Final Project - Intro

For my final project I'm planning on integrating some of my extreme sport footage of drifting with two After Effects features: 3D and text manipulation. My original intent for taking this class was to learn how to use After Effects to make my videos better and that's what I plan on doing.

I have very little interest in creating feature/fiction film. My RTF career at UT has been in perusing editing and documentary. Honestly, I think I suck at creating stories from my head, I prefer to film the real world as it happens and use my creativity to assemble it into an entertaining video or documentary. It seems any time I try to create something from an idea, a video or action of some sort, it just comes out lame. So, that is why I've decided to use my strengths in After Effects to support something I know and enjoy doing.



For the actual project I am planning on using drift footage gathered over the years and including text intros and credits to 'spruce up' the documentary footage. Of course there will be setbacks and things that I will want to change, but my style is usually loosely planned or off the cuff, so I hardly ever can plan out what the final project will be when its finished. That's the beauty of my work so far :)



Basic schedule
Week 1 - organize
Week 2 - Go through my stockpiled footage for the good/interesting shots, edit
Week 3 - Music and edit, work on the intro AE sequence and any other text.
Week 4 - Tidy up the loose ends in the video edit and the AE titles, render