![]() Now, you can certainly create and animate your own text bubbles - or you can just use the new Messenger After Effects template from RocketStock. It’s totally FREE. The easiest way to add on-screen text messages is to use After Effects. The boring static shot of a phone no longer wastes an extra ten seconds, allowing you to quickly move the story forward. The audience can read the text and see the actor’s reaction to a message all at once. Filmmakers can also showcase much more information using this technique. Now that audiences have embraced on-screen text messaging, it’s actually become weird to see the actual phone face. It can also be over-the-top product placement. If you are working on a futuristic sci-fi film, but your actor is using a phone that’s three years old, it ruins the aesthetic. Image: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles via Nickelodeon MoviesĪnother issue: phones are a product of their time. The conversations feel forced and awkward. However, this often ends with terrible results. There have been attempts to make the phone shot more engaging by replacing the text with a video chat. This is why so many studios have switched to digitally replacing the screen. On set, you will waste countless hours trying to get a clean shot of the phone - especially if it’s handheld. Not only must you rely on a clear and legible shot of the phone, the image must stay up long enough for the audience to read. ![]() ![]() The shot/reverse shot of a character and a phone is visually boring.
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