Need background for keying

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bhodgson0739

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Hey all,

I have a question... I am planning on shooting a short this upcoming semester for school. I am planning on keying out the background behind a front porch. The film is set in the distant future, and I want the background to be barren, dead, rocky, etc. No real greenery or life. Maybe a road or some destroyed structural elements. The atmosphere is meant to be extremely hot, where the oxygen has been burnt off making the air fairly poisonous.

So, on that note, how would one recommend me do this? I basically will have very little if any budget (it's a school project but also my last one... I'm planning on really making it the best I can and then shop it around later). Would it be easier to find someone that lives in a desert region to send me footage to key? Or ask someone to render me something in a program like Vue? I tried Vue a bit and I couldn't get something realistic enough for my tastes, though I must admit, I don't know the program well and 3d is NOT my specialty.

I know Vue also does animation, and I'd love to be able to get some dust flying around, but I just don't know enough of it to know if it can get me something that will work well enough.

Any suggestions? Thank you!

Brad Hodgson
 
I could get you some shots of a lavafield . . . have some mts in background, some distant forest you could probably photoshop..

Sounds like you might prefer something more like area51 - Nevada, New Mexico, Mars Rover trackless wastes kinda stuff. The NASA Mars stuff is probably public domain - ck with an expert though.

Sounds fun.
 
Hi pixelated,

Yea, that's good advice. I'll do a search for specific New Mexico, Mars stock footage.

Thanks for the offer of the lavafield. That might be perfect, you never know! Do you have a picture lying around of the landscape? I'd love to see it!

Thanks for the reply!

Brad
 
You might also want to go to some 3D forums and ask if anyone would like to collaborate on a project and explain the shot you need. Sometimes 3D animators are willing to help because it helps them as well. I do LightWave and their forum is at: http://www.newtek.com/forums/
 
Haven't had a chance to grab any lavafield shots yet, will try this weekend if still interested.

Here's a couple of a burned out area (forest fire). Would something like this work?


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Those are pretty cool shots.

One thing to consider is the perspective of the shots in terms of the front porch. It can definately be done.
 
Lava field

Lava field

OK, finally made it out to the lava flow this afternoon. Here's a raw shot & pan to give you a taste of the area - no cleanup or correction done. Let me know if this would work for what you're looking for.

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