Adding Effects - Ideas

Before I start thinking of adding effects to my video I have to consider why I am adding effects and what they will mean. The brief specifies the use of post production on our videos, and here is what it says.

Post Production
Take the finished video and apply post production effects to add and extend the meaning of the piece. This must feature animated characteristics, and may also use video effects.


The effects I make and apply to the video will have to enhance the mood or the meaning, so I must first identify any theme regarding mood or meaning in my video. While I hadn't planned any complex themes there are certain moods implied by the way it is shot. For instance, the most obvious being that it is somebody waking up so presumably set in the morning.

When you wake up in the morning you are slightly disorientated. Your eyes haven't adjusted to the world yet and your vision might be blurry and inaccurate. I could use After Effects to animate an effect that would recreate this during the point of view shots that I had storyboarded.

Another idea I have had is to heighten the overall theme of 'Crash, Bang, Wallop' by adding a camera shake to the crashes. I don't want it to become repetitive so I will only add it to the 2 foot stomps at the start of the sequence. I will create this in After Effects although I do not yet know how I will do this.