Sofa scene

This first part that Karl had modelled up was the toes of the trainer which was emerging from underneath the sofa. To make it easier to view the changes I’m just going to keep adding stills to this post so the progression is easier to see.

This first image has so many problems with it it’s unbelievable. Most obvious of all the character is in the shadows of the sofa yet he is perfectly lit up. I have placed a cube to represent the sofa but because the light isn’t in the right place it means that he is lit up like a lamp post at the moment. Also the floor looks much too dark to be a true match to the original footage but I have a feeling this has more to do with the amount of reflection on the plane beneath. It is much too reflective and the reflection needs to be decreased considerably. I need to imagine how the lighting was in the room where we filmed to get a true judge.

This second image is much closer to what I want it to look like I have actually managed to get him in shadow which is a big jump forward compared to the first attempt. Where as before i had a light quite close this time I moved it way above and positioned it to where i imagined the center of the room was when we filmed. Again I still feel like the floor is slightly too reflective even though its done to 5%. This time though the composting plane is visible and has created a very distinct line within the shadow. I need to make sure I align the compositing plane with the shadow exactly so there is no overlap.

This time he is almost perfect the only major thing this time around is instead of overlapping the compositing plane with the shadow it doesn’t quite meet the shadow resulting in a very thin line intersecting the shadow of the characters as he runs out from underneath. Also I think that even at 2% the reflection is still slightly too much hopefully 1% will be the perfect setting.

I think I have finally managed to get it as perfect as I am possibly going to get it. I managed to finally get the plane aligned with the shadow meaning there are no interruptions to the characters shadow or any distinct lines through the existing shadows. Also I think that having the reflection at 1% is the best it looks seeing as laminate flooring only has a slight reflection to it.

May 15th, 2008 - Posted in SFX | | 0 Comments

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