Final Project Influences

For my final project (which I have yet to do a final edit on) I wanted to make an advanced PowerPoint presentation. In order for it to be able to handle the amount of video I wanted to stream out, the 3D space that is called for at one point, and the 4000+ pictures that are cylced through, I needed another program.

After Effects was that program. I wanted for the presentation to be as close to "sensory overload" as possible. I played with audio and video to create a complex looking presentation in which the viewer ultimately re-mixed what they saw on the fly. Every viewing would show different pieces of the whole.

The reason for my upload still not being up is due to the complex nature of the project, many aspects were tied into others, but different layers needed to be exported at different times to create a tie between the audio and visual aspects that were linked on two levels.

The final workflow top-down looked like this:

*Left-to-right and right-to-left digital audio waveforms which were automatically generated with the narration audio
*Floating video
*Dancing lighting tied to one of three songs
*Background video which emphasized the floating videos

*Left-to-right and right-to-left digital audio waveforms which were automatically generated with the narration audio
*Dancing lighting tied to one of three songs
*Occasional image that either synced with audio or held a static image for 15 frames every second. All other images only held 2 frames.

My influences were both from VideoCoPilot:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/elegant_slideshows/
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/audio_to_animation/

Together they worked well to give me a basis for the "sensory overload" i spoke of during the presentation and wanted the audience to feel.

One person's feedback was simple: "It was great, but a few points I had to blink."