LIGHT ing effect.......

I am Gary,one of the group member in the last minute production. I work together with others members to complete this assignment this is a very good experience for us to learn from each other as well as train us how to work in a group.After the discussion, I am in charge on the lighting part and animation. I will work alone in lighting part but for the animation I will work with Danny. This is how we assign our works. Now, let me introduce you all about the lighting effect first. In our Musical typography, lighting is the important part because it will enhance the whole video even make it more attractive. 

Software to be used : Adobe After Effects

Create a lighting layer: Layer > New > Light (Ctrl+ Shift +Alt + L)

Before you create the lighting layer, you must make sure one of the layer is in 3D layer otherwise it wont function. By create the lighting layer, I had make a focus point on the word "Mary". I also adjust the intensity of the lighting to get different type of light . I use the spot as the light type but you can try others light type if you want.

the word marry is in 3D layer

After create the lighting layer, adjust the lighting by move the 

X (red)- horizontal movement 

 Y (green)- vertical movement

Z (blue)- zooming 

To get the mood that you want, you may create different lighting layer on different angle. I am using the lighting layer to bring out the mood of tension and express the escape of "Mary".

In this part I had set my lighting in bottom and focus on center. Thus, the audience can see the typography clearly without the disruption of the background. Actually, lighting is very powerful layer in doing animation.

This is about lighting part and hope you guys can learn about this because it will be very useful for you in produce the video. You can search for more after effect tutorial in www.youtube.com, that will be more clearly and more detail about lighting layer.