In this session we had the task of creating an animation using the camera tool to create the illusion that words were flying away from or towards the screen. before this however we chose some song lyrics or a quote to work with. This exercise was teaching us how to use the camera tool for animations in the future that involved camera transitions and camera movement.
Flying Typography Project from Sam Hepworth on Vimeo.
I have learnt how to use the camera tool on After Effects and I am vey comfortable with it. I can use the camera to transition scenes and move the camera if the animation needs to move around the scene or focus on one specific object. Also I can use the camera now to create the illusion that an object is moving by having the camera move instead.
Overall I am happy with this animation I had a slight problem with positions of text and the position of the camera where I could not make the letters clearly visible and this made it hard for viewers to see the letters made a word. Eventually I solved this problem and the work I resulted with was a success.
Improvements would be including more text and involve different kinds of movement for the text instead of the words coming closer to the screen.
