Special effect shot question: Superhero Transform

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MikeC10305

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I am shooting a spec commercial in which I need to shoot a scene where the normal everyday nerd/guy spins around really fast transforming into a superhero when he comes to a halt. Any ideas on how to do this? Any ideas on easier ways to show the transformation? Im using an HVX w/ brevis or M2......

THANKS IN ADVANCE
 
I'd shoot him twice with a locked-in-place camera, once in each costume, then speed up and fade from one to the other in post
 
What about his position? Mark his foot placement with tape? Also... when shooting would it be better to shoot at a higher frame rate if Im going to speed it up in post??

THANKS AGAIN GUYS
 
If you want him to spin, use a circle dolly in a greeen room, around the character slowly starting the transformation. Lots of circles later, switch to the character slowly finishing the transformation. Do a slow reveal transition between the before and after, apply a gausian blur in the middle and speed it all up.
 
I think you could achieve the same effect by just giving him proper T marks, and having him rotate on that axis 20 or 30 times in each costume, and then speed that up in post (duplicate if needed, to lengthen the effect) and apply some blur, with a quick dissolve between the two shots...Give it a try.
 
If you don't have to show his whole body, your other option is to put him on a turntable (a large lazy susan should do the trick) and have someone spin him in place. Once in regular clothes, the other in his superhero costume. Just lock off the camera. You can ramp up the speed in post and do a fade from one to the other. Just make sure you spin him A LOT!
 
Another thing which may help, depending on his pose, is to set up a digital still camera on its own tripod, next to the main camera (doesn't have to be exactly the same height or tilt, though I would try to get close) and take a few snaps as he is spinning. Take out the mem card, dump to pc, print (You could probably do almost all of this while he is changing), and compare the printouts to help guide into position.

That, with as others have said, marked off points for feet, can help.

I've even had surprisingly good results for closeups and sometimes even mediums with a tv as a monitor and dry erase markers for pupil placement , and other needed features.

This last was for a morphing between two people where their positions had to be as close as possible for the technical aspects of the morph in post, and it came out very well.
 
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