Waking up --- how to? at DVinfo.net

Phil Gosselin · May 19th, 2011, 12:59 PM

Hi all,

I just shot a project in which the first shot is our character waking up in the morning. The whole video is POV style so it would be nice if that first shot would start black and then proceed as if the characters eyelids were slowly opening. I've that type of effect many times in TV shows and movies but recreating it is entirely another matter.

In you opinion how could I proceed through AE in order to achieve this?

Thanks,

Phil

Gregory Gesch · May 19th, 2011, 05:56 PM

Hi Phil. Above your video layer create a black solid and add Effects/Distort/CC Split or CC Split 2 (Split 2 allows you to keyframe both sides of the slit), then probably add some blur - use one with "Repeat Edge Pixels" such as Fast Blur.

Sareesh Sudhakaran · May 19th, 2011, 09:19 PM

Or masking and blurring...

John Wiley · May 25th, 2011, 05:41 PM

I would use a mask and keyframe it, then feather the edges. Also make sure you blur the background, perhaps with more blur on the horizontal plane than the vertical.

Also add some camera shake either in post or during filming. During filming you could also start with the camera rotated so that the opening scene is sideways.

John Wiley · May 25th, 2011, 06:04 PM

I would use a mask and keyframe it, then feather the edges. Also make sure you blur the background, perhaps with more blur on the horizontal plane than the vertical.

Also add some camera shake either in post or during filming. During filming you could also start with the camera rotated so that the opening scene is sideways.

May 19th, 2011, 12:59 PM	#1
Phil Gosselin Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 211	Waking up --- how to? Hi all, I just shot a project in which the first shot is our character waking up in the morning. The whole video is POV style so it would be nice if that first shot would start black and then proceed as if the characters eyelids were slowly opening. I've that type of effect many times in TV shows and movies but recreating it is entirely another matter. In you opinion how could I proceed through AE in order to achieve this? Thanks, Phil

May 19th, 2011, 05:56 PM	#2
Gregory Gesch Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 114	Re: Waking up --- how to? Hi Phil. Above your video layer create a black solid and add Effects/Distort/CC Split or CC Split 2 (Split 2 allows you to keyframe both sides of the slit), then probably add some blur - use one with "Repeat Edge Pixels" such as Fast Blur.

May 19th, 2011, 09:19 PM	#3
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May 25th, 2011, 05:41 PM	#4
John Wiley Trustee Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Byron Bay, Australia Posts: 1,155	Re: Waking up --- how to? I would use a mask and keyframe it, then feather the edges. Also make sure you blur the background, perhaps with more blur on the horizontal plane than the vertical. Also add some camera shake either in post or during filming. During filming you could also start with the camera rotated so that the opening scene is sideways.

May 25th, 2011, 06:04 PM	#5
John Wiley Trustee Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Byron Bay, Australia Posts: 1,155	Re: Waking up --- how to? I would use a mask and keyframe it, then feather the edges. Also make sure you blur the background, perhaps with more blur on the horizontal plane than the vertical. Also add some camera shake either in post or during filming. During filming you could also start with the camera rotated so that the opening scene is sideways.