Production Research

A collection of written posts about various lessons I have had during year 2 of university. The posts vary from camera techniques, to studio practice, to live briefs and professional work. Enjoy!

Advanced Tracking

Tracking is a very basic yet advanced effect and edit style within After Effects, that with knowledge, can be very easy to perform, but...

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Mar 3, 20213 min read

Monkey Suit: Development Journal

This is my development journal, for the production of the 'Monkey Suit' by Ed Grover, lyric video. I have already completed a storyboard...

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Mar 2, 20219 min read

Production Research: Monkey Suit Music Video

For my production research module, I will be creating a music video for an artist named Ed Grover. He creates many different genres of...

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Mar 2, 20216 min read

Basic Adobe Animate

Adobe animate is a very cool piece of software which allows you to create animations, both simple and advanced, in a very simple and...

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Feb 23, 20213 min read

STICKER PEEL EFFECT

The sticker peel effect is a very easy and simple effect that can be applied in many situations, to make an image look as if it is either...

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Feb 22, 20212 min read

SABER Text effects

Saber is a very cool and easy effect which can apply animated high definitions to outlines for objects such as images, shapes, masks and...

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Feb 22, 20213 min read

Editing Techniques

Raw footage can sometimes look alright to some extent, when the in-camera settings have been adjusted to the correct values. But the...

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Feb 16, 20215 min read

Basic Animation

Today I will be following a Youtube video to learn the basics of after effects vector animation. This will include moving, resizing,...

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Jan 19, 20214 min read

Mock Up World

Mock Up World is a website which allows you to download free or payed templates that you can open up withing adobe products, such as...

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Dec 7, 20201 min read

Basic Tracking and Pre-comping

Basic tracking within After Effects is very easy to use and can look very professional. This effect can be used to track a certain spot...

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Dec 7, 20202 min read

Bad Green Screen Keying

Today we learned how to key light out a bad green screen. This is when the green screen used behind a piece of footage has creases and/or...

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Dec 7, 20202 min read

Basic Subtitle Editing

Today we learned about adding basic subtitles to projects. You can simply add text to both after effects and premier pro files, but you...

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Dec 4, 20202 min read

Photoshop 3D 'Projection' Effect

Today we learned how to do a neat projection effect on Photoshop. The effect consists of making an image look 3D, and it also makes the...

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Nov 24, 20203 min read

Image Stabilisation

Today I learned a very nifty trick that can easily be done within adobe premier pro, that can make work look a lot more professional if...

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Nov 15, 20202 min read

2 Hour Advert Competition

Today in class, to get to grips with after effects a bit more, we were set a competition to create the best advert for a soft drink in 2...

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Nov 15, 20203 min read

Odeon Cinema Intro Remake

In today's online session, we learned a few after effects tricks, by learning how Odeon cinemas created their intro animation. The intro...

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Nov 9, 20203 min read

Slow Motion Studio Practice

Today we tested out 120 fps videography in the studio. 120 fps is double the amount of frames than the usual 60 fps, meaning the footage...

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Nov 4, 20202 min read

German Music Video

Recently we got some experience with editing together a German music video. We were sent clips of an artist in a studio in a basic setup...

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Nov 4, 20202 min read

After Effects Scribble Effect

Today we learned a very easy but super effective effect to apply to all sorts of footage. The effect includes drawing over frames of...

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Oct 20, 20202 min read

Advanced Tracking

Monkey Suit: Development Journal

Production Research: Monkey Suit Music Video

Basic Adobe Animate

STICKER PEEL EFFECT

SABER Text effects

Editing Techniques

Basic Animation

Popular Music Video Effects

Mock Up World

Basic Tracking and Pre-comping

Bad Green Screen Keying

Basic Subtitle Editing

Photoshop 3D 'Projection' Effect

Image Stabilisation

2 Hour Advert Competition

Odeon Cinema Intro Remake

Slow Motion Studio Practice

German Music Video

After Effects Scribble Effect