SHAUN WOOD
Cloning
Time Travel
In this previsualization (also known as pre-rendering) clip, multiple takes of the scene were shot and edited to visualize a complex storytelling device prior to filming. The script called for a man going back in time repeatedly to a single event and remaining there, causing there to be multiple copies of him
present in that space and time. I extracted the subject from multiple takes and combined the layers into a single composite output ‘take’ of the actor. The advantage of this pre-visualization is that it allowed the director to experiment with different visual storytelling options, as well as testing the effectiveness of the effect prior to principal photography.
Motion
Graphics
Titles, Text on Screen, Motion Graphics
Continuity
Fix
Shaky Wine Glass
Since principal shooting can be a hectic time for both actors and directors, some footage may prove to be unusable during the editing process while continuity issues or omissions from script or storyboard may surface. In the shot on the left of screen, the woman is walking back in the room after
her wine has been drugged by a perpetrator. No coverage or pick-up of the wine being tampered with was shot. In the original shot there is no movement to the wine. In a separate take (right) the actress sets the wine glass down and creates movement in the glass. I composited the shaking wine in to the master shot the director needed to move the story forward.
Distracting
Elements
Unwanted Fire Extinguishers
Fire extinguishers appeared on walls throughout this short film, which I was asked to correct. In this scene, both the extinguisher and boom shadow were removed.
Camera
Moves
Post-Produced Camera Moves
Ghost
Composite
Adding a Charater To a Shot.
This scene was first executed as a single shot, with the costumed actor appearing in the doorway. The director was not happy with the end result during the daily reviews, so the scene was immediately re-shot as two separate elements – the back-lit doorway and the re-cast “ghost” to facilitate the visual effects work. I digitally composited the two images to create this result.
Adding
Images
Digital Billboard
This film featured a “film within a film” and required the creation in post-production of a billboard promoting the fictional film. The original content of the billboard in the shot was removed and a chroma key created to which the graphic for the new billboard was composited to create this effect. The same can be done for a TV set with moving content.
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