Title Sequence Animation in After Effects
Brainstorming Three Scenes
A course by Paul McDonnell , Title Sequence Designer
About the video: Brainstorming Three Scenes
Overview
“In this lesson, I will roughly sketch out the three scenes I want to create for my course project.”
In this video lesson Paul McDonnell addresses the topic: Brainstorming Three Scenes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Title Sequence Animation in After Effects. Learn how to create a striking opening sequence for a movie or series by editing images and layouts in Photoshop, then bring it to life in After Effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Brainstorming Three Scenes In this lesson, we'll roughly work out the premise of our sequence. There are a few different things that we need to keep in mind. We won't have any cuts in our sequence, so we'll have a smooth transition from one scene to the next. You'll want to preplan that and make sure we've got similarities in both of our scenes for us to have a seamless transition. Another thing to keep in mind is ideally we'd want a large separation between the two scenes. We want the first scene to be relatively positive, not just in colour or space but also in feel. Then, it's nice to ...”
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Course summary for: Title Sequence Animation in After Effects
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Animation

Paul McDonnell
A course by Paul McDonnell
Paul is a title sequence designer, working out of HUGE Designs in London. He was born in Guildford, England in 1979 and grew up in Western New York. Paul has been working in the title industry for over a decade, and has created the opening titles for shows including The Walking Dead, Chucky, The Serpent, Around the World in 80 Days, Das Boot and The Son.
He’s been nominated for BAFTAs multiple times, and won a Primetime Emmy for his work on the show Da Vinci’s Demons. He’s also a three-time recepient of the SXSW Excellence in Title Design for his work in The Shannara Chronicles, Into the Badlands, and Any Human Heart.
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