Approach:
This week I presented the final short for the screening! I think that it went well, I appreciated the comments received from other professors and my peers. Mainly what I wanted to explore this week is making the minor edits to the short for the sake of realism, and nail down the sound and visual transitions near the beginning. I wanted to make a nice transition from the outside to the inside, and find a way to introduce the title text as well. I didn't want to name the piece after an aspect of light, but the feeling of waiting for the light to stop. In this case: "Cease".
*A process shot showing the wire-frame vs. a final render.*
Choices Made:
For the final pieces of the scene, I went into post and added some effects that I thought were necessary. I first used a motion tracking effect on the window so I could either create an adjustment layer for the outside or inside of the window. I went onto doing some slight color grading on the inside to pull out the highlights and shadows a bit more. The render of the interior of the car appeared to darken the light that I had placed on the inside; though I think that this is attributed to the atmospheric fog I added to the lighting of the scene. Next step from masking the area, I added a slight grain, glow, and contrast adjustment to window mask. This made the poles really pop out against the grey-skied background and the shadows cast from the blocked sunlight. There is also a smudged window layer assigned as an overlay. It's very subtle, and might not be necessary, but I wanted to at least attempt the effect. For the last touch I added a slight silhouette and a blur to the outside edges of the screen.
Next steps: This week I'll re-watch my short and make some small edits that I've noticed through repeatedly viewing it. I know I want to change the introductory typography, and have the ending credits come up a while later after letting the screen fade to black. I had the feeling that I didn't give the audience enough time to realize for themselves that the short is complete (I jumped into the text too quickly). -Taylor Olsen Comments are closed.
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