Motion Graphics
After I was quoted $3,000.00/minute for animation in my upcoming documentary, tentatively titled “Shamanism: Spirituality’s True Roots,” I decided I could save myself thousands in production costs and abandon all else to teach myself motion graphics. Little did I know how much I’d fall in love with After Effects and Cinema 4D, so I’ve abandoned all studio work to spend 8-18 hours a day, every day working on learning this new craft. If you’re curious for detailed descriptions, Vimeo hosts my progress, with all my stories and blunders along the way. I’m having the time of my life, adding a whole new dimension to creating 3D audio spaces…now I get to do it with visuals instead:
I’m actually looking to hire a reasonably-priced animator for the documentary. I love working on this stuff, but I know that even at my best, I’d only be able to get the animation to 75% or so. I want someone to not only take it the other 35% (yes 35%), but to offer some creative ideas that I didn’t think of, helping to take them to the next level. There’s about 20 minutes of animation total, and that’s just for the first documentary. It may slow down production on the documentary, but hopefully I’ll have acquired skills I can use from here on out.
LASTLY: I’ve got detailed step-by-step documentation of every one of my Day to Day projects. Some may have been inspired by tutorials, but every project will be started from scratch, no matter how much I end up banging my head against the wall to make them happen. I hope to post them on BlackBoxTuts whenever I get the time to convert my notes in hopes that other might learn from this complete immersion into a craft I knew nothing about before the 21st of November 2010.
- Keith Cleversley