Process and Production - CC Paper roll on

Sara's Process and Production lesson started with us watching an example of what we were to base our piece off. The animation below "All we ever wanted was everything" is an excellent example of how the tool CC Paper Roll On effect in After effects can be used.




In the workshop with Sara, we looked at another effect that after effects has to offer, which would create a roll on effect for the vectors that we were to create. The theme that my group was given was "Huddersfield". The first thing that I thought of when thinking of huddersfield was the train station, as this I use it a lot traveling from my hometown to huddersfield. I started the workshop by creating a vector of the train station on Adobe Illustrator.

I am happy with the way the vector image turned out. I think the colour scheme works well. I saved all of the layers separately which will allow me to create a delayed roll on effect with the different layers, which will hopefully result in a aesthetically pleasing animation. I wanted to add something else to the animation. For anyone who knows Huddersfield, there is a statue in front of the building of Harold Wilson. I created this in Adobe Illustrator also.

In order to use the roll on effect, it was as simple as selecting the layer, and selecting effect, distort, and the CC paper roll on. It is then just a case key framing the Fold position and fold direction, making sure that the controls are on Classic UI so the the page turn is from the bottom. The fold direction must be set to 180% also.

This is the final outcome:

Process and Production - CC paper roll on from Jack Pomfret on Vimeo.

I am happy with the result of the animation. I think that having the purple on the back pages of the layers helps to create a nice contrast between the layers that have already finished turning onto the page and those that still need to. I enjoyed this workshop and think that the CC page turn is very powerful toll that could come in useful in future animations.