Adobe After Effects Reel

Adobe After Effects Reel Breakdown

Title Card

Used the shape tool to create the bouncing circle and transform it into the letter C, then used the text tool to animate the rest of my name.

Clip 1: Rotoscoping Tool

Placed the middle ground text in between the foreground person's head and in front of the background sky with the rotoscoping tool.

Clip 2: Point Tracking Text

Mapped the path of the car in the footage, then created an arrow and text separately, then used the point tracking tool to make both assets follow the car's path.

Clip 3: Camera Tracking

Used the camera tracking tool to create a 3D map of the footage. I took a photo of the ninja turtles, isolated the photo, and placed it on a location within the 3D map.

Clip 4: 3D Moving Text

Created 2D text and arrow assets, which I converted to 3D objects. Then I created separate animations for the 3D objects. I used the masking tool to mask out the building to create the perception that they exist in the middle ground and could hide behind the building.

Clip 5: Planar Tracking

Used the planar tracking tool to create a moving plane that was tracked on the side of the vehicle. I then placed an image of Jeff Goldblum on the plane.

Source: All video footage was supplied by the After Effects 2021 Essential Training: The Basics course on LinkedIn Learning. Photos of the ninja turtles and Jeff Goldblum were grabbed from online.

Instagram Reel Demos

Instagram Reel 1 and 2 Breakdown

Please note: reels 1 and 2 were edited by me for a social media page following brand guidelines which are listed below.

Created a coherent narrative that is under one minute. Source conversations in examples were roughly five minutes long each.

Used a maximum of four silly zoom moments to accentuate comedic effect.

Bleeped out all curse words.

Found a funny moment in the conversation to give the video an ending punchline.

Source: The Andy Frasco World Saving Podcast Episodes 249 & 251, for IG @volume

Instagram Reel 3 Breakdown

Created a compilation of important moments from video to create a cohesive narrative under one minute. Source video was 45 minutes in length.

Chose which moments from source video to include.

Used transitions into timelapses for key moments to show entire action while still keeping video under required time limit.

Source: darkstina.com, IG @astrangeandscaryplace

Instagram Reel 4 Breakdown

Created a timelapse video to show a drawing being made from beginning to end in under one minute. Source video is 25 minutes in length.

Placed the finished drawing in the beginning to give a preview of what will be drawn.

Used time interpolation options in Adobe Premiere Pro to create a timelapse that fit within the time limit of the video.

Placed inspiration photo and advertisement at the end of video.

Source: darkstina.com, IG @astrangeandscaryplace

Instagram Reel 5 Breakdown

Divided promotional photo asset into two parts, the frame and the backdrop.

Converted the backdrop into a screen to put over the video.

Inserted a video behind the frame and screen.

Changed the black point in the video yellow and the white point in the video to red to mimic sepia.

Source: darkstina.com, IG @astrangeandscaryplace, IG @carnavaldelalune

Long Form Editing

 Long Form Editing Breakdown

Please note: Clip is a short example from a longer video for a streaming website that I edited. Full video is 45 minutes.

Used footage from two different cameras to create one cohesive video, one wide angle camera and one handheld camera in the audience. Overall 8 source clips were provided.

Used visuals and audio from source clips to sync everything together without time codes or slates provided to me.

Matched the colors in the videos from two different types of cameras to each other.

Was instructed to favor the handheld camera and footage from the wide camera for transitions between songs, to accentuate moments that required wider views, and to hide moments when the handheld camera was obscured.

Source: The Foxies Super Sonic Paris, volume.com