Project:"Plateau" effects
Overview
Post-processing for a student film that I did as a short project before leaving school. I did a matte painting covering a lighting mistake, and a more complex composition to fake a gasoline meter. The film "Plateau" was one of the thesis work films done at Lahti by our final-year film students.
What I did
- Matte painting
- Motion tracking, compositing
Sketches, work in progress
Final results
Comments
There were two problems to correct, both of which the director and crew noticed only when they started editing. In one scene, a dimming film attached to a window was giving off an unwanted reflection that was noticeable enough to distract some viewers. Since the camera movement was simple, I painted a small matte patch to hide the reflection and motion-matched it to the scene.
The other scene was more difficult. The protagonist walks to a gasoline pump and starts taking gasoline into a can, but the static meter displays are clearly visible, since the actor is not really pumping gas. Covering the displays somehow was one option, but I opted to construct a fully functioning meter display that would work in accordance with the actor's actions. The scene takes place in heavy snowfall and has three-dimensional camera movement, so the motion tracking was tricky, not to mention getting the meter to look convincing with snowfall, reflections and functioning displays.
This was very interesting since I haven't worked with video effects much. It was exciting to see the results turn out well, when I really had very little experience when starting out. Most time was spent on the motion tracking, which turned out difficult. I would definitely like to do more video- and film-related work, like titles and special effects.
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