Wednesday, May 11, 2011

— treadmill stuff

The treadmill was actually a treadmill modified to create a more natural walk for a green screen shot.  The front part was removed so that the controls would not be blocking the actor as they walked.  To help the actor keep balance there was a pole added to the one side that would not be facing the camera.  If they needed to they could lean on that pole to regain their balance.  The treadmill was painted compleately green so that just like the suit and a green screen it could be keyed out by the editor.

---- Greenscreen suit

A full body green suit that allow the editor to edit the person out of the shot easier.
The use of a greenscreen suit helps create things float, move, or animate inanimate objects.  When you bring the footage into After Effects just like a green screen you can key light the green suit out of the shot.
I havent used this effect in any of my home projects but saw it done in class.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

— car crash

The car crash was a fun group project.  I was the one helping hold the green screen and finding sounds for the action.  Found that filming out side with the green screen has some problems in itself.  The enviroment keeps changing from sunny to cloudy.  Plus people moving their cars in and out of the shots

— motion tracking

I dont have the video of the motion tracking.  It was a hard project for me since After Effects was not working as smoothly as i would have liked it that day.  I understand all the needs for the motion tracking and found that it was a great way to make any corrections to movies that bobbed to much.

#8 — Final Project "Going Nuts"


This was my final project for class.  I used animated words.  Greenscreen.  Stop action and doubles.  This was a fun project and interesting to try and preform.  Originally  i was going to have a ghost hunting group but the lack of actors had me change the video.
I tried to use different shots that I have never done before in my videos such as point of view, high and low shots, extrem close ups, and over the shoulder.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011