Spring is here…finally, and for those of us living in the tropics, it’s same as usual. The weather gets warm, then it cools. The it gets warm, then cools again…kind of like my high school relationships. You never know if you are on the verge of getting dumped.
I will sometimes watch TV and see a neat commercial and see a creative motion background attached to it. An LG commercial recently caught my attention and I decided to try and replicate the space motion background that was used in it. Here is the commercial with their motion background, and below it is a similar one to that that I created to see if I can match it. It is challenge I like accepting to help keep me learning something new each day.
There are many great website out there to either purchase or download motion backgrounds. Several of the sites offer free video loops, offer paid subscriptions, or pay as you download. No matter the business they have set up, these media websites have done an excellent job in curating a library of motion backgrounds that are useful for any media project or production.
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Church stage designs didn’t always start out with multi-million dollar video walls, 4K Black Magic ATEM video switchers and million dollar audio consoles. Instead you simply had a choir loft, several hanging can lights, and a large podium with a single microphone that always got bumped every time the pastor opened his Bible or got too into his message.
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A question I often get presented with when I tell them I distribute motion backgrounds is, “What do you do with motion backgrounds?” Unbeknownst to them, motion backgrounds are used in almost every tv commercial. If you tune out the audio and the theme of the commercial and simply watch the backgrounds used, it is incredible to see how many different video loops and backgrounds are used to compile these ads.
Recently I was working on a Christmas production for a church and I decided to use one of my own motion backgrounds for the title. The title was Journey to the Manger, so I picked out one of my most recent Christmas motion backgrounds, Cradle at Night, and decided to build the intro in After Effects.
