Episode 013 - White Men Can Jump?

Josh wants to prove to Brett and Ryan that he can jump over a car, but suffers the consequences of his actions afterwards. Plus another installment of "Warning-Warned." Episode Run-time: 07:57
 * Note: Writing this article proved a little more challenging since the video uploaded to revision3 had audio out of sync. Of course, Ryan did this on purpose just tick people off about the supersticions around the number thirteen.
 * There are actually two effects combined in this episode, but for simpliciy has been split into two tutorials rather than one.

Car Jump Effect

 * Difficulty: Medium
 * Needs
 * Adobe After Effects
 * Tripod
 * 1) Lock your camera down on a tripod to stablize your shots.
 * 2) Have your car pass by. When it is at a safe distance away, have your actor play out the scene (by jumping as high as they can in the air).
 * 3) Import your footage into After Effects. Place the clip of the car on bottom and the clip of the actor on top.
 * 4) Adjust the timing of your clips so that it appears your actor jumped over the car as it passes by. Adjust the opacity of your actor clip to help time the clips properly.
 * 5) With the pen tool, mask around your actor. As the car approches, adjust your mask so that you can see distinctions as the car passes under your actor.  Remember to set a keyframe on the mask's position for every adjustment you make.

Car Hit Effect

 * Difficulty: Medium
 * Needs
 * Adobe After Effects
 * Tripod
 * 1) Lock your camera down on a tripod to stablize your shots.
 * 2) Have your car pass by. When it is at a safe distance away, have your actor play out the scene (as though they have been hit by a car).
 * 3) Import your footage into After Effects. Place the clip of the car on the bottom and the clip of the actor on top.
 * 4) Adjust the timing of your clips so that it may appear your actor is hit by the car. Adjust the opacity of your actor clip to help time the clips properly.
 * 5) Remove two frames from the clip of your actor at the point of impact to make the hit look more violent and sudden.
 * 6) Now set position key frames to have your actor move out of frame as the car passes.
 * 7) Using the pen tool, create a mask around your actor and go frame-by-frame, adjust the mask to match your actor's movement. Make sure to set a keyframe on the mask's position for each adjustment.

Trivia
Tim gives sound advice this time, as it is definitely dangerous to buy things in a dark alley.

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