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The Da Vinci Code Effect
For those of you that have seen The Da Vinci Code there is a part where Hanks, is walking down the street, talking about how things used to be in the old days. Meanwhile you are seeing they buildings supposedly how they were during that time… How could I recreate this effect?
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I’m seeing the film tomorrow, so won’t be able to comment properly until after then, but I’m guessing (if its a moving/tracking shot of them walking along the street) that it will be 3D matte paintings (or possibly 2d matte painting cards in 3d space) match-moved to the camera motion (i.e. locked to the existing buildings in shot) then some sort of organic wipe effect to bring through the matte paintings. As I say, I have no idea of the shot until I see the film, but for what you describe that is how I would do it.
cheers,
andrew
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Okay, saw the film, …its actually a pretty simple effect (well, if you have the cash for the toys), they’ve used a motion control camera rig (indeed a big crane rig for the outside shot as they wander up to the church) and have simply done a couple of passes, one with the two main characters, then at least one other with people in period costume, ….then added some matte painting elements (as I explained above), then put a treatment over the old style extras. They may have done the crowd passes on a greenscreen stage using the same camera data on a motion control similar camera rig in order to easily isolate them for the treatment, likewise they might have had a greenscreen in situ for Tom Hanks and co to walk in front of for the initial part of that crane shot so the matte paintings could easily be inserted behind, …but having said that, I don’t think the reveals of the old archetecture ever cross their bodies, so it probably wasn’t necesary.
There you go.
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