Over these past few days i have been making another garden to film. i wanted this one to be rather formal and pristine, to be perfect. It had grass in the middle, with a soil and bark boarder going round the outside. I initially had stepping stones going up the centre, but this did not look in-keeping. At the top in the centre, i had a large tree, with a bark chip base to it. Luckily i managed to find a tree which looked the correct size and fully in proportion. This gave for a more interesting film, as it gave more dimensions and perspectives. Again though, i had bare fence panels, in the next garden i will have these covered with small shrubbery, taking things one step further.
I then set up the blue/ green screen to film my work in front of, and due to wanting a nights sky, i used the blue screen predominantly. However, when this came to filming my friend Gorgi, when she wore denim jeans, that colour proved to be the wrong side to use, i should have flipped it over to the green screen side. Because of filming over the blue, when Ultra Keying the blue out, it also took out some of the opacity of her jeans and she went slightly see through! However, i have learnt for next time. Another thing that i did differently this time, was to pin back the blue screen to make it taught, this proved to reduce shadow lines and make for a clearer one tone'l screen. However, even though this was better, i still need to work on maybe adding lighting so that there are less shadows produced by her body when on set. The one with her lying down was the best to Ultra Key out, i think because of the minimal movement in her body. It gives her an effect of being almost like snowwhite, pale and beautiful on the floor. This piece is the most surreal and i think the one out of all of the films that looks the best and most realistic, i think it will now be interesting to add some sound to this piece.
1) Sleeping was the best in my opinion. I blurred the bottom to keep in 'focus' with the blue of the main camera - really getting to understand how to use premiere now. However the blur over the top of her was made by feathering in the ultrakey, to try to get rid of all blue screen.
2) Polishing, both of these did not work too great. One because of the shaky camera and two because the perspective of where she was polishing was off.
3) Cutting grass, was alright..She is really translucent here though because of the blue screen being used. Perhaps if she wasn't as opaque it would look better. I also kinda like how her arm almost starts to disappear into the ground at one point.
I then set up the blue/ green screen to film my work in front of, and due to wanting a nights sky, i used the blue screen predominantly. However, when this came to filming my friend Gorgi, when she wore denim jeans, that colour proved to be the wrong side to use, i should have flipped it over to the green screen side. Because of filming over the blue, when Ultra Keying the blue out, it also took out some of the opacity of her jeans and she went slightly see through! However, i have learnt for next time. Another thing that i did differently this time, was to pin back the blue screen to make it taught, this proved to reduce shadow lines and make for a clearer one tone'l screen. However, even though this was better, i still need to work on maybe adding lighting so that there are less shadows produced by her body when on set. The one with her lying down was the best to Ultra Key out, i think because of the minimal movement in her body. It gives her an effect of being almost like snowwhite, pale and beautiful on the floor. This piece is the most surreal and i think the one out of all of the films that looks the best and most realistic, i think it will now be interesting to add some sound to this piece.
1) Sleeping was the best in my opinion. I blurred the bottom to keep in 'focus' with the blue of the main camera - really getting to understand how to use premiere now. However the blur over the top of her was made by feathering in the ultrakey, to try to get rid of all blue screen.
2) Polishing, both of these did not work too great. One because of the shaky camera and two because the perspective of where she was polishing was off.
3) Cutting grass, was alright..She is really translucent here though because of the blue screen being used. Perhaps if she wasn't as opaque it would look better. I also kinda like how her arm almost starts to disappear into the ground at one point.
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