The background is just 2 layers. The floor was put in 3D and rotated on the Z axis. I put the TSTV logo and background in, then made a reflection of both layers after I changed the point of of interest to help me rotate and flop it. I skewed the image to help adjust the perspective and make it seem attached to the floor with the four corner pin. I had problems with this until I turned off constrain proportions. I added a fast blur to both reflection.
The light was kind of tricky. for the spot light effect instead of a spot, I used a trapezoid mask above the logo and dropped the opacity to 20%. I had to stretch the trapezoid up after I added the camera. I also repeated the edge pixels to soften it up a little. The light itself is just a point, with a few adjustments to the default settings. I wiggled the light 30 times per second with 30% intensity to give it a nice soft flicker.
For the particles I just used CC Particle world with faded sphere. Adjusted the color, birthrate, longevity, gravity, and inertia to make it swirl nicely on the burn/fire setting. Then after I added the camera I adjusted the Z radius accordingly.
The camera was fun, and I experimented with a few different movements before I decided a crash dolly would look best. A complication was the trapezoid used for the spot. I had to cut it until the camera had moved close enough to add it back in. So I faded it in at the opportune moment. It looked funny, so I correlated the reflections appearance with the spot light's appearance.
I added the lens flare effect and set myself up for the slate which was really simple. I almost used the same background as the original layer, with different colors and no floor. Put the text in, and added the motion. Then I threw in another lens flare and some motion blur to solidify it.
The transition took a little time, because I wanted a graphic match on the cut. Overall I think it turned out really clean.
I added the music in final cut. I hope you enjoy it!
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-Will
