Erica Edwards

So far my blog has been to showcase my work at VFS. So to conclude the past year here is the demo reel I made to showcase my work at VFS (and the odd freelance project).

Demo Reel Summer 2008 from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

This is the final product for my project. After masking I motion tracked all of my animations so that their movement would match that of the camera and actors. I then added some overall effects (the frame, light flicker, and overall color correction) as well as background audio. The project totaled me 724 hours. Some of these were spent concepting a second commercial however the majority were spent developing this one.

Enjoy

Cab Clothing Commercial from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

I filmed my final project in Brandon Mb. We filmed in HD at 16:9 ratio, doing this gave me alot more room to play with and reframe the shot. We also filmed without a dolly so filming at a larger size allowed me to stabilizing the footage more easily.

When you stabilize footage it holds a certain point of the footage in the same position and therefore causes the frame to do all of the moving so I did end up having to clone in the sidewalk surface in certain scenes (the shoes, skateboard, and pants/shorts mainly) as you can see in the video.

After framing and stabilizing the shot I color corrected and then masked out the characters. Masking the actors allowed me to have my animations go in behind them and interact with them a lot better.

Process Behind Final Project from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

These are some of the animations I am using in my final project at VFS, for Cab Clothing. I sketched out all of the drawings, scanned them in and then used Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.

Animations for Cab Clothing Commercials from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

Here are some intro videos I made for a tutorial website okaay.com using Photoshop, Illustrator & After Effects.

How to’s for Okaay.com from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

Reviews Intro for Okaay.com from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

Quick animation test I did as a proof of concept for my final project.

Test Animation from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

This is a quick video I made in compositing class using all photos and staring Justin!!
Unicycler from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

This is a reel I made a few weeks ago of the motion & 3d work I have done so far at VFS. All of the individual projects are on my website under the motion & 3d categories.

Spring Reel from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

This is an intro I made for a DVD menu for a short film called The Devil and Sarah Silverspoon. I created all of the assets in Illustrator and then animated in After Effects.

DVD Menu Intro from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.

For 3d class I recreated the Disney Pictures ident in Cinema 4d and After Effects.

3d Disney Castle from Erica Edwards on Vimeo.