Creative framing of 4:3 insert window

[Chris Smith]

-Mask it into slight ovals:
-Make it larger and break it up into pieces. So it looks like a bunch of smaller 4×3 panels made a larger video wall. (do this by making a grid pattern, precomping the grid and using it as a luma matte on the video layer).
– Parent all the images to a null then make them all face outward from the null in a circle. So when you rotate the null it looks like a disc with images is spinning. Then animate them spin like a slot machine and lock into place at times to show the image.
– Use orhanic mask shapes with hevay feathering to look like amorphious blobs.
– Set the images up in space. And create angled spotlghts that search across them like a police search light revealing them one at a time.
– Use vertical stripes of different thickness overlapping each other. These stripes also reveal the images like slowly moving vertical blinds.
– Use the subject matter to justify the movements. If it’s about gambling, make a slot machine effect or map the images to playing cards. If it was about nature, the images can be amongst a forest or mapped onto leaves, etc.

Just brainstorming.

Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com

[Andy Stokes]

Hi Chris,

Appreciate you taking the time to reply with your brainstorming. Some good ideas…

Here’s hoping tomorrow everything will fall into place… Hey there’s another idea.

Cheers,
Andy