[Benjamin Lamb]

I think I have now decided against the idea. I would love to have it take place in the rain, but it’s simply too impractical, and if I did shoot in the rain, that would mean that once I’m in post, there would be no going back. So if it would look fake, it would look fake and there would be nothing I could do about it.

I do have another idea though involving AE. Does AE have some filters or effects that could darken the sky or generate clouds realistically? Something to just help the mood of the film?

[Benjamin Lamb]

Would there be any other options other than using AE (or to make the final with the AE rain look better)? Does anyone here have any ideas about a practical rain machine for wide shots?

I saw this video:

https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7364350768610601218&q=rain+machine&ei=OTsWSLu_PKem4QLeqqnkBA

But I’m not sure if that would work for wide shots. I thought about building more than one; maybe that would work. Any ideas?

[Benjamin Lamb]

if the AE rain was in front of the real rain, would that make it less realistic?

[Benjamin Lamb]

I meant I won’t have any lightning not lighting. I’m sorry if I was unclear about that. We have a very good DP who will do the lighting.

Here’s my problem: the rain machines are not big enough to span some of the wide shots we will be shooting. So, my reasoning was if we rig them closer to the camera and add the AE rain in later, with tweaking and multiple layers we would be able to achieve a good rainstorm look.

So, if I had someone work with me who knows after effects well and we spent several hours on it, could we get a convincing effect?

Also, could we have the AE rain going on outside the window?