Monday, October 13th

Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Bohmann | wbohmann@ewsd.org

10:05 Today’s Notes & Attendance

These are your current Assignments:

Vermont Foliage Assignment keep working on – colors change fast!
Monday TODAY – Two Personal Digital Logos Due
Monday TODAY– Street Photography
Monday TODAY– Final Logo – Sweatshirt Design
October 20th – Halloween Projection Loop

End of Quarter is Friday, October 31st – the last day to submit overdue work
No CCV class on October 24th (You are off October 23rd, 24th – lucky!)
If weather permits – Catamount Family Center Field Trip Wednesday

10:05 Monday Mail

10:10 Scrum Meeting – Halloween Projection Loop

10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)

11:00 Sweatshirt Meeting – Quick

11:05 After Effects – Lower Thirds – A Motion Graphic Designer’s Job

Lower Thirds are also referred to as L3s. Essentially a lower third is a non-intrusive motion graphic that displays necessary information such as name, place, fact or process. You may consider some details like:

Typography
Animation
Shape
Color

Always consider how the L3 blends with the content it is displayed with. Design does matter!

Helvetica, Lato and most Sans Serif fonts look best. Take time to find the right fonts.

Last Wednesday we made one together. Let’s do another one.

A Quick word on Mattes – what are they?

A matte in After Effects is a layer that’s used to control the visibility of another layer beneath it. Mattes can be still images, videos, graphics, text, or shapes. They’re used to create transparency, which allows the layer beneath to show through. Alpha Matte, Luna Matte and Track Matte.

Did you know that some people make these for a living? Have a look at many of the lower thirds you can buy. Motion graphic templates are big business. Good thing we know how to make our own.

Read about a job as a motion graphic designer

Mr.B’s L3 for KPop Demon Hunter

Lower Thirds Project: Create a visually compelling and unique lower third that could be used to introduce a fictional expert, character, game boss, etc…. Ideally you have some video footage! I used a still image above

Required Elements:

Character Name & Title (Raven Beak from Metroid Dead)
Expert’s Field (Boss)
Mood & Vibe (colors and fonts selection)
Required After Effects Elements
- Text Fields (clearly display name and title
- Graphic Elements (at least one custom shape or vector graphic to support design
- Animation (L3 must transition smoothly onto screen using at least three animated properties (position, scale, opacity, rotation, masking, trim paths..
- Animation must hold onto the screen for moment
- Animation must transition on the screen smoothly and off the screen
- Three Variations or Three Different Experts
Export in one composition – Filename LowerThirds.mp4

This project is due: October 21st.

The goal of this project is to create your own lower thirds, apply transformations and effects in After Effects, connect the concept of compositions as they are applied in After Effects.