Making an Type Based Video for attracting new business

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rezanaghibi

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Hello

I may be posting this to the wrong section, so I apologize in case I am. At any rate...

I'm working on a video for a client. The purpose of the video in a nutshell is to seek new clients/business without having to travel and pitch in person to land an account. The treatment I've put together is largely a text based/driven piece with vector-esque icons - the type you'd see in that shopvac video (http://youtu.be/y4sOfO8Ei1g) but scaled down as I'm not that adept at such things yet.

I'm wondering what I need to keep in mind from the ground up. How should i tune the project so that I can correctly time a voice-over that has yet to be recorded; how should i approach this project?

If there's any other info I can provide that would help in directing me please let me know.

Thanks
 
You did post this in the wrong forum so it will probably be moved by an Admin. The 1st thing you need to get done is the VO finalized and signed off by the client. You can't time out or "tune" anything until you have the FINAL VO. I usually rough in the timing and prep all of the GFX so that once the VO is completed, I can just do some simple adjustments to the keyframes and export.
 
I love kinetic typography. That Shop Vac one was amazing!

If you know WHAT the voice-over is going to say, you can start setting up the position of the words in After Effects (upside down, sideways, within other text, etc...) That way once you get the voice-over recorded, it's all about timing the words appearing and the camera movements. You can also start creating graphics relavent to what the voice-over is talking about in Illustrator and Photoshop, if you want those included in the animation.

Have fun with it. Good luck to you.
 
Hey thanks guys,

So this is a job for After Effects and just After Effects? And if I'm also thinking of green-screening a person - essentially like a weather man would be standing in front of a green screen - what pointers might i find for that endeavor?
 
I'd honestly post this in the effect section, you'll get a better response. Google search and youtube it, there's tons.
 
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