Making Of The Second Draft!

In the second draft, I intended to add some distortion to the music video, to give a sense of mystery; then the idea of a TV warp came to mind. So it was time to go onto After Effects :)! After Effects is very useful in making high standard effects as multiple plugins are released from different developers excluding Adobe. 

What i first did was import the first draft into the composition. I then added an adjustment layer which is what I actually add the effect to and which is where the effects functions from. I then shortened the adjustment layer so the effect only function where it pasts a section of the adjustment layer. In order to gain more accuracy I lowered the timecode into frames as seen in the screen shot above the time lap.

This is how the effect looks when it is in function. Settings can be altered and manipulated on the side panel; for example, the wave warp, wave speed and noise. This can determine how strong the distortion can be however, I picked a low amount for each setting in order to get a moderate effect in terms of strength.

I added some turbulance to add some added distortion to the image. The turbulance was a different plugin which was already on the presets when you buy After Effects. Again, the setting can be manipulated to your preferences.

 This is how the whole composition looked when I was finished adding the effect to sections of the video. I tried not to over use it and use it in relevant places which would be memorable. I then rendered it, which took me quite a long time to render on my mac even with the minimal amount of effect i used due to the low amount of RAM.