Self Publishing - Manipulating Typefaces

Considering all of the workshops we have, these are by far my favourites, due to the practicalities and the different, spontaneous things which we get to create. During this session we were given three different type faces to work with, we had to pick certain parts out of letters we liked to create a stencil, this would then be printed onto an A2 sheet in an interesting way, the images below demonstrate both the process and the final outcomes. 

Adobe Premier - Slideshows

During this session with Jay we were introduced to Adobe Premier, a piece of software which is perfect for making show reels. This session achieved something very similar to what we did with Sara at the beginning of the year. It was simply making slideshows which transitioned professionally, we also looked at basic text effects that we could use in order to illustrate the different images and videos which we included within the show.

Show Reel example using Adobe Premier from Jessica Mountford on Vimeo.
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Slideshow Example, using Adobe Premier Pro from Jessica Mountford on Vimeo.

After Effects - Use of Effects, Lighting and Cameras

During this session with Sara we were taught mainly about the use of Z Space, which makes the animation almost 3D, it allows the user to start using the extra space which is available. It is a dimension of white nothingness, where neither time, nor space exist. By using this is makes animation a whole lot more versatile, it was something which we touched upon last year which is incredibly useful in order to make a high quality animation. 
For this particular session we were asked to create media to use previous to the session. I wanted to make something which represented where I was from, I used some of my own photography to trace and then create an animation out of. 

This was the original image which I used, it was taken at Mow Cop Castle, which is in Cheshire. It is the highest point in the area and looks over the Staffordshire and Cheshire plane. This image was taken on a summers day last year, in which I took a number of images and this was a particular favourite of mine. 

This was the image which I created from this, and each section is on a completely different layer so that I would be able to use the layers in order to create the animation. When moving the piece into After Effects I also changed the colours to make them completely monochrome, this gave the piece a more vintage feel and made it seem more traditional. I also added textures and lighting, along with brief information about the location.

Castle Animation from Jessica Mountford on Vimeo.