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planning a time lapse shoot
Hey, so I’m planning on doing a time lapse shoot similar to this:
I’ve never really attempted a shoot like this and am wondering if there are those out there that could warm me of any “Gottchya’s” that they might have experienced.
Now, one of the differences between the clorox spot and my shoot is that I’ll have windows in the scene.
This is the room that we’ll probably set up to shoot in:
I plan on maksing out the windows and placing some time lapse footage in the back ground. I would pretty much tweak the interior lighting in AE.
I was planning on shooting the room, and then shooting each individual character and then overlaying that layer on top of the BG layer so that I could control the layer oppacity and mode of each actor.
As fas as the angle, I was planning on shooting it straight on as in the Clorox ad. In this way I can change the rooms appearance using png files of drawers, cabinets, etc. without having to worry about matching up angles and such.
Anyway, any thoughts? Should I choose another room minus the windows to eliminate the hassle of lighting changes?
Oh, and Chroma Key is out of the question for now as far as keyin in the characters.
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Shoot at a low shutter speed to get the blur, which is an important part of this effect.
Shoot with a still camera that numbers its shots, then import the numbered sequence into AE.
Cover the windows with blue or green material and make sure they’re evenly lit — maybe from outside. Masking in post is great until somebody walks in front of the window.
The exterior light will change over time, as you’ve surmised. Shoot in a room with no windows, and place a picture frame on the wall with blue material inside. Make that your window, and strip footage into that.
If you shoot an actor in front of a set then adjust the transfer mode of that footage, you’re adjusting the mode of the set as well. So add or screen mode will give you a brighter set.
Test, test, test.
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That clorox example changes the whole nature of the room from dining room to basement to garage, etc. Will you be doing that too?
Could you put faux walls in front of the windows in some shots when you shoot? You could avoid a lot of AE work later.
No greenscreen–that changes everything.
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thanks for the input. Yeah masking around people can be a mother…
I’m not doing this commercial at all the way it should be done.
I just don’t have the time or money.
I’m kinda of oscillating between shooting the actors or just using stills and doing some kind of stop action effect.
Either way, this is going to be alot of work.
And yes; test, test, test.
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You know, if you shoot stills of the actors in various positions, you could use a portable greenscreen (4×8?) and position it behind the actor for each still.
Just a thought. 🙂
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> I’m not doing this commercial at all the way it should be done.
I just don’t have the time or money.
I’m kinda of oscillating between shooting the actors or just using stills and doing some kind of stop action effect.
Either way, this is going to be alot of work.< These are contradictory and mutually exclusive statements. I'd be very careful. If you don't do it correctly, you will spend much more time trying to fix it than if you had shot it properly. If it's a lot of work, it's very expensive for someone. If you're not getting paid, you're just teaching yourself a new trick. The Clorox spot struck me all the wrong way. Interesting execution but it had no style, just content. Try some of these sites for timelapse hints and suggestions: https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/time_lapse_article/time_lapse.html
https://www.gethincoles.com/
https://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/24670.html
https://www.haworth-village.org.uk/nature/time-lapse/thumbs.asp
https://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/07/timelapsemov/index.php
https://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/05/18/timelapse.html
https://www.timelapsedigital.com/bogiesan
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