Matrix Cow

[Ogrus]

What i need done:

A cow, in a field, not moving, probably eating, moving its tail back in forth. I need it to be filled with "matrix raining letters" . You see the shape of the cow, you see it doing its thing but its basically matrix rain
Its has to look really good, this is for an important project!
I cant greenscreen the cow!!!

Please advice!

Cheers

[milksac]

What have you done so far?

Does the cow require depth (3D) or will a silhoette (2D) suffice?

For the matrix rain there are tutorials on the net.

[Ogrus]

what you should see on the screen is a close up of the farmer's face and in the background 2 or 3 cows peacefully grazing, thet trnasform from normal to "matrixy" I´m hoping they are sideways so its flat and only a silhoutte (i´m sure that will make it easier but it really depends on what the cows do!)
For now, before we do the actual shooting, i want to experiment with the fx to see how good or bad it looks.
Godly A Kramer has a tuto called "dancing" on his Serious FX cd where a guy is dancing and is basically all black, i need the "all black" to be "all matrix"

thanks again

[Ogrus]

What have you done so far?

Does the cow require depth (3D) or will a silhoette (2D) suffice?

For the matrix rain there are tutorials on the net.


The matrix effect is something i already have, its the "filling a moving object" that i need help with!

[milksac]

what you should see on the screen is a close up of the farmer's face and in the background 2 or 3 cows peacefully grazing, thet trnasform from normal to "matrixy"
If the shot doesn't change (staic shot) it will require doing some rotoscope work on the cows. I don't like roto work, it makes my hand hurt just thinking about it.

Alternatively, if you use a snap zoom you could create the matrix cows as a second shot and then transition to the shot during the zoom. A little tweaking the speed and some motion blur should conceal the transition.

For now just grab an image of a cow off the net, cut it out in Photoshop and composite it with your matrix movie in AE. From there you can experiment to see what fits with the concept. You could animate the cows head and tail, use some displacment mapping to mimick the bulge of the cows belly or use Trapcode's Shine plug-in to make light rays radiate from the cows udder.

The best way to run at this would be to create a 3D cow using a 3D app and map the matrix rain footage onto the cow. That would look cool but it's a complicated process that's outside of my skill set. I'd need a 3D animator to model, animate, etc.

[Ogrus]

If the shot doesn't change (staic shot) it will require doing some rotoscope work on the cows. I don't like roto work, it makes my hand hurt just thinking about it.

Alternatively, if you use a snap zoom you could create the matrix cows as a second shot and then transition to the shot during the zoom. A little tweaking the speed and some motion blur should conceal the transition.

For now just grab an image of a cow off the net, cut it out in Photoshop and composite it with your matrix movie in AE. From there you can experiment to see what fits with the concept. You could animate the cows head and tail, use some displacment mapping to mimick the bulge of the cows belly or use Trapcode's Shine plug-in to make light rays radiate from the cows udder.

The best way to run at this would be to create a 3D cow using a 3D app and map the matrix rain footage onto the cow. That would look cool but it's a complicated process that's outside of my skill set. I'd need a 3D animator to model, animate, etc.


Thanks 4 your help!