Marco van Belle
April 18th, 2007, 09:32 AM
Hi all,
This isn't a forum I usually spend much time in, so forgive my lack of detailed compositing / FX knowledge.
I'm directing (and producing etc) a music promo in about 6 weeks time. We're shooting on a Z1 with 35mm converter, cutting on FCP. I've got after effects / photoshop, but am only beginning to teach myself the former.
There is one shot I want causing me headaches.
Lead character in music promo will look at a picture frame on the mantlepiece. There will be a still image - photograph - of a woman and child in it. He looks closer, and then the image in the frame becomes a 'moving photograph' and the woman and child 'sing along' to the track lyrics.
(I know this has been done before, but in the context of our vid we feel it's the right choice for this moment).
Easy option to an ignoramis like me - shoot the frame on legs locked off. Shoot the woman and child seperately. Drop the women and child footage onto a timeline layer in FCP above the main shot of the picture frame on the mantlepiece. Resize and crop the woman and child image, then rotate 3d until it sits in the frame. Problem? Will look crappy. Principally because it will be above the glass of the frame.
So not having green / blue screened anything before, do I have a second option of shooting the frame with a distinct colour card behind the glass. If I then key this colour out, will I be able to retain the glass and its qualities or will it dissapear with the colour below it? How would you suggest I then bring the 'moving photograph' into the main image?
Any advice much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Marco
This isn't a forum I usually spend much time in, so forgive my lack of detailed compositing / FX knowledge.
I'm directing (and producing etc) a music promo in about 6 weeks time. We're shooting on a Z1 with 35mm converter, cutting on FCP. I've got after effects / photoshop, but am only beginning to teach myself the former.
There is one shot I want causing me headaches.
Lead character in music promo will look at a picture frame on the mantlepiece. There will be a still image - photograph - of a woman and child in it. He looks closer, and then the image in the frame becomes a 'moving photograph' and the woman and child 'sing along' to the track lyrics.
(I know this has been done before, but in the context of our vid we feel it's the right choice for this moment).
Easy option to an ignoramis like me - shoot the frame on legs locked off. Shoot the woman and child seperately. Drop the women and child footage onto a timeline layer in FCP above the main shot of the picture frame on the mantlepiece. Resize and crop the woman and child image, then rotate 3d until it sits in the frame. Problem? Will look crappy. Principally because it will be above the glass of the frame.
So not having green / blue screened anything before, do I have a second option of shooting the frame with a distinct colour card behind the glass. If I then key this colour out, will I be able to retain the glass and its qualities or will it dissapear with the colour below it? How would you suggest I then bring the 'moving photograph' into the main image?
Any advice much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Marco