Art Direction for Motion Graphics
Frame design
A course by Helio E. López Vega , Creative, Director, and Designer
Joined October 2007
About the video: Frame design
Overview
“We will design some frames through images and elements of the film itself and leave them ready to animate.”
In this video lesson Helio E. López Vega addresses the topic: Frame design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Art Direction for Motion Graphics. Learn to define the aesthetic for your audiovisual project.
Partial transcription of the video
“Welcome back, we already have the basic ideas and the Storyboard, drawn. Now let's move all those concepts, to the computer. Go for it. Well, before we start with the three designs of the three frames, we are going to look for with which lens the film was shot. In this kodak blog, we can find that the director chose the cinema scope to shoot it and in this little interview we can find more details about the shoot. I'll explain a little trick how get the size in pixels of your document in Photoshop. We look for the aspect ratio of the cinema scope which in this case is 2.35. To get the exact...”
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Course summary for: Art Direction for Motion Graphics
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Animation, Art Direction, Motion Graphics

Helio E. López Vega
A course by Helio E. López Vega
Helio Vega's work as a creative director, art director, and designer consists of imagining and shaping an idea and transforming it into a balanced, meaningful, and convincing audiovisual piece.
He has worked in many different countries for over a decade and has collaborated with clients such as Al Jazeera Media, Movistar, and Spain Media. Throughout his career, he has designed pieces for international networks like CBS and HBO and for international brands such as Coca-Cola, Ford, and many others.
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