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Another Noob Question
There is a certain effect used in many music videos and in some mainstream movies. In trying to experiment with AE, I can’t seem to replicate the effect fully. The movement of the actors in these clips looks “twitchy”. Examples could be seen in Christina Aguilera’s “Fighter” video, some Marilyn Manson stuff, and plenty of others. It looks as if it is just an outputting of frames but my attempts have been rather fruitless. Does anyone know how to replicate this look? Any info would be great. Thanks!
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Not sure what “twitchy” means, but have you experimented with time effects? (strobe, echo, etc.)
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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A lot of what gets done in the Manson videos (I haven’t seen the Aguilera clip – I’ll have to have a look on the web) is about speed ramping, or simply speeding up the frame rate. It’s sometimes done in short bursts with a film-style “flash” or dip-to-white. This can create a twitchy effect. I definitely think you should be playing with the time effects.
Can you post some links to the videos you mention? Seeing an effect makes it easier to “reverse-engineer” :o)
Also bear in mind that there are plenty of ways to skin any given cat in After Effects. Don’t be afraid to noodle around. You’ll find all sorts of wonderful gadgets that’ll be helpful at some point down the line.
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Found the “Fighter” video on launch.com
It’s definitely time-shifting. Play with your time effects.
If I were to do it manually, I’d chop up a clip into a few segments, speed up some at different rates (eg first clip 100%, next 200%, next 150%, then 100% etc…) and then maybe drop the odd frame here or there to get that flitty, jumpy, weird look.
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I haven’t seen that clip specifically but usualy you get the twitchy effect by slowing down a music track then get everyone to sing and dance to the slowed down track. Then play it back at ‘normal’ speed and it all loooks speedy and kinetic. -It’s done in loads of rap / dance videos all the time.
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Spot on – if you needed sync footage. This stuff was just weird movement.
Come to think of it, Marilyn Manson do a lot of sped up sync in their videos.
I don’t know if you guys in the States ever got to see the awesome Australian film “Chopper” about one of our notorious crime figures. It has a scene where they are doing Coke, and the entire scene is sped up, but still in normal sync speed for dialogue. Simple technique but it works so well when used right.
e.
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Hey i saw Chopper. It was awesome! That particular scene is sweet.
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