OMG use a freaking tripod if you're going to green screen lol

I thought it might also have been a reshoot -- rather than go back and try to recreate the place again, they had establishing shots so they could recreate after the fact if they needed to.

I just made that up, though. My answer to the puzzle, without doing a lick of research.




>> ^wagthedog1:

>> ^mxxcon:
why are they in front of a green screen?

Because it cuts costs. A surprisingly large number of scenes are shot green screen these days, even those that don't seem to require any "special effect" added.

>> ^mxxcon:

why are they in front of a green screen?


Because it cuts costs. A surprisingly large number of scenes are shot green screen these days, even those that don't seem to require any "special effect" added.

George Lucas is going to make the scene "interesting" with CGI, by adding 1000 stumbling robots and a talking duck.
>> ^mxxcon:

why are they in front of a green screen?

why are they in front of a green screen?

OKAY, elephant in the room... what about this guy's hair?
My theory; plugs taken from an old, curly haired dog. Who would be so vain and callous as to do this to an old, curly haired dog? Opening for discussion...


(About the socks and tie; someone should 'green screen' the red such that they change in style each time the camera switches back to him.)

I'm not saying that this vid has the kind of graphics that would entice me to pay full price at the box office, nor am I throwing down high-fives for sup-par work or uncool people. I'm sure 110 days of rendering time could have helped to give it the kind of polish that could be up to today's standards, and yours.

I enjoyed this piece because I appreciated the story told by this animation. Better graphics wouldn't hurt, but it was good enough to carry that story.

There are countless examples off great storytelling and enjoyable animations that don't rely on billion polygon counts or dynamic lighting. Whether that's Don Hertzfeldt or Dottie Goes to School or Groundbreaking Music Videos.

Nevertheless, you are absolutely entitled to your opinion, and welcome to focus on what you like in videos and animations. I just wanted to share where I was coming from too.

Also, good for you for getting your name out there and getting work in your field. I know a lot of creative-types and I know it ain't the easiest line of work to get into.

peace
~N
>> ^kir_mokum:

i'm a jr. comp artist. it's a day job, not a passion, so i've had no need or interest in doing a pro bono project of any kind. the last film i did comp work on was the new karate kid (i did some roto for clash of the titans, but that doesn't really count). i'm currently working on eureka, which is a silly show, but lots of fun to work on.
comping all CG shots is usually easier as you (generally) don't have to roto, pull green screens, camera tracking, regraining, etc.
this is a whole other league, but it was done by one person and effectively no budget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo

i'm a jr. comp artist. it's a day job, not a passion, so i've had no need or interest in doing a pro bono project of any kind. the last film i did comp work on was the new karate kid (i did some roto for clash of the titans, but that doesn't really count). i'm currently working on eureka, which is a silly show, but lots of fun to work on.

comping all CG shots is usually easier as you (generally) don't have to roto, pull green screens, camera tracking, regraining, etc.

this is a whole other league, but it was done by one person and effectively no budget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Green-Screen-What-you-see-is-an-illusion#comment-1068737

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by chicchorea. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

is the band green-screened in?

Here is the video - Someone needs to find an embed that works though...
http://en.sevenload.com/videos/BjArBWX-Tv-green-screen-you-wont-believe-Stargate-Studios

>> ^westy:

>> ^chicchorea:
I wish that this had been left in the movie.

they would have had to have touched it up a bit , as the fake head had no mass to it and looked very plastic y whence it was on the floor.


When they did the shot it was a fake head on a stick with green screen, and this was the touched up shot.

This is possibly a dupe. http://videosift.com/video/Green-Screen-What-you-see-is-an-illusion#comment-1068737

On June 10, 2010, Fmr. President George W. Bush posted an "Inaugural Address" on his Facebook page. "Watching this, it seems like such a perfectly natural thing for a pol to do that I'm amazed more of them don't do it. Obama has his weekly YouTube address, of course, and the GOP has its weekly rebuttal, but you'd think up-and-comers — Palin especially — would have full-blown YouTube fee-vah given how much more intimate a video address feels than a Facebook post. A two-minute address from Bobby Jindal each week updating America on what's been done to protect the coastline from the spill and what's still needed would be a costless way to raise his profile and turn up the heat on the feds. I suspect GWB's started a trend here. It's good to see him under such mellow circumstances, but I confess: The green screen's weirding me out a little." — Allahpundit