The original can be found here. Posted with vodpod

Looking for a Creative Job? Throw Away the Resume

Greyscale Gorilla has an interesting take on finding a job and not that far from the truth.

Sample of combining video footage with stills

This is an example I’ve made of a video mixing photographic material with live video footage. I was given a pile of shaky hand held video and stills and told to make something with it, so I got to work in After Effects. The style is vaguely reminiscent of a diorama.

Past mdcm3002 videos

This is a list of some work produced by previous mdcm3002 students;

Collusion by Essy Knopf

Heartland by Essy Knopf

Hired Help by Kevin Sarkin

Molly the mouse by Adam Bourke

What are ya buyin? by Jack Ngu

Clare Andreallo

Dirt Bag by John Bogiatzis

What makes men blush? by Emma Maye Gibson