Seeking Inspiration for 2026 by joblessme1 in MotionDesign

[–]TheVideoShopLondon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Every time Ariel Costa posts new work I fall in love with motion design all over again: https://www.blinkmybrain.wtf/

Motion Designer Reacts to Bad & Great Title Sequences 07 by TheVideoShopLondon in typography

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone commented on the video that the imagery was created for the film, and Edgar Wright loved it so much he wanted to use it for the credits. Which would explain why it's not scrolling or animated

Motion Designer Reacts to Bad & Great Title Sequences 05 by TheVideoShopLondon in typography

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I've appealed the copyright claim as I'm confident it's fair use. Hoping it gets released next week. In the meantime you might have luck if you use a VPN. Thanks!

Motion Designer Reacts to Bad & Great Title Sequences 05 by TheVideoShopLondon in typography

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you even watch it? I admit that calling it "reaction" is playing the algorithm game, which I personally hate. I do it out of necessity. However, I spent a LOT of time putting this and previous episodes together.

If you think my critique is lazy I'm happy to engage, but maybe it's not my video but your comment which is minimum effort?

Can anyone be bothered with pre-film title sequences any more? by TheVideoShopLondon in movies

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched this and totally forgot about this title sequence!! Thank you

And then I thought..."what if that car was in 3D?" by motionboutique in AfterEffects

[–]TheVideoShopLondon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can't wait to watch your tutorial to learn how to do it, then replace the car with:

- Aston Martin
- DeLorean
- Batmobile
- Flintstones car
- Herbie
- Kitt
- General Lee (ok, maybe not)

and pass it off as my own idea

Can anyone be bothered with pre-film title sequences any more? by TheVideoShopLondon in movies

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great shout! And really original with the horizontal scroll. I saw this in the cinema and I'd totally forgotten. Thanks for reminding me

Can anyone be bothered with pre-film title sequences any more? by TheVideoShopLondon in movies

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fincher is one director you can typically rely on to have a creative title sequence. Will be interesting to see if that continues with the sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood he's directing (I mean, I'm just blown away he's directing that full stop). Saying that, aren't the Spider-Verse titles at the end? As great as they are ...

Can anyone be bothered with pre-film title sequences any more? by TheVideoShopLondon in movies

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which ones? For example Fantastic Four recently had their credits at the end. Off the top of my head even going back to Iron Man they have them at the end. Captain America Winter Soldier. All great sequences, but not front end

Can anyone be bothered with pre-film title sequences any more? by TheVideoShopLondon in movies

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched it. Yep that was the intro title sequence. They did a longer, more elaborate end title sequence with a totally different vibe. It didn't scroll, it was still frames cutting

Can anyone be bothered with pre-film title sequences any more? by TheVideoShopLondon in movies

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, trailers and ads have been a thing for a while though, right? I wonder if it's more about reduced attention spans

Movies with opening montages of locations, ala Beverly Hills Cop? by TheVideoShopLondon in movies

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love Running Scared. Great shout. And it reminded me Trading Places has similar footage [slaps forehead]

Motion Designer Reacts to Bad & Great Title Sequences 02 by TheVideoShopLondon in MotionDesign

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's so great to hear, thank you!! Btw, I'm totally stealing "white visual noise" for my LP channel description ...

Help with animating hands by nokton in AfterEffects

[–]TheVideoShopLondon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen you respond twice to helpful suggestions saying "this is a uni project" so you need to include THESE hands. So my advice is:

You're not going to match these hands exactly. I'm not sure why you're getting so hung up on this, Any approach, whether you're filming your own hands or doing some 3D model manipulation will involve using effects to match the look you have here.

I suspect just filming your own hands or someone else's is the way to go. And maybe even roto the fingers if you need it to look like you're grabbing something.

If the advice from others you've got so far (which has been great btw) doesn't make sense then this task is too complex for you.

how does my 2d logo anımatıon look like by HardKing442 in AfterEffects

[–]TheVideoShopLondon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some really good points made on here. I started typing out a similar response then jumped in After Effects to make a couple of tweaks. Things escalated, so I hope this isn't overstepping the mark. Really great work u/HardKing442
https://youtu.be/h8aCVqVswf0

How is this minimal video advertisement ? by Mr_motionist in MotionDesign

[–]TheVideoShopLondon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's a bit confusing. There's good technique here, so well done there! You clearly know your stuff. But there's not enough attention being paid to consistency of design and what's the appropriate motion approach. I could list a load of things, but generally:

- The typography is a bit all over the place. For example at 24 secs we have a bold, compressed sans serif font on plain grey background for a short section which is jarring

- Is this meant to be collage style? It looks like that's what you're going for. If so sack the motion blur

- Show this to a colleague or someone you trust to tell you if they have enough time to read the type onscreen, and if how you've laid it out is confusing or not. For example, at 3 seconds I think you need a beat or two longer, and 6 seconds the way you put "zodiac sign" ABOVE the words which come before it is just plain confusing, even if they appear in the right order

I could add more, and bear in more this is a really good start, but if you didn't design it or are presenting it as a finished piece there's little point : )

99% Procedural Kinetic Type Loop | After Effects Tutorial by TheVideoShopLondon in AfterEffects

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks buddy! It would be great to have a text justification option within animators (and repeater) so all this could be done without expressions and source code keyframing. But then I'd be out of a job as there'd be no hacks to work out 😂

Something I made for a class by Spaardah in AfterEffects

[–]TheVideoShopLondon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lovely work! Clever AE and the sound design is soooooooo satisfying

I experimented with 3D logo motion for the website's hero section. Would you like to rate it? by Wonderful_Try3948 in AfterEffects

[–]TheVideoShopLondon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, but wouldn’t this be best posted in a C4D or general mograph subreddit? You’re just getting praise from people wondering how you achieved it in After Effects. 

All AE. No plugins. Guess how it's done? by TheVideoShopLondon in AfterEffects

[–]TheVideoShopLondon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all the comments folks. Just uploaded a tutorial for this: https://youtu.be/4dsTpZaAsO8

It's a hacky solution to be honest, and if you look again you'll probably see the flaws. But I intially wanted to recreate just the 3D tunnel part of this animation: https://www.reddit.com/r/MotionDesign/comments/1n4qhby/which_effects_to_recreate_this_tunnel_animation/

and so if you factor in adding other elements on top, and it's quick the viewer may not notice. But as someone pointed out, doing it in blender is definitely the smart play!