This year Nico Puertollano will be teaching intro to after effects at shift, which is part of the One School in Makati.

New York Fil-Am, Nico Puertollano earned his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he has received awards on drawing and production design. While in college, Nico, worked for various companies which in the field of design and film production, during this time he was able to work with clients such as Sony, Samsung, AT&T and MTV  . After college Nico was invited to be part of rhinofx as a Digital artist / Designer. Nico was an adobe after effects beta tester for versions 5.5 and 6 and a beta tester for mocha. After leaving rhino after 3 years Nico started the manila based design studio 27+20 design boutique. Besides having directed commercials for San Miguel, Nestle and Pepsi and directed music videos for the bands Sandwich, Sugarfree and Duster, Nico has created and worked on some several short film and art exhibits both in Manila and New York.

Course Description

Motion Graphics (aka intro to After effects)
After effects is an industry standard application designed by Adobe Systems primarily used for creating motion graphics and visual effects. After Effects allows users to animate, alter, and composite media in 2D and 3D space with various built-in tools and third party plug-ins, as well as individual attention to variables like parallax and user-adjustable angle of observation. In this course we will explore After Effects’ interface, how we can move images and text and final output formats. We will screen movies, video and commercials to understand After Effects at work. There will be in class exercises, a mid term and a final. (requirement: Basic Photoshop and Illustrator, external hard drive, and access to a video and still camera)

For course fees, enrollment requirements and other inquiries, please feel free to e-mail shift@theoneschool.org or call 817-43-91 / 817-43-96.