Day 5 - Editing

It is time to implement CGI towards our video. I have exported a scene of a close up of our character's arm in quicktime to a .mov file. I have taken the video home with my USB drive and had imported it to Adobe After Effects.

I opened the file into Adobe After Effects. What we had in mind is that we wanted our character to look like he has bugs crawling under his skin which is supposed to be triggered by a portegiest. I have created a single bug element which is in a round shape. I have added a displacement within the round shape so that it distorts the footage making the element look like it is popping out. Furthermore, I have added a pathway for the element to move. I have drawn a path that leads down our characters arm. This leads the distortion down our character's arm so that it looks like bugs are under his skin. I have duplicated 3-4 times and have displaced them so that it looks like multiple bugs are crawling under his skin.

I have exported the video to a DV PAL format so it would match the format we use for the Apple Mac's in school. I have also exported it without a high compression. This is so it won't loose a lot of quality. Also, when I take it back to school, it will match the quality of our original footage we have taken.

I am happy with the outcome as it looks realistic. I also think it will intrigue our audience.