(these tutorials above were the main inspiration and obviously the resources that helped me to figure out how the thing works.)

Moving on straight to the process. I will just upload all the screenshots I made here and caption some of them. And then may be add some extra information after that. I tried uploading pictures in the certain order but it kept changing, so unfortunately they are random. Please, follow the captions.

so that's how my laptop's AE layout looks like

each composition that I have been creating had a huge amount of layers. 14 is not the limit.

i also used a lot of trackers. again 4 is not the limit.

for the ellipse shape layer I have used trim patch so that it looks like someone draws it. that's what Phill taught me on one of the lessons.

I also used a lot of text animation this time, never done that before and moreover I had no idea this thing existed before this project.

also did some curves to correct the lighting and contrast.

this is a close up of one of the masks and path tracking.

that's a close up to the technical side.

these stairs were fun to make

this was a fun side, because i needed to loop the animation. so this composition

i decided to pre-compose this composition, so that I could work with it further.

i trimmed it, but unfortunately i don't have a screenshot.

so this one was absolutely another level to me. i used the tutorial above to remap and loop my precomposed track

this is how it happened

magic

Evaluation

Day 2 & 3

Evaluation.

It's about time to start writing about this one I figured. So, let's dive straight into it. 

I have a really weird journey to my idea this time. I gone to a different direction first, I forgot about the effects I want to use, then I forgot about the brief that tells us to compare a machine to a human body. Basically I was so concentrated on other uni work that I kinda put this on a side. And to be honest I am freaking out right now. I got my effects, I got my idea sorted, but I have no footage to work on. Hopefully, Mon and Tue will work for me and I will be able to film some stuff.

As I have nothing done yet, I will add some research right now. 

My general idea now is about comparing kitchen appliances to what people do without them. With some comedy touch to it. 

Right now I came up with general effect that I will do for the part with a girl, working without machines. Just by herself. I will take one of my favourite text effects since 2011 - the one from Sherlock.

Our first deadline is already done and I feel like before actually going on i need to evaluate my progress and my mistakes. I'd say - mid-term self-evaluation kind of thing.

It all stated with pitching ideas for our experimental films. I think I did okay with the actual presentation by making it structured and thought through. What I did wrong though is reading the brief. No, understanding the brief. The fact that I presented a usual mainstream idea is sad. Mainly because I realise that I am capable to do better. It's just this time for some reason I decided not to get out of my comfort zone and just stick with a classic short film. It annoys me now so much.

Then photography came. It all was quite good. I am kind of happy with the result I think that I should've thought more about technical side of the project too, because... As I have been using different settings all the time, some pictures look a bit differently and it may look like they are from different series. But the main idea, concept and even presentation them on the wall turned out to be alright.