RO: Shot breakdown - RO_101_030
This shot is one that we know needs more work done on it - at the moment it doesn’t feel as though the character is actually flying back towards the camera by the end of the shot, and there really needs to be some kind of camera move in it - I’ve been thinking that there ought to be more overall movement in the shot - the camera following the character more, more momentum in the shot, and ending with a shot closer to RO_101_050.
You can either watch it on it’s own here, or as part of the whole sequence here
This is one of the shots that, at the moment, I haven’t really got a clue how to go about shooting it. If the turning section of the shot is further away from camera, then we can pass off between live-action start, digital-double turn, and live-action end. Otherwise, it’ll either need a wire-rig or some elaborately funky camera move.
For the backgrounds, I’m planning a combination of 3D buildings for the foreground, and layered billboards for the more distant ones. (And yes, I did just copy and paste that sentence from the last shot… What’cha gonna do ’bout it? :-p)
May 27th, 2005 at 20:41
IMHO this shot looks so stiff and odd because the camera is locked down. If you’d make the camera follow the character when he comes from the left and would then tilt up when he came closer. It would add more dynamic to it and make it more believable. But you were already thinking about that
May 27th, 2005 at 21:46
Indeed I was….
I’ll be re-working this shot tomorrow…..
June 6th, 2005 at 0:39
Hey Hugh,
Im an active reader on the vfxtalk.com and notice your posts alot, which led me to your site.
Good stuff, sorry im new to your stuff, so im just catching up through the archives, but saying that the pre viz looks good. The previz of the guys flying reminds me of Matrix Revolutions with a hint of Xmen
I will be keeping up to date with your site and following your production.
In the mean time check out a teaser of a short CGI film im in production on at the mo : www.olmecstudios.com/thechase
Cheers
HaZ
www.olmecstudios.com
June 6th, 2005 at 0:41
oh and also i do agree with Ziga… the camera should be moving through out.. even if its a slight movement they should always be moving… to give the sense of speed as well as making the scene dynamic since its an aciton scene anyways
Good stuff.
HaZ