The Show Must Go On - Behind the scene of the winning video
Morgan Villette won contest n°7 The Show Must Go On with a superb creation, made entirely using After Effects.
The result impressed more than a few people in the comments, and this piece is a very good example of what After Effects excels at: animating illustrations in 2.5D worlds.
For those who haven’t seen it yet, it can be found in the playlist below.
Making-of
We first discover a lot of preparation work in Photoshop for creating the characters. Then comes the move to After Effects, where basic tools were handled with great skill: the puppet tool, masks, and lots of keyframes.
Once the different animations were completed, Morgan assembled his scene in After Effects’ 3D space, to give it depth. And it works very well. Congrats to him once again!
About the author
I am the Founder of Mattrunks.
I work as Creative Director and Motion Designer in my studio. I also create video tutorials to share my passion of motion.