[Dallas Kruse]

All of these are great points and are helping a lot.

The body double idea … great idea but I’m afraid we don’t have the manpower to do so. But its something to keep in mind.

If difference matte is the way to go, I’ll search on line for difference matte tutorials.

Question …

for the clean plate … would you film the empty scene? or take a snapshot photo of it and use that for the source matte?

Music Producer dabbling in Video.
FCPX. Adobe CS6.
Canon T4i.

[Dallas Kruse]

And thats what I did do.

I didn’t get a CLEAN slate (some tv light flickering changing some of the minute details of lighting).

I’ll try again. The matte didn’t get clean.

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Canon T4i.

[Dallas Kruse]

I would definitely shoot test shots first. Thats a great thought.

If the actors stay on either side of the frame, it would be easy to just film and then crop.

But IF I wanted to get fancy and have them cross each other, I might try it.

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FCPX. Adobe CS6.
Canon T4i.

[Dallas Kruse]

The lighting won’t change at all. Which will help.

So, shoot a clean shot (no actors) then do the scenes with the actors.

How about shadows? If I have an actors cross the other actor, should I worry about there NOT being a shadow cast?

Music Producer dabbling in Video.
FCPX. Adobe CS6.
Canon T4i.

[Dallas Kruse]

@GaryHuff

Thats a good point. I typically use just the “Neutral” settings on the T4i but white balancing is something I should learn.

Skin tones look yellow on my TV monitor when I’m shooting and I am using it just for focus and framing.

Its an older TV monitor as well so I’m not sure I’d even be able to get the coloring right.

Great points and thoughts, everyone. Thanks so much.

Music Producer dabbling in Video.
FCP 7. Adobe CS6.
Canon T3i.

[Dallas Kruse]

After some working the frame … I found that a black piece of cloth above the green screen and on the sides helped tremendously.

I truly didn’t need the green screen if I were taking a still but in the end, all the info is super helpful.

Music Producer dabbling in Video.
FCP 7. Adobe CS6.
Canon T3i.

[Dallas Kruse]

Tacky is actually what we’re going for. Its going to be SUPER lo-budget “LOOKING”.

I don’t know why I didn’t think of shooting a still and then using that!!!!

Music Producer dabbling in Video.
FCP 7. Adobe CS6.
Canon T3i.

[Dallas Kruse]

This is an 18-75mm lens.

In regards to matching Sun … we’re not worries about that since this is going to be a stylized show (in outer space).

I’ll look at some other lenses online but since I only have 2 lenses … I’ll have to try and make something work.

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FCP 7. Adobe CS6.
Canon T3i.

[Dallas Kruse]

Thanks for the reply.

I learned a rough lesson.

But, i did find the keying in FCPX to be easy to figure out and did almost everything in FCPX then flew out to AE for some finishing touches.

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FCP 7. Adobe CS6.
Canon T3i.

[Dallas Kruse]

IF i have to go back and start from Step 2 … Oh man … its gonna a TON of work.

I don’t really have a way to reference which shot is which without just eyeballing which angle/take I used.

If thats the ONLY way to do this right, I’ll do it.

If someone could help, that’d be great!

Music Producer dabbling in Video.
FCP 7. Adobe CS6.
Canon T3i.