Process Overview Part Two

Process point two: How am i doing it?

So I had the scope of the project, now I had to have a creative way of presenting the information. The first think to remember is that this project would be created in Adobe After Effects (AE), which works seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop. I would create some visual mock-ups in Photoshop and then import them directly into AE, layers and all. Then I could swap out static elements for motion elements, or add motion to static pieces. In order to start working in Photoshop I would need a still-shot example of the video we would eventually be using. For that, I took a still frame from the AE footage of myself I shot in front of a green screen. I removed the green background (a process I’ll visit later) and imported the image into Photoshop for mock up.

In my research, I noticed that most of the head shot graphics were crisp and clean. While that look has benefits, I wanted to create something a little more edgy, dark, and for lack of a better word…grungy. And since the semester schedule didn’t work well with the football season, I ruled out actual video board display during a football game. With this in mind, I set out to create something outside the norm.

The first thing I found were some royalty free light-streak images. I used those images and layered them on one another, utilizing various blending modes to create a cool way to frame the player video. (example) After throwing some text in there, I was ready to move my project into After Effects.