matte painting research

special effects and matte painting research write-up

matte painting is a video effects process that has been used in the video industry for years in films and tv as far back as 1907 by “norman dawn” when cameras were first starting to show up. matte painting is the simple idea of combining a still image and a video in a shot,, creating a composite, this was done at first by painting on glass and placing it in front of the camera, giving the illusion there was something there that wasn’t, a matte painting could be used to cover a sign for example or to change the entire landscape.

matte painting has been used in great effect in the star wars films for example, here is a matte painter painting a scene in star wars,

the painting is then used as a background for the film, adding other things that may have been shot with green screen for example to put in the finished film, like so

other great example of matte paintings include the statue of liberty as it was destroyed in planet of the apes and and government warehouse in indiana jones, raiders of the lost ark were entire scenes are pained and added in to great effect.

Re-done Shots

This shot is much better than the first time we took them because we took the rune of three into account and placed them both on a third, we also used the bush to create a leading line through the shoot and create depth.

this shot is better than the first time we shot it, again we used the rule of three to create the look that we desired. the camera focus was much better than the first shoot and created a good look of depth in the background.

This shot is one of the best ones we took, the depth we got in the shot is really good and we got some good leading lines using the bush and road to create a good sense of depth, the camera focus was good to create a good focus on our character and we used the rule of three to put her in a correct position for a conversation.

this shot fits with the one above to create a conversation between the two, we used the rule of three and placed him on the right third to make it look like the two of them were facing eachother as if they were talking.

good shots in animatic

bad shots in animatic -unf-

I didn't like this shot because it's way too central, the focus of the shot is right in the middle and there's not enough depth of field to the shot, everything in the shot is also very straight so it needs more diagonals and leading lines, at the moment it's very still and unbalanced, also looking at the rule of 3 in the shot the point of interest is in the wrong place entirely.


I don't like this shot because the balance is all off and there are no leading lines, the only good part of the shot is that the frame was filled well, the shot is also not very well framed, also only some of the background is de-focused when it should be consistently focused or not
                               

                                                 

Shattered Looking Glass

Scene Breakdown

scs

Photoshoot for animatic

Properties / Set Dressing table

green screening

"green screening" or "chroma keying" is a video editing post production method that nearly all types of media use. You can use a green screen to change backgrounds or slight changes in a video, most video editing software can do something called "chroma key" and this selects a color and removes it, creating something you can change easily, for example with a green-screen you could film a tv drama set in LA in your back yard. you can also use blue-screen for the same effect, let's say an actor was wearing green then a chroma key would pick up his green top if you were to chroma key it, so a blue screen would be more appropriate. in fact, a chroma key can be used for any color to suit the environment that you're in.

When the technique was first introduced into mainstream filmmaking it began as a painting on glass in front of the camera in black paint and shooting with a black background to create a mask around the subject, then taking that and treating it with the negatives to reveal just the subject you wanted from the mask and then using it to place on top of other footage to create the look of one shot.

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P1 File structure

here, look at this sexy file structure, everything in order and easy to find :)