What is compositing? 

In the process of grasping the idea of compositing, we were introduced to After Effects. Above is an example of what we did in this session. First of all we were to think of two completely random words, where I came up with 'paper' and 'zoo'. The next step was to then type both words into youtube. For 'paper' the trailer to the film 'Paper Towns' came up, and for 'zoo' the trailer for the film 'Zoo' came up. The next step then was to open up After Effects were we opened both files for both videos where they then emerged into one video. We also sampled with brightness and transparency creating an effective looking video. 

The idea of this task was to understand the meaning of compositing, which is to create something e.g a video, or photo where it includes a variety of items and elements, this idea of layers and layers, to create an effective and protruding piece of art.

 composite

ˈkɒmpəzɪt/

verb

gerund or present participle: compositing

1. combine (two or more images) to make a single picture.

   "photographic compositing by computer"