The egg kisser
What is the narrative?
There’s a guy who is kissing loads of eggs and his friend catches him in the middle of kissing eggs and tries to intervene.
How is the narrative communicated?
Through the dialogue of the scene that’s comedy.
How would you explain the editing style?
It is cut together with lots of back and forth for comedic effect. a lot of uncomfortably close shots.
Momentum
What is the narrative?
A motivational message about not giving up when trying a new thing or reaching a personal goal; with momentum used as an analogy.
How is the narrative communicated?
Through voiceover.
How would you explain the editing style?
Lots of clips cut together to supplement the voiceover. Professional editing.
Layers & Editing in After Effects.
After effects is a layer based software.
Layers at the top are shown in front of layers below.
Keyframes: keyframes are used to tell the properties of a value in one specific point in time. this could be opacity, rotation, position and scale.
trimming the head of a clip.
put the playhead at a point in time, and press alt + [
trimming the tail of a clip.
put the playhead at a point in time, and press alt + ]
adding keyframes for a basic transition.
rendering.
select the length of your project at the bottom of the screen.
composition > add to render queue > (bottom of the screen) output module > click on the text that says lossless > pick quicktime > press OK
output to > name file and choose where to save > click render.