Nick Navatta is one of my favourite Grumo Students and just shared a video he created for one of his clients AttendStar.com.
Check the video out, soo cool!
Nick explains a little bit of the process involved in creating this awesome demo video:
How long did it take to put together?
The video, as a whole, took about a month or so. I actually started doing the script, and creating the illustrator files before I had gotten a hold of After Effects. Also, at one point, After Effects crashed and I lost about ten hours of work! So, it was a real learning experience for me-I know what not to do, haha!How did you record the voice over?
The voiceover was recorded by someone that the company I did the video for, Attendstar, had chosen. I am pretty sure he used Audacity and a good microphone. I didn’t have to do much to the voiceover at all, except play around with it a little bit in Adobe Premeire and adjust the volume. Pretty sure the guy who did it was a musician.What was the hardest part?
The hardest part for me was in figuring out how to create the illustrator files in relation to the transitions I planned for the video. What I mean, is that I had to think about what layers I needed to attach to others, what layer went with what layer, and what I wanted to do animation-wise with the illustrator elements as the video was humming along. It seemed like a lot to keep track of-but I got the hang of it.What was the simplest part?
For me, it was the drawing. I love to draw and there is not a lot of stress for me in that area. It was fun. Its remembering all the technical stuff that I have to build up some discipline for!Where did you find the music?
Pond5 per Miguel Hernandez’s recommendation via the Grumo Video course!How did you find about Grumo?
Actually, the company I created this demo video for had seen your Hipmunk video and loved it. I really loved it too, but I was wondering, “Ok-what do I need to do to create a video that is at least somewhat close to how this one is done”. I wasn’t expecting to be able to do one that good for my first video, but I at least wanted to challenge myself to do something good. I followed the trail from that video to the youtube channel and saw the videos about creating your own demo video. Then I jumped to the website and found the help I needed in the Grumo course!What other places online have helped you learn to put together this demo video?
Well, I just kept watching your videos for little tips. Whenver I got stuck, I would just go watch a Grumo video for a little inspiration. Beyond that-I used lynda.com a little bit-but mostly, I just tried to keep it very simple, and just used your course as a guide.
Thanks Nick for sharing this super cool animated promo video and can’t wait to see more work coming from you!
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