A cavalcade of creativity
Throughout the short “Jim” will interact with the world through his phone. Notifications and messages will appear on screen without showing the display. I will create vector logos for each of the applications he uses and integrate messages into the world. This could be used to drop a hint regarding when the story takes place …
At the start of the short film the protagonist “Jim” is stood watching fireworks from his window inside. I want to combine practical lighting effects and digital compositing for the shots in the short movie. Using an RGB light outside the window will help cast the quick flashes of colour into the otherwise dark living …
To create the flame for the lighter in After Effects I used CC Particle Systems II. Using this tool, I changed the particle type to bubbles with a low birth and death rate with a fire animation preset. The initial result was pleasing but lacked any true motion. Changing several variables via keyframing helped produce …
This green screen test was created using a single fixed position light at a ninety-degree angle. The chroma key tool in Premiere helped to mask the important area out but when this function is used for the final submission, I will tweak the keying values to ensure detail isn’t lost on the news presenter character …
This is the outline and storyboards for Isolation. December 31st Sarah storms out of the door cursing at Jim as he stands helplessly watching her leave. The title of the short is on the wall between the door and window and disappears as the text is passed by Sarah. An audible argument is heard prior …
Advanced Production Exercises – Purpose and limitations of scope For the VFX and Post Production module I intend to create a short film called “Isolation”. This short will merge real world footage, digital display overlays, particle effects such as smoke and fire, green screen compositing and more. The primary focus of this piece is to …
Note: This is from an early idea i had for the module and i decided against a first person short due to logistical issues. This is a tester shot from the point of view for the main character. It splices together five different shots, attempting to make a seamless transistion between them covered by opacity …