Hey guys,
I'm directing a short horror film that we're shooting in a few weeks, but I've never done any real post/computer FX for a film. But we have a few moments in mind that will require what I think would be simple/subtle computer FX (I think with After Effects). I want to make sure that in the filming of these moments we do anything that we need to to properly set up the After Effects to look as good as possible. Below is the general description of the moments and what I'm looking for. If anyone can tell me what's involved in layering the FX on and how complicated it sounds or if it will be easy & effective, that would be great. We can afford to pay someone to do it, but not a huge amount so I'm hoping this stuff isn't overly complicated and time consuming.
-There's a scene in a darkly lit basement with a girl and we want to create a spider coming down a thread of web over her shoulder, since the scene will be dark I'd be looking for a spider mostly in silhouette, so it can be shadowy in detail but I'd want it to look & move right.
-The film takes place during a snow storm and weird supernatural things start happening. There's a moment where the glass on a window behind the girl gradually frosts over with ice crystals. This is the one I'm most concerned with pulling off right. It doesn't have to be a ton of frost, as we'll probably have some practical frost spray already lining the window panels, but I'd like it look like a thin layer of frost freezes up the rest of the window behind her.
I was hoping that for these it would mostly be the case that we shoot the scenes like normal and then an fx person can layer whatever visual effect on top of the existing picture. Is that the case? Or does any of this require us to shoot anything specifically to achieve the effect?
Any help or clarity would be appreciated!
I'm directing a short horror film that we're shooting in a few weeks, but I've never done any real post/computer FX for a film. But we have a few moments in mind that will require what I think would be simple/subtle computer FX (I think with After Effects). I want to make sure that in the filming of these moments we do anything that we need to to properly set up the After Effects to look as good as possible. Below is the general description of the moments and what I'm looking for. If anyone can tell me what's involved in layering the FX on and how complicated it sounds or if it will be easy & effective, that would be great. We can afford to pay someone to do it, but not a huge amount so I'm hoping this stuff isn't overly complicated and time consuming.
-There's a scene in a darkly lit basement with a girl and we want to create a spider coming down a thread of web over her shoulder, since the scene will be dark I'd be looking for a spider mostly in silhouette, so it can be shadowy in detail but I'd want it to look & move right.
-The film takes place during a snow storm and weird supernatural things start happening. There's a moment where the glass on a window behind the girl gradually frosts over with ice crystals. This is the one I'm most concerned with pulling off right. It doesn't have to be a ton of frost, as we'll probably have some practical frost spray already lining the window panels, but I'd like it look like a thin layer of frost freezes up the rest of the window behind her.
I was hoping that for these it would mostly be the case that we shoot the scenes like normal and then an fx person can layer whatever visual effect on top of the existing picture. Is that the case? Or does any of this require us to shoot anything specifically to achieve the effect?
Any help or clarity would be appreciated!