*Ideas
My concept for this project is all about matte painting. From the previous studies, I had a general idea about film, animation and how they are brought in life. I am very much fascinated by early filmmakers like George Melies, Norman Dawn,
Oscar Gustave Rejlander.
With the advancement of film technology, matte painting has been performed in various ways over time, It can be categorized into two aspects namely, traditional form and current digital form.
This technique covers art and live-action to create an illusion and appear an image to be moving. In the film industry, this technique can be very cost-saving, efficient and convenient.
some of the all-time successful movies that performed a tremendous amount of matte paintings are Mary Poppins, the Planet of the Apes, Dracula, King Kong, North by the Northwest, The Birds etc. These movies have highly drawn my attention and gave me the idea that visual effects can be possible without the use of modern software.
*Concept
Under matte painting, there are several principles which include green screening or chroma keying, digital painting, color grading, lighting etcetera. which I will be researching and learning through the internet. This task will cover digital paintings of sceneries and buildings and later composited together with moving cameras. I am going to film this project during day time with clear weather.
*Plans
-Analyzing location and getting permission from the respected department to shoot video in
private and public property around Invercargill city. In addition, the good weather conditions of the city will ease my effort.
Arranging a camera and equipment.
Finally, Filming quality shots of a background environment.
*Wishful thinking
As a creative student, my future goal is to include moving 3d objects into a scene and make it appear as a part of the scene. I am very aware of the complexity and adequate knowledge it requires. But First, I have to learn how to perform 3D animation which I hope to gain On the successful completion of this study.
*Software Use.
My final output will be fully composited under the mentioned software that is Nuke.
This project allows me to explore the concept of matte painting and how it has evolved over time
Moreover, I will be able to learn about various software.
*Influence artist:
George Melies: From the mid to 19th century, photographers were continuously experimenting with double exposure to produce a full composite image. Melies basically painted the glass in black color as the main background. this trick lets black matte to keep light from reaching the main camera.
As a result, the portion which is not exposed to light will appear empty. George Melies, Oscar Gustave Rejlander (In 1857, they performed the world first special effects images which were the combination of 32 negatives into a single image known as montage combination print. he also published the first motion picture comprise of special effects. some of his famous movies are A trip to the moon, The house of the Devil, Rescue on the river, Cinderella, Conjuring, etc.
Norman Dawn:
Dawn's to begin with film Missions of California made broad utilization of the glass shot, in which certain things are painted on a bit of glass and set in between the camera and the live activity.
Numerous of the buildings which First light was shooting were at slightest mostly annihilated; by portray segments of roof or dividers, the impression was made that the buildings were in truth, entire. The most contrast between the glass shot and the matte shot is that with a glass shot, all shooting is done with a single introduction of the film.
This led his work to appear low cost and high quality, moreover, his shot created the mainstay in special effects cinema throughout the century.
Andrew Kramer: I consider him as the After Effects Guru because of his ability to express the working methodologies on a respective software. As the host over 160 instructional videos and maker of title groupings for TV's Periphery and the film Star Journey, Andrew has taken an interest in numerous shapes of generation from visual impacts artist, to coordinating commercials and promos. His site Video Copilot has been a dynamic constraint within the visual impacts industry with his energetic preparing fashion and inventive plug-ins.
How Digital Matte the painting would make my overall composited scene look seamless reflecting
realism to the set?
In
the current meta, Digital Matte paintings is considered as an emerging artform that has got wide popularity among Film and TV industries. It is continuously growing every
year and has a significant impact on the overall looks of the output scene.
My concept for this project is all about digital matte painting
where I will be using various software with their availability on the campus. From my
previous academic journey, I had a general idea about the makings of film and animated
videos in order to show how they are brought in life. Consequently, I became
very much fascinated by early filmmakers like George Melies, Norman Dawn, Oscar Gustave Rejlander.
With the advancement of film
technology, Matte painting has been performed in various ways over time, it can
be categorized into two aspects namely, traditional form and current digital a form where I will be emphasizing digital aspects of it.
Practically, this technique covers art and live-action to create an
illusion where the image appears to be moving. The main benefit of matte painting is
that this technique can be Time & cost-saving with efficient and
convenient outcomes.
Watching movie is fun and enjoyable but do we ever wonder how every the scene that we see are brought to be realistic and practical at the same time.
To name some of the all-time successful movies that are performed with a tremendous
amount of matte paintings are Mary Poppins, the Planet of the Apes, Dracula,
King Kong, North by the Northwest, The Birds etc. So, these movies have highly
drawn my attention, giving me enthusiasm and courage to explore and test more
on subjects. I realized that the visual
effects are also possible without the use of complex and modern software.
This project
is intended to provide adequate experience to build fundamental skillsets when
it comes to digital compositing and matte painting. I take it as a foundation
to a future career as an animator and visual effects artist.
For this the project, I will be capturing random shots of Invercargill City using wide-angle
camera lenses. As the majority of building in this city are small and boring in
some ways. Thus, I will be giving my best to make it look elegant and interesting.
The footage that I will be working on will be shot in the daylight.