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.

Recommended Reading / Viewing

Free

• Product Promos with Hardware OpenGL Rendering: Series Overview [Product Promos with Hardware OpenGL Rendering] - Cineversity Training and Tools for Cinema 4D

• Sports Motion Graphic Template, Part 08: Setup Camera Animation with the Morph Camera [Video Tutorial] - Cineversity Training and Tools for Cinema 4D

• The Motion Camera Tag, Part 01 [The Motion Camera Tag] - Cineversity Training and Tools for Cinema 4D

Premium

• Lights, Camera, Render! - Advanced Lighting and Camera Work in Cinema 4D - YouTube

• Cinema 4D: Camera Animation by Donovan Keith