Work on VFX for Viola Films webisodes 'Mechanical Me''

A fair while ago, must've been good three weeks ago, I was taken by Viola Films producers and asked to help out with some visual effects for their three web episodes "Mechanical Me" . Essentially my task was to develop aftereffects layouts, which later could be applied to many various shots.

This video quickly shows some effects I have developed and applied to shots :

Given the time restriction (1 week for one 10 min. episode) and general scale of the project, the effects, also other aspects such as props, costumes etc. had quality restrains to them. However, I was glad to explore some new fields to me, such as working with green screen. I have delivered something both producers, Sam Supple and Debra McGee, were happy with. Some other work included designing logos , etc.:

 

 

After effects: Faking 3D

Using only 5 different photos of clouds and folowing Pete's tutorial, today many of us created a sequence that looks 3d despite the fact we used only flat pictures.
camera with certain options created in after effects helpd to create paralax motion between the camera and layered pictures. By ading ajustment layers all the information was combined ito a seemless whole.
An interesting lesson.

After Effect classes: Combining layers

First practices in after effects. The task was to combine separate layers of video material in to a seamless whole. The Process shown here illustrates how a certain kind of gasses try to clean poisoned lungs ( if I recall the explanation correctly ) .