Major project - Behind the scenes

Before opening up any programs for editing, I briefly went over all of the material and sorted it out into folders, separating videos from audios. When that was set up, I’ve opened the program and started the editing. To work in a more organized manner, since the video is going to be focused around information from audio, I’ve started with stitching all audio material in order following the script and once that was done, the video/background visuals was developed.

This is a screenshot of the making of the first graphic in the video, using an animated mask to split a graphic of the USA in two, representing 6% of the US population.

This effect was achieved by animating a mask splitting through the graphic, after that was done, I duplicated the graphic and inverted the mask, this way the graphic is split into two, but it seems like one graphic. The bottom part of the two graphics was given a noise effect and an outline on the top, this separated the two graphics like seen in the screenshot.

The second graphic was a much richer effect than the first, thus it took a lot of time to make and render. First job was to create an illustration and import it into the editing software. After putting 5 of the illustrations on the composition, representing the anonymous people, several effects were used to give the illustration a 3D look.

A bevel was applied first, this gave the graphic a rounded edge, then a semi-transparent fractal noise to give it a stone texture. To finish up, the whole composition was given a lens effects and 3D rotation, this sold the 3D effect better.

This animated graphic was used as a preset for later effects during the interview, mostly to save time as I was running out of time after fully editing the introduction and the outro.

The outro by far had the richest effects out of the entire video, consisting of a realistic screen videography effect, using a repeating semi-transparent red, green, blue stripes pattern on top of an image to simulate a screen and then replicating the camera effects used before.  

Zikiet

Zikiet huwa aljen adoloxxenti. Minkejja li ħadd ma jaf l-oriġini tiegħu, hu jinsab fir-Russja. huwa waqa 'għal fuq wiċċ id-dinja wara li kumpanija privata ipprovat twaqqa' UFO li ilha tidher fis-smewwiet ta 'spiss għar-riċerka. Huma fallew iżda Zikiet irnexxielu jaqa ma l-art fejn instab mitluf minn sensih u imweġġa.  Huma ħaduh u sakkruħ fil-kamra mingħajr ma qallu’ lil ħadd.

Zikiet kien mitmugħ ħobż u ilma tliet darbiet kuljum li kien jgħatuwulhu minn ġo toqba fil-ħajt. L-aljen ma kellhu xejn ġo dik il-kamra żgħira, imma malajr sab ferħ wieħed. Wara tlett ijiem imsakkar f’dik il-kamra, Zikiet beda joħlom dwar taraġ spirali li kien jidher fin-nofs ta kamartu li ħallietu iħares barra mill-kamra permezz tal-vireg tal-ħadid li jistgħu jinstabu fil-quċċata tal-kamra. Kulljum kien joħlom hekk. Kien jistenna sakemm jaqbdu n-nas, u jmur jorqod biex kulldejjem joħlom listess ħolma tat-taraġ.

lejl wieħed ġara xi ħaġa stramba waqt li l-aljen kien qed iħares barra mill-vireg tal-ħadid waqt il-ħolma, ra mara żagħżugħa miexja mit-tieqa u rnexxielha tara lill-aljeni jħares lejha u ppruvat titkellem miegħu bl-Ingliż imma hu ma fehmiex, u wara ftit minuti jipprova jikkomunika, it-taraġ spirali beda jisparixxi u Zikiet ġera 'l isfel u qam mill-ħolma, ried iqatta 'ftit iktar ħin jipprova jitkellem magħha imma ma rnexxilux.

wara ftit sigħat li għaddew mill-aħħar ħolma, l-istess mara  ġiet ħdejn it-tieqa u bdiet tipprova tneħħi l-ħadid biex tħalli lill-aljen jaħrab għax ħassitha ħażin għalih...

• Zikiet huwa aljen
• Wara li waqa u ħabat rasu, huwa nesa dwar is-superpotenzi kollha tiegħu
• Meta kien fil-kamra u joħlom dwar kif jitla 't-taraġ immaġinarju,  fil-fatt kien qed jagħmel dak kollu fil-verita waqt li kien rieqed. 
• Għalkemm huwa nesa kif juża l-poteri speċjali tiegħu, kultant jużahom waqt il-ħolm aċċidentalment

      Zikiet Huwa m'għandux ħafna karatteristiċi fiżikalli differenti mill-bnedmin, jimxi fuq żewġ saqajn u hu twil daqs il-medja tal-bnedmin, 6 piedi. l-ewwel karatteristika li tinnota hija l-ġilda blu tiegħu, mhuwiex blu immensament, iżda blu biżżejjed biex jagħmillu jispikka aktar minn bnedmin oħra, demmu aħmar, għalkemm il-ġilda tiegħu tista 'tissuġġerixxi mod ieħor. Il-kumpanija privata li ħaditu qallet li l-aljen għadda minn evoluzzjoni simili bħal tal-bnedmin, u ma jgħixx f'sistema solari 'l bogħod minn tagħna. Par għajnejn, par widnejn, ħalq u imnieħer, u ġismu jidher identiku bħal tal-bnedmin

Mument ġol-gallarija

Triq, karrozzi u bini. Dawn huma t-tliet affarijiet li nista nara mil-galarija tiegħi. Kemm nixtieq nara erbgħa tfal jilgħabu bil-ballun jew jsuqu rota. Jew inkella għalmenu koppja jieħdu l-kelb tagħhom dawra quddiem dari.

Xejn minn dan ma jiġri quddiemi, Inpoġġi u niftakar fuq il-ġranet ta qabel meta missieri kien joħodni nara l-fattorija ta t-Twistees, jew meta kont niltaqa ma l-ħbieb u ommi kienet tafdani immur noħroġ sa l-knisja l-qadima ta Santa Venera.

Dak kien żmien ieħor, qabel kont saħansitra ninsa li aħna fqar, kont naħseb li m’għandi bżonn xejn. Skola, noħroġ mal-ħbieb, niekol u norqod. Ma kont’x indunajt li d-dinja kienet qed tħallina warajha. Television aħjar min ta qablu, compjuters irħas, kompettizjoni bejn il-kumpaniji swietli l-ħajja soċjali tiegħi.

Forsi t-tort huwa tiegħi...

Ma kont’x nammeti li mgħandix l-aħħar mowbajl biex nippjanaw ħarġa. Ma kont’x nammeti li m’għandix television ġdid biżżejed għal logħob ġodda. Biex inkun honest, ma kont’x naf li laqqas il-ħbieb tiegħi m’għadhom jorġu barra min id-dar wara l-iskola. Imma issa la nifhem iktar fuq dawn l-affarijiet, naf għala ma kienux jersqu pass il-bogħod min darhom.

Insewni, imma jien ma insejthom’x...

U tgħid li ommi se tħallini noħroġ waħdi? Laqqas tikkunsidraħha..

Illum ngħaddi l-ħin billi niftaħ tieqa fil-gallarija, u inpoġġi hemmek fuq banketta. Jew nara l-ġirien u inxejrilhom, jew niftaħ ktieb u ninfexx fil-kitba. Ma nafx inkun onest ma lili nnifsi, imma ġewwa fija naf li bdejt din il-drawwa b’mistennija ta xi ħabib li jiftakar fijja. Forsi, jiena qatt ma qtajt qalbi, u niġi hawn biex nistenna biss. Nistenna...

The environment

Picture experiments

Picture contrast

Not all that glitters is gold

These are two illustrations, one showing an event and the other showing the aftermath. This signifies an act of terrorism to show that not all that glitters is gold.