Dubstep Guns

This is another example of something really cool that is more than doable using after effects. The only real problem with recreating this is making the 3D elements which would probably need to be done in Maya or Processing. Other than that it's possible for us to shoot the necessary footage and and combine that and 3D graphics in after effects. I really love this 80's neon look that these "lasers" have, It's a fantastic stylistic choice and is very underutilized in most media. It is sort of making a comeback though especially thanks to people like this who are doing some very high quality independent work.

After writing the top part here I did a little more digging and found this. Just in case anyone was curious about how these guys actually did it. I thought this was a very interesting and informative video on how they actually crated the shots, 3D elements, and motion in the video.

Dubstep Kinect

This blog post doesn't have to do with Aft er Effects but it does deal with Processing and SuperCollider. When we talked about SuperCollider in class the first thing I did was Google how to make dubstep with SuperCollider. It brought me to a series of videos that show Xbox Kinects as an input for Processing and then Processing affecting noise in SuperCollider. The result was a virtual dubstep dj system. Here is the video I watched. Pretty cool stuff.