Pugzilla!

Scott F

Scott F

Pug Life
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/10366/1186024072.mov

This is silly and bush league, but I figure someone might get a kick out of it. It's only :15, quick and painless.

The two pugs were shot individually & keyed with Keylight 1.2. There's some camera shake on the little guy in one spot which I'm trying to smooth out.
The explosions & smoke were done with Motion which I rarely use, so I don't know what I'm doing. There's some kind of an unwanted debris swirl which I can't get rid of. Other than that, it was done in CS3, which I'm really digging!
 
Ha ha, I like how the dogs are completely uninterested in destroying the city, then all of a sudden, as if one of them just got bored: "ZAP!"

One thing that might help the effect next time would be to shoot them in a higher frame rate, so they move in a little more of a lumbering manner. Might help give them more of an illusion of size.
 
That's good to know. I shot them with a 100a, 24P. Standard shutter speed. I'm going to keep playing around with green screen & compositing. This is fun.

But as for your first comment, ha ha. They get the "Least Likely to Terrorize a City" award. And all of the sudden: Zap!
 
The keying looks nice I enjoyed it lol. Yeah maybe shot in higher frame rate would help sell the effect. Where did you get the background?
 
Deepfocus88 said:
That's good to know. I shot them with a 100a, 24P. Standard shutter speed. I'm going to keep playing around with green screen & compositing. This is fun.

But as for your first comment, ha ha. They get the "Least Likely to Terrorize a City" award. And all of the sudden: Zap!
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Well, I mean frame rate, which I guess you don't have any control over on the DVX, right?
 
Yeah, that's leads me to my next question, does anybody know how could I shoot a higher frame rate with the DVX100a? I guess 60i is the highest? Or is there a way to tweak it?

I'm guessing you meant slow down hi frame rate footage to get that lumbering look...right?
 
Keylight 1.2 works very well for me.

Como, it's important to have good lighting when you film your footage. Nice even light on the green screen. That way the green stays uniform, and your subject will key out.
I actually used two Arri 150s to light the green. Not by choice, I'd normally use bigger lights, but beggars can't be choosers! (borrowed a light kit)
I also used a 650 as the keylight and a 300 as a separation light. Separation light helps separate your subject from the green screen.
In AE, you can do various tweaks to fine tune things. You can see on the dog in the front, there's shadows near his paws. I have to fix that. Work in progress.
 
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