Lyric Video for Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

Project Timeline - February 2020 to March 2020

Context - ICON Digital Productions, Internship, After Effects Course

Software Used - After Effects CC

 

My Process

I made this video after learning After Effects through my internship at ICON Digital Productions. Prior to making this animation, I have had little to no experience in After Effects.

I was tasked with picking an excerpt from a speech or song that I wanted to bring to life with cool colours, terrific typefaces, and amazing animations.

Important to note that this short video saw about four revisions, below is a before and after of one of my favourite stills from the animation.

 
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Before

  • Same orange colour throughout entire project.

  • Same font used throughout entire project.

  • Little to no extra animation in this part of the video.

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After

  • Different colours used for each sentence / part of the song.

  • Different fonts used throughout to gauge interest and keep attention.

  • Extra animations added throughout to flex AE abilities.