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(Page 6 of 6 pages for this article « First < 4 5 6) Filed under: Cameras •Lighting •Production • Ooops, we did it againWherein a small crew on a low budget makes an HVX-200 look vastly better than it ever should.
SHOT 5: The Visual Effects Supervisor
I love that T-shirt. We shot this at Jono’s desk. I wanted this to be a little moodier, in keeping with the dark rooms that a lot of VFX supervisors work in, so I set up a 6x6 grid cloth as a big soft 3/4 back source. It wrapped around the talent very nicely but it didn’t bring out the texture of his clothing at all. I added a second light, a 300w hard fresnal with full CTB on it, to rake across his clothing and add a bit of color that would flicker across his clothing as he moved. Adding a hint of hard colored light to a softly lit scene can do wonders, especially if it really is only a hint: a half stop or so of additional color in the right circumstances can look wonderful and add a subtle bit of nuance to the shot, creating additional subtle shades and shadows. I added one last 300w fresnel to pop the blue cloth-lined cabinets at the top of the desk behind the talent. And then we shot. That was about it. We finished a couple of hours ahead of schedule by keeping the lighting very simple. The richness of the locations allowed us to get away with that. The more art direction a set has, the easier it is to light. There’s nothing worse than getting stuck in a bare white room. That takes more time to light than a small cluttered office.
Jono’s currently working on the rotoscope portion of this project. I’m extremely excited to see what it turns into. I’ll post a version when it’s finished, hopefully in a week or two. (Behind-the-scenes photos by Tosh Tanaka and Katie Hodges)
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