Week 2B

Today in class we went over some more tools to aid in the use of after effects. The main things I learned were different versions to render out to in order to save on the file size. By making your video slightly less quality you can save on the size plenty.  The main thing that prevents people from doing this is the fear of losing detail in the video, but I didn't really notice a difference. it was just maybe a slight change in some color values but nothing major. After the demo, we began working on translating our typed up dream into a video with images. The main twist on this project was that we could only use textures. I never would have imagined how hard it could be to put simple words into a texture, but it is actually pretty difficult. Apparently, at first, I missed the only using texture part so I had to switch some around. But overall I used some that I thought fit pretty well.

Some Textures Used 

 Monster: I decided to go with the texture of skin for the word monster in order to showcase the fact that the monster was a person. Also, I have never realized how scary an up-close view of human skin was until this project.

Mystery:  I went with a cracked glass texture for mystery since it holds so much suspense. When viewing the image one may begin to think why is the glass cracked, or how it got that way. I really wanted to go with an image that made people question what was going on within the image itself, something that made them look deeper into the texture.

Disbelief: The texture of water droplets is mainly to look into the dream itself. It is mainly to connect to the part of my dream where the fire department tries to destroy my evidence.

Panic: This is the texture of human body parts coming through a wall of some sort. I thought this would best represent the aspect of being trapped, and I know that is a point when people panic. I feel like this image alone gives me a person with anxiety a sense of panic.