As a budding creator/doer, you draw inspiration from your life’s experiences and use these as muses for your art. In this class, you will spend some time creating a mini-documentary, using motion graphics created in After Effects, that explores who you are, your influences, passions, and your hopes for the future.

This mini documentary will be a narration, illustrated by related B-roll, with a non-distracting music track.

Here are examples:

Mini-documentary about your interests.

First Person Narrative (approx 200 words) about your journey.

Possible talking points:

–Introduce yourself

–What are your passions?

–What are your influences (filmmakers, artist, musicians, mentors, athletes, authors, scholars, other)?

–Current Wishes, hopes, dreams, fears?

–How and what have you learned about your passions?

–Where do you get your ideas?

–What does your future hold (college, career, art, etc.)

Required B-roll (visuals for your documentary):

• –Long Portrait

• –Cinemagraph

• –3 Animated Images w/animation using After Effects

• -Video of your influences

• –Childhood Pictures/Video

• –Animated Line Contour Portrait & Signature

• –Stencil Luma (Double Exposure Effect)

• –Kaleidascope

• –3d wiggle

CHALLENGE OPTION BROLL (not required):

• –2.5D Parallax images

• –Kinetic Typography

• –Time Lapse of you working

• –Time Remapped Screen Captures of your editing process

• –Massive Effect

B-Roll assignments

The following are examples and resources for creating the B-roll (visual elements) of your mini-documentary:

Other After Effects effects to explore: Autoscroll, Light Rays