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So I finally finished my first attempt at motion tracking an entire scene, and adding in a 3D model.
I am quite happy with the result, especially as a first go.
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I recently had an idea about a low budget series I wanted to film, and taking video of the world it is today, and lacing objects in the background.
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With a new son only couple of months old, I wanted to do him a wall mural (on canvas - if that is still considered a mural) of all the planets in the Solar System (do we still count Pluto?!).
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This is one of the final scenes I did for a series of acting courses I have been participating in since late 2009.
Tears of the Sun is one of my favourite movies, and I had a lot of fun planning, and acting out out one of the key scenes from the movie.
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My brother put me onto a great Vimeo link to a guy called Keith Loutit, who uses a tilt shift lense; time lapses and fiddling with the brightness; contrast and colour to make what look like miniture objecs and people.
A link to his Vimeo page is here: http://vimeo.com/keithloutit
The result is amazing, and something to be highly praised. Even though these lenses have been around for years, his creativity really shines through.
I too looked at getting a tilt-shift lense, or even a contraption that might help me with the effect, but seemed very pricy, so with my limited knowledge of visual effects, I gave it a go faking it.
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Earlier this month on a visit to Carterton I filmed balloons floating overhead as the so often do on weekend mornings.
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Today we got the privilege to film down at the Devonport Naval Base as part of the "Tears of the Sun" re-imagining for the acting course.
So happy to not just get the opportunity but also the experience, I hope the shots do justice to the location, pity we couldn't film more there!
(Pic 1) Bruce delivers his lines...
(Pic 2) Steven sun-tans while Richard shows Bruce how to deliver his lines in hip-hop speak
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Moving on from the 'Satellite' animation I made my video for the Acting course I had been taking, I thought about designing and making a spaceship, and seeing if I was capable of using a green screen.
Considering it didn't take much time (and it probably shows) it came out a lot better than what I expected.
In fact it came out well enough for me to sit down and develop a script from it.
Of course it sets me up for another half completed project which I will probably never finish. But as long as i am having fun, who cares.
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For an acting course I have been doing, I am performing a scene from the movie "Tears of the Sun".
I wanted to add an animation to zoom out from a character in the jungle talking on a satellite phone, up to the satellite as it 'flys by', and then back down to the other character replying from another location at a Naval base.
This is what I have done so far - the satellite is a little off centre, but the plus side is, this is my very FIRST animation using the Blender open source software - so I am quite excited how it has come out.
I will make some amendments for the final version, but I am very happy with it so far.
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Today as a part of the Level 4 acting course I have been participating in, we got the opportunity to film at the same location as many television series have been filmed at (including The Cult) at Titirangi.
We were recreating a scene from the movie "Tears of the Sun" and needed dense bush as a backdrop.
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I was reading in a magazine two weeks ago about a way to take 2D footage and turn it into 3D, by delaying the left channel a couple of frames behind the right channel.
The premise seemed simple enough, but I thought I would give it a go myself.
The colours are a bit washed out but i can see in two places the 3D effect worked quite well, more so when there is actually movement.
With a bit of practice I am sure i could get the timing right, and the colour correct = but at least it proved that you can take simple 2D footage, and with minimal manipulation get a 3D image.