Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs
Research and Brainstorming
A course by James Daher , Motion Designer
About the video: Research and Brainstorming
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how to research the artwork you are animating to contextualize the projects. In addition, you will learn to brainstorm animation concepts and sketch out a storyboard.”
In this video lesson James Daher addresses the topic: Research and Brainstorming, which is part of the Domestika online course: Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs. Design an immersive experience for viewers by learning to animate posters using the digital tools of Adobe After Effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that we're familiar with the parallax and multi-plane technique, In this lesson, we'll start brainstorming for our final project. At this point, you have selected the poster that you're going to animate. The poster I'll be animating is for an independent film called Me and the Beasts. When you get your artwork, inevitably something's going to kind of jump out at you and your instinct to make something move. For example, this hand with the drumstick and the drum and the curtains. But you want to go further than that and see if there's anything else that you can be inspired by from the fi...”
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Course summary for: Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs
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2D Animation, Motion Graphics
James Daher
A course by James Daher
James Daher is a motion designer based in New York City. He first started experimenting with design by painting a logo for his brother’s auto body shop and creating themed window displays for a local deli. He went on to study for a bachelor’s of fine arts in design at SVA and later a master's in interactive art at Tisch School Of The Arts.
Since then, he’s worked for companies including BAM and IFC, and on a variety of projects from set design to video systems engineering. He is currently a motion designer at Warner Media, and has worked on HBO titles including The Deuce, Room 104, and Fahrenheit 451. Alongside designing, James shares his expertise with others, working as an adjunct professor of 2D animation at CUNY and a design Professor at SVA.
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