December 28th, 2006

Livin It Promo Video Animation

This is a brief intro & outtro I created in After Effects 7 for a potential Livin It action sports event next year in Louisville, Kentucky. I wanted to experiement with the “wiggle” expression property in this piece. The video portion was done by Chris Sheets, shot on a HVX200 in 720p.

After Effects can use expressions (formulas) to manipulate various properties. The position.wiggle() property makes whatever the parameters are oscillate randomly, which is handy for adding motion like camera shake.

I was inspired by the Two Towers intro: Gandalf is plummeting into the chasm beneath Moria, chasing the Balrog. There’s this one shot that looks downward toward the two, about to hit the water. There’s this wonderful camera shake that makes it so dynamic and immersive.

While this little clip is nothing like that of course, I wanted to try it and start small. I’m becoming more comfortable working in 3D now in AE, which is lots of fun.

Posted in Film & Video, Work

Responses

Those are some wiggles!

Kristi On December 28th, 2006 at 07:35 pm, Kristi said:

Thats a really cool video.
And it makes it evevn better that its in my city smile
Really, though...good job with it smile

On December 29th, 2006 at 07:55 am, Sarah said:

Hi, Allan, If you get to come to Louisville, you have to let Travis and me know!  It’s only an hour and a half from us and we’d love to catch up!  Hi to Kristi and the rest of the fam!

On December 30th, 2006 at 06:49 pm, Jeannette Picklesimer Maxey said:

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