Group: Update 08-12-13

LB: Today I finished putting the footage through After Effects for the deadline on tuesday. Now this is complete we can focus on the last segment of our video on Monday. Going through using the 'Roto-Brush' tool for each clip took a long time, but I am happy with the turn-out. The shots I edited today were;

• Mid shot - Jump cut of Chris wearing mask: This shot goes into colour, however the middle part is not used (watch Rough Cut)
• Mid shot of Chris shouting in studio.
• Variety of different lengths of shots pulling out of Chris to reveal woodland location.
• Long shot of Chris on rope swing (To be reversed)
• Shots of Chris in urban location (These shots have Chris in colour, with background Black &White for the end of the video)

When I go in on Monday, as a group we can put all these shots over the top of the timeline, then solely focus on the last 30 seconds.

Individually one of my big chunks remaining is my print work, this needs to be fully completed before Tuesday, so far I am happy with how It looks. The front cover is now complete, with the pane advertising the website is also complete. The other two panes are not finished, and still not certain if they are the images used.

Digi-pak progress so far

JP: I worked on the studio paint footage today in After Effects. We wanted the footage to be black and white with the paint in colour so that the paint appears to be colouring him in to symbolise him become a happier person and editing this shot this way helps to convey this theme and make more sense of the narrative.

I tried a few different methods on After effects to colour just the paint however many attempts were ineffective, time consuming and difficult to do. The way I found to work most was by using the colour correction tool and two layers, one in black and white and another layer using the 'Leave Color' effects leaving only the selected colour and then using the settings to decolour the rest of the layer.