shooting a feature with Jittercam + greenscreen + low budget + no no? Going for a 24/battlestar galactica/10.5 type of feel.
Jittercam+greenscreen+low budget + no no?
- Thread starter RaymondLeggs
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It's going to add much more complexity for the VFX team. You need to have a VFXSupervisor (or someone who understands the process) onset, and have them sign-off on each setup.
On a show that depends heavily on green screen photography, best practice would have you consider a camera that can shoot 4:2:2; especially if you don't have the budget/experience to light the screen properly.
There are many more items on the todo list for these kinds of shots. As a rule, I won't say it's a "no-no" because I've done many similar shots myself, but only you can decide whether you have the experience, equipment, and team around you to pull this off.
On a show that depends heavily on green screen photography, best practice would have you consider a camera that can shoot 4:2:2; especially if you don't have the budget/experience to light the screen properly.
There are many more items on the todo list for these kinds of shots. As a rule, I won't say it's a "no-no" because I've done many similar shots myself, but only you can decide whether you have the experience, equipment, and team around you to pull this off.
You could shoot at a higher resolution and add camera shake in post, using the extra resolution to re-frame the shoot.
A fun thing I did once was to sell this trick was to stick two post it notes on the wall, grab my camera and shoot the wall trying my hardest to hold the camera steady, (always keeping both post it notes in the frame)
Then I took that footage into AE and point tracked the post it notes. Saved that to a null layer. I was then able to use my null as position data for a tripod locked down shot. Look pretty much like hand held footage without the motion\ jitters and warping artifacts.
A fun thing I did once was to sell this trick was to stick two post it notes on the wall, grab my camera and shoot the wall trying my hardest to hold the camera steady, (always keeping both post it notes in the frame)
Then I took that footage into AE and point tracked the post it notes. Saved that to a null layer. I was then able to use my null as position data for a tripod locked down shot. Look pretty much like hand held footage without the motion\ jitters and warping artifacts.
Oh, and the shows you mention are not jitter cam. They do use handheld, but its good hand held where the motion you see is ADDED by the camera operator.
Yes! Another example of removing shake then adding is in the first of new star trek movies. If you watch the behind the scenes, a big portion of it is about how they would have cameras locked down or on jibs. Then you would see JJ Abrams wacking the crap out of the cameras!
I did a tutorial on adding natural shake (CF's post it note idea) a while back... doesn't explain the process to well, sorry.
http://youtu.be/eSiFmEDl_gY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSiFmEDl_gY
http://youtu.be/eSiFmEDl_gY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSiFmEDl_gY