Do you think this was done with a green screen?

Doubt it was a green screen. I'd bet they just did the roto by hand (perhaps with helping tools but still by hand). All a green screen does is make it easier to automatically/computationally generate a matte out of something, getting a good matte using roto tools takes more work but is the same thing really. And now there are a lot of tools on the market that can vastly reduce the work load. I'd bet you could do that time freeze with After Effects CS5's roto tool no problem. Especially since she had nothing near her, she was completely cut out.
 
Thanks Matt,

Could I setup camera, record her doing say the 10 second scene then keep the camera in the same stop and record the people walking. Then merge the two clips and freeze the people only clip?
 
With that kind of framing and no overlapping people/animals/bushes sure, especially if the camera doesn't move. She's so cut out from the crowd I doubt they even did a tight roto, just a simple mask with some edge feathering would work just fine. You'd need to make sure the two shots were done at the same time/conditions lighting wise (the sun is not your friend) but a shot of the crowd with a shot of the artist merged together isn't hard at all. It all depends on how you frame the shot though. Add in a moving camera and the work level goes up a lot (though to be honest it may be worth it). Have people walking in front of her or behind her and the work level goes up. They really took the easiest route with how they framed up the shot, a static background (in this case the sidewalk) makes things much easier.
 
msorrels said:
With that kind of framing and no overlapping people/animals/bushes sure, especially if the camera doesn't move. She's so cut out from the crowd I doubt they even did a tight roto, just a simple mask with some edge feathering would work just fine. You'd need to make sure the two shots were done at the same time/conditions lighting wise (the sun is not your friend) but a shot of the crowd with a shot of the artist merged together isn't hard at all. It all depends on how you frame the shot though. Add in a moving camera and the work level goes up a lot (though to be honest it may be worth it). Have people walking in front of her or behind her and the work level goes up. They really took the easiest route with how they framed up the shot, a static background (in this case the sidewalk) makes things much easier.
Click to expand...

Yep, I'm with you. It will be a evening scene. I'm thinking about having her at the same camera angle (fairly high wide angle) Have her on a busy sidewalk and people walking by her. Some in front and some behind. Pick the right moment and have a clean opening that could be used to freeze the people walking.

Thanks for the help...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top