Visual Effects
BROCHURE
Course Outline, Class Schedule, Cost & System Requirements
www.orangevfx.com Training Centre
[email protected] +234-814-771-9409
Orange VFX Studios, Top Floor, Babani Villa,
34 Ajose Street, Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.
7 April 2017
All published prices and syllabi are subject to change without prior notice. In such circumstances where we have to cancel you will be given as much notice
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Contents
Section #1. Welcome Letter
Section #2. About the Jumpstart Course
Section #3. System Requirements
Section #4. Course Outline
Section #5. Sample Student Work
Section #6. Contact Details
Our mission is to provide a practical and
affordable training experience that meets
each student's interests, abilities and
needs within a robust curricular
framework while inspiring creativity.
Welcome to Orange VFX Training School
Dear Prospective Student,
Thank you for showing interest or applying for our training courses on:
3D Animation Jumpstart,3D Character Design, 3D Character Acting, Motion
Graphics, Video Editing, Broadcast Design, Cinematography and 3D
Digital Sculpting.
You have made the right choice. Orange is Nigeria's leading provider of 3D
animation, motion graphics, training and visual effects services. As our
student you will enjoy the benefits of learning from seasoned professionals
with lots of experience. We employ a practical hands-on approach to
learning.
We strive to promote and support student development and organizational
effectiveness byprovidinghigh-qualityeducationaltraining.Ourcoursesare
practical and designed to meet individual, group or departmental, and
institutional needs and objectives. We work hard to enhance individual
learning and development as the means for creating a better workplace
environment and for building a stronger industry in West Africa.
Once again thank you for choosing Orange. We hope you have an
awesome learning experience.
Best regards,
Richard Oboh
Creative Director/Corporate Head
ABOUT
VISUAL EFFECTS
Create Visual Effects for Film and TV in 5 weeks
Adobe After Effects is a powerful compositing software/tool for creating visual effects and
doing post production work. You can use After Effects’ tools to create dynamic designs for
broadcast and film. This course will help you master the concepts and features of visual
effects using the program. It includes many advanced features, including tips and tricks.
Duration
Who is this course designed for? 5 weeks
This class is appropriate for experienced users of
After Effects and for those working or wishing to Price
work in the video field. It is also suitable for After N200,000
Effects users wishing to expand their skills in
compositing and visual effects. This class covers Days
the core concepts and skills necessary to excel in Mondays to Fridays
and visual effects, as well as advanced
approaches and techniques. This syllabus is Time
subject to change as necessary during the Morning(9am-11am, 11am-1pm)
quarter. If a change occurs, it will be thoroughly Afternoon (1pm-3pm, 3pm-5pm)
addressed during class and sent via email. Upon Evening (5pm-7pm)
successful completion of this course, students
will be expected to analyze complex visual Study Mode
effects in movies and create workflows for the
Full Time weekdays
creation of basic visual effects.
Evening and Weekend
on request (10am-4pm)
In this course students will create compositions
applying motion and animated effects to media Software
elements, create transparency in layers using Adobe After Effects
mattes, masks, and stencils, animate objects in 3-
D space, and much more. After taking this class
students will be able to create visual effects for
use in web video and podcasts, broadcast
television, and even film.
System Requirements
Students should bring their laptops which should meet or
exceed the following hardware configurations.
Windows® 8, Windows® 7, Vista or XP
32-bit/64-bit Intel or AMD multi-core processor
2 GB of RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)
16 GB of free disk space for installation
Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
3-button mouse
Other Requirements
Basic knowledge of Windows or Mac OS and After Effects
Will I get a certificate at the end of my training?
Students will qualify for a certificate of training only if the pass
the assessment exam at the end of the training course.
Final score is based on attendance (10%), tests (30%) and a
final examination (60%) based on the standard grading system.
Course Outline
This course is for students who
must already have basic working
knowledge of After effects.
Some familiarity with Photoshop
and Adobe Premiere Pro would
be very useful. We adopt a
simple production-based training
methodology and our students
gain valuable inside knowledge
from our years of hands-on
experience in video production.
01
INTRODUCTION What is Visual Effects?
TO VFX Photographic principles
Forced perspective: theory
Rear Projection
Stop Motion Animation
Matte Paintings
Special vs Visual Effects
02
ADVANCED TOOLS Basic Animation and Rendering, Project
Settings & Parameters
IN AFTER EFFECTS Advanced Tools – Anchor point, Key frames,
Motion Sketch, Smoother
Working with Transparency
Masks and the Pen tool
Time & Speed
Editing in After Effects
Layer control & Blending: Layer
Editing, Work Area, Effects & Presets
Track Matte, Luma Matte, Stencils
Painting & Puppet
Parenting & Nesting sequences
Track & Key Demo
03
THE VFX PIPELINE Planning & Management
Job specialization
Planning a VFX shot: Storyboards, pre-
visualization (pre-viz), planning workflows
Stunts explosions, water, fire – safety
Modern tools: Models, Miniatures, Green
Screen, Motion Control, Rotoscoping
techniques
Computer-generated Images CGI. Motion and
Performance capture.
Course Outline
Introduction to Compositing
04 COMPOSITING Fundamental concepts of Compositing
Creating explosions, water, and fire
Tracking: Stabilization of footages,
1-point tracking, 4-point tracking
Keying: Import Issues, Footage
Interpretation, Keylight basics
Color Correction, Alpha painting, Mocha
Demo
05
FINAL EXAM, STUDENT Final Project
Recapitulation & questions,
ASSESSMENT AND The future of VFX in Nigeria
GRADUATION
Sample Work
Icy Background
Televison commercial shot for Heier
Thermacool with frost background special
effect recreated.
Tank Explosion
Tank explosion effect that was executed
during Oando’s safety week documentary
project.
Green Power
testing some green screen shots to be
composited in After Effects
LET’S START
YOUR DREAM
34 Ajose Street, Web: www.orangevfx.com
Lawanson,Surulere,
Lagos, Nigeria
