Changes to my Project

Today I met with my tutor and he gave me his opinion on my video. He said that it needed to be more vibrant and not as safe, and gave me some specifics to look at including the text graphics and the lips effect. I was also shown a grading plug in for After Effects called Magic Bullet that I could use to get some really professional looking grading very quickly. I took all of this feedback away with me and began making changes to improve the video.

I have gone back and looked at the keying of some of the shots which needed to be improved and I have done so. I have also changed the colours of the lips so that they vary from shot to shot, adding another dimension of interest to the shot. I then put all of my new and improved shots back into the After Effects project with the background and enlaced all the old work with the new. I then played around with Magic Bullet and found a few grading looks that I really like. Just grading my model and the background in different looks has made the entire video look completely different and much more striking.

Below are three examples of background grading looks, I personally think I will use the third one as it is the most dramatic.

The last thing I need to do to improve my project is to re-do the text graphics, as my tutor said they looked old fashioned and should be more striking and interesting, as they are an obvious part of the video.