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Post by a on Jul 16, 2011 12:51:16 GMT -5
Hi guys. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes...
I haven't been posting much lately because I've been working on an MST3K fanvid series, Midnight Sorcery Theater 451. I've written the script, have copies of the two experiments I'm going to film (Episode 101: The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl/Episode 102: Attack Of The Crab Monsters with shorts The Other Fellow and Atomic Betty The Revenge Of Masticula, if you must know) and have built the puppets and theater seats. The only trouble I'm having is with the Shadowrama. I tinkered with the idea of projecting the film on a blank wall, but all of the projectors on Amazon.co.uk are too expensive to buy. Also, I'm a little skittish about rotoscoping, as I know little about it and don't have any fancy editing materials. Would any of you know how to create shadowrama?
In addition, I want to use the Mike-era doorway sequence to lead in and out of the film. Would that have to be rotoscoped as well?
Any assistance on this matter will be appriciated.
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Post by karcreat on Aug 4, 2011 23:59:02 GMT -5
Do the shadows need to 'match' dialouge? In other words, could you create a 'looping' (say, two min or so) animation on the PC, then matte it in over the top of the video/movie? The animation could barely move (depends on what your shadows look like...can you see 'mouths' on them, etc) and just play in said loop, and you add your commentary audio wherever you see fit...no need, even, to 'project' the movie anywhere, you keep the original, perfect copy you have of the film and add the shows in the PC, sort of how a lot of fans have done with still frames they add funny captions to...
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Post by thebutcher on Aug 8, 2011 17:58:26 GMT -5
My understanding is that you can sit in front of a well-lit white wall (only has to be large enough to cover your silhouettes, not real-theater sized). Then, in After Effects or even just Premiere I think, you can blend the shadow by matting the video layer to an option like "Screen"or "Lighten". Play with the contrast to have the darkest blacks and voila!
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