AE Screens - Speed (After Effects script)
Project | Promo Video
Client | AE Screens
Year | 2023
Role | Design & Animation
About Speed
Speed is an After Effects script for retiming anything. Layers, keyframes, or entire comps.
The Challenge
AE Screens invited me to make a short animation. He would use it to as a base to make a promo video for Speed.
In the promo, he shows how powerful Speed is by retiming my animation in a snap.
The Solution
I created a 6 second animation. It achieves 2 goals:
1. Grab viewers' attention
2. Help demonstrate the core features of Speed.
The Reference
To make it feel punchy, I used match cuts for “This Is”. One word in each cut.
Embellishing shapes around the type. The shapes are some UI design of the script.
![Google Feature Drop - Buff Motion](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/bbf421d3-d35b-4fc5-8078-217deed51623_rw_600.gif?h=1039b832cca653b6492f5f24e640acde)
Google Feature Drop - Buff Motion
![Get Faraday - Lage Lind](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/f0493260-2c8d-4e25-933a-5a2a03e8a2d1_rw_600.gif?h=ea1235e8bac0a89223f4f1d62c03d1a9)
Get Faraday - Lage Lind
To accentuate the sense of speed, I added a combo of tunnel & speed lines for the last word “Speed”.
With hard cuts and a smooth transition, it helps help demonstrate the script as well.
![Get Faraday - Lage Lind](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/74675ab4-27b5-45fd-947d-677b1d561db5_rw_600.gif?h=f4d0865fcf39af68c6cdcfe5b54db2ec)
Get Faraday - Lage Lind
![Google: Project Fi - Design Reel - oddfellows](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/92588869-fe9b-47e0-a5a1-14bcaf067335_rw_600.gif?h=e2724a713c722ce0c01fb7d510bdce01)
Google: Project Fi - Design Reel - oddfellows
![Verizon 5G Sizzle Edit - Tendril](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/5e1c646c-1eb2-4ac3-9364-0a2c4143624e_rw_600.gif?h=2b4e53986606c1ae3f1ec8d4e32b921f)
Verizon 5G Sizzle Edit - Tendril
![Ziply: Hi & Bye - Vucko](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/dbba2d69-1501-465e-abdf-f0a664b21b33_rw_600.gif?h=82c817ae73de5acbcda7137080f33b61)
Ziply: Hi & Bye - Vucko
Storyboard / Styleframes
Provided with script & logo, I designed the storyboard / styleframes.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/a5205a3a-64f3-41dc-b595-05cd6b79e3b7_rw_1200.jpg?h=bef46e38e67198b80ee1fffb1e88c387)
Animation
I did the initial animation. Jeremy from AE Screens took care of the rest, including recording, editing, VO & SFX.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/2b745fbb-1e48-49c4-8033-c952be51cca0_rw_1200.gif?h=32a67c05066b70fc85f4d84471e34024)
Testimonial
Big shout out to Jeremy for inviting me! Jeremy is such a nice guy to work with.
I had a blast working on this animation project. 😁
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9f69a996-b3f4-47ed-a1e1-4c57e5cc7154/ae6b1913-c774-4e78-902d-3dd70b8e5023_rw_1200.png?h=f5d80019f2953d29426ee680bca036d2)
Credits
Design | Meng-Hsueh Lin
Animation | Meng-Hsueh Lin
Audio | AE Screens