Week 06: Cameras, Shots, & Rendering

Learning Goals

Students will be able to:

  1. Render an Animated Sequence

  2. Create and manipulate cameras with different focal lengths

  3. Add Depth of Field

  4. Lay out a simple sequence in After Effects

  5. Create smooth camera movements

  6. Depth of Field

  7. Rendering Animation

  8. Setup render settings for projects

  9. Setup a multi-shot folder structure

Agenda

Note: The exact timing and topics covered may shift.

Dailies: 9:00 am- 9:20am

  1. Homework Review: Lighting

  2. Q&A: Have any questions come up since last class?

Adding Multiple Cameras and Adjusting Focal Lengths

Animating / Moving Cameras

Adding Depth of Field Blur

  1. Theory: Canon Explains Exposure

  2. Technique: Greyscale Gorilla Explains DOF in C4D

Animation Render Settings

Multi-Shot Folder Structures

Batch Rendering

(Simulated) EARTHQUAKE

Camera Moves

Batch Rendering

Editing Shots Together

  1. Watch: Clock by Phillip Bloom

  2. Technique: RetroSpace (Model, Textures, & Lighting by Anders Kjellberg | dogday-design.se)

Depth of Field: 11:20am-11:50am

Homework 11:55am-12:00pm

What:

  1. Using a simple model, create a visually compelling 30sec video.

    1. Use multiple cameras/angles

    2. Favor single moves and multiple cuts over one camera with a complex movement.

Due: By the start of our next class session in the GDrive.

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