PROJECT 3

Artist Statement:

My idea going into this project was to create a fake drug trip sequence using different moving fractals and shapes for the animation portion. I was inspired by a few videos I saw using Aftereffects to create and animate different shapes to create fractals. For the video portion, my friend acted out a person reading a book and finding a tab of acid inside the book. She then takes the acid and the video cuts to her washing her hands when the drug sequence begins. I am very proud of how the video sections ended up as I put a lot of time into the planning of the different shots as well as the color correction and editing of the different sections. One part that I’m most proud of was using premiere effects to transition the video more fluidly into the animation during the hand washing scene. For the animation section, I combined a few tutorials I found on youtube and created my own fractals. After that, I used more premiere effects on top to accentuate the trippy effects and make it more unique. Another part I was very proud of was the sound editing, especially during the animation section. I used several different sounds from freesound.org with premiere audio effects such as pitch shifting to create the effect of background music. Overall, I’m really happy with how the whole video turned out and I feel like I was able to create something very similar to what I had envisioned. The whole process took a lot of planning and effort and I definitely feel like that paid off.