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Adding a (tv) screen in AE, should I put a real life frame for shoot?
Shooting a student film, under $300, have a “screen” (like a flatscreen tv) on the wall of a prison cell, and I obviously don’t have the money to do this in anything but post. I’m going to shoot this saturday, and I’m thinking it would be much better to have the frame itself be in the actual shot, yes? I think it will be the edge of a white-board, which is silver. Any suggestions?
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If the camera is going to move and you are going to need to track it, then yes, you should have a real object in the scene. It doesn’t really need to be a frame or white board, though that could work. 4 tracking markers should work just fine as well, but either should be ok.
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Thanks!
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Yeah i would agree – if you are going to have to do ANY tracking at all, i think the best option is to have something very track-friendly.
Am i right in thinking that you have a wall and don’t actually have the TV screen, so you are wanting to know if you should put up something else that looks kind of similar? If you’re going to be replacing it fully anyway, don’t worry about it looking similar to a screen, make something that you can track well.
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Also, when shooting I would try to shoot fairly straight on at an angle where you will be able to find stills to comp in and don’t let the perspective change to much in your camera move or you will be stuck having some 3D objects and 3D tracking in there. In other words, if it starts straight on and then you should be seeing the side of the TV later in the shot, you are screwed.
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Ah ok, I’ll probably try to just keep it static then.
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The only benefit of a real frame the would be if it were the exact size and aspect of the TV and you could use the shadows cast by the frame to simulate that of the TV.
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Many of know this from experience you’re about to have: You’d benefit tremendously by preproducing the video that goes into the screen and running it live especially if there is anything in the content that is supposed to have an effect on the people in the room.
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