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Pro Video Podcast 41: Ryan Summers - Character Animation, Motion Design, Visual Effects, Studios, Freelancing, Networking, Finding Your Voice, After Effects and Cinema 4D


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Ryan Summers - Character Animation, Motion Design, Visual Effects, Studios, Freelancing, Networking, Finding Your Voice, After Effects and Cinema 4D. As motion design matures, Ryan discusses with host Blair Walker how we are in a unique position to create products ourselves, rather than for clients.

Pro Video Picks:

Animatic.io - create hand-drawn animations on iOS and Android

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School of Motion - A free tapered stroke preset available when you sign up for the free areas of their site.

Following online:

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Aaron Covrett - Twitter

 Inspirational Videos:

“Klaus” by Sergio Pablos

“Lynx and Birds” by Blue Zoos

 Where you can follow Ryan online:

Ryan Summers - Twitter

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Show Notes:

Compiled by Matt Lloyd

1:06 - Ryan’s background

3:30 - Digital Kitchen (DK) a “creative design company” designing spaces and places

3:45 - Motion design has diversified onto all kinds of “canvasses”, far beyond broadcast media.

4:55 - Brett Morris with Ranger and Fox is an example of someone proving that a small company (two staff and some freelancers) can now compete directly with the likes of DK. The skillset and tools of the individual motion designer have kept pace with the explosion of new canvasses onto which motion can be applied. New “canvasses” for motion design: AR, VR, MR, realtime gaming...

5:30 - As motion designers, we get to use every aspect of creativity: sound, location, environment, projection mapping

6:00 - Audio as an essential ingredient of motion/experience design

8:47 - Capture room tone sound during production of any video that has audio as a component.

9:21 - Create a spotify playlist to inspire/influence you and your team when working

10:44 - Pixel density as a design consideration for giant screens

11:25 - Tuning the direction in which LEDs point

13:35 - Discussion of the @oddernod avatar, Big Van Vader

14:20 - Discussion of the opportunities afforded by the era of social media, and how such connections can lead to real life relationships: working and friendship. Ryan: “I’ll take the good with the bad to be able to have those opportunities ”

16:00 - Node Fest and Brett Morris

17:00 - In the last ten years the motion community has exploded. “It’s a full time job just keeping up with the...

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