Category: After Effects
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ASAM Corporate Motion Graphics
One of the corporate freelance clients I worked is the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). The first project was the improved layout for their infographic for a slide pack and print, and I wanted to explore their other instructional materials. One of the assets in their PDF documentation is a flowchart about pregnancy and addiction.…
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Video Editing: “Backlit” Interview
I was invited to collaborate with a fantastic production crew on this series produced by Women In Film and Video New England (WIFVNE) and High Output Academy. I was the editor on this project, doing edits in Premiere and motion graphics in After Effects. Over 3 hours of content with Mel Nesteruk, a gaffer and…
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“Whisper”: kinetic text
The idea for this project originated around a small entre-acte on a Regina Spektor album: a short whispered dialogue between Regina and a younger girl, the track is called “Whisper”. I thought it would be charming to animate this dialogue, using kinetic text and motion graphics in After Effects. Since the theme is about waiting and…
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Creative Split Screens
This is a tutorial series where I teach, step by step, from total beginner to more advanced After Effects techniques. It was originally published on udemy.com, but I am making some content available for free on youtube, this is a playlist of public tutorial videos. Overview of Creative Split Screens Part 1 Overview of Creative…
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EdX Online Course Design
I was the media designer for an EdX course entitled “Making Science and Engineering Pictures“, taught by science photographer Felice Frankel. I created all the video content in After Effects, and was the course author in the edx.org platform. Demo reel and production notes about this project. This was a complete Adobe Creative Suite project:…
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After Effects Animation: Entity of Creation
This animation was all done in After Effects, utilizing kinetic texts and complex layers of images prepared in Photoshop. See production notes here.
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After Effects Animation: Reeling for the Empire
In this main title sequence, I wanted to establish a sense of place, time, characters, and an unsettling mystery. This project is based on the short story by Karen Russel. Images were edited in Photoshop, then assembled and animated in After Effects. See the production notes here.