Know Your Roots
Layers upon layers of… well… layers. A forest of keyframes. Bezier handles pointing this way and that. Motion graphics project files can get pretty complicated, and, from time to time, a frazzled graphics maestro may dream of a simpler time. What would it have been like to create parallax in say, 1957? Well, luckily for us, in the time before the internet and DVD special features, Walt Disney made “behind the scenes” videos. This one touts their invention of the “multi-plane” camera.
Jeff Saunders has a Bachelors Degree in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics from the Art Institute. He currently works in Minneapolis, MN as the Visual Art Director for Fitness on Request LLC. He has also over 3 years experience in broadcast television behind the scenes as produciton assistant, floor director, camera operator and has even moved the levels on soundboards.
Knowing your history is not only important, it is necessary to trace and project evolution. The next big things always come from “standing on the shoulders of giants”.