— PROJECT NAME
ESL Cologne
— ROLE
Design & Animation
A promotional animation for ESL Cologne,
the largest Counter Strike major tournament in the world.
I used this as an opportunity to experiment with new tools in After Effects and experiment with abstract shapes interacting with live-action and in-game footage.
The first thing I did was make an animatic by combining play by play audio with highlights captured by my friends. This let me do several steps on day one, from editing the beat to setting up how many shots would be made. Then all I had to do was place shapes around the footage and animate.
Every shot was a combination of shape animation, motion tracking, and object matting. To make the workflow really fast, I designed and animated each shot in one go. The challenge was making sure there were enough shapes on screen without distracting from the main subjects.
Some rectangles were strokes with Wiggle Paths and opacity adjustments. I used Null Objects on path points to help line points up in perspective.
