Fire Effects , Object Removal & Matte Painting in After Effects - VFX BREAKDOWN
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Visual Effects Breakdown for a short comedy sketch.
There are a lot of effects going on in the Breakdown.
0:00 Burning Building Effect
I started by removing the lens distortion to straighten the lines in the shot. Then I proceeded to paint out the car in the shot as that too would be on fire, causing a huge headache.
After finding some stock smashed windows I cut them out and comped them over the windows in the shot. I rotoscoped the actor out so I could composite the new elements into the shot.
I then created the sign, blended it with the original shot and then added a tonne of burns to further sell the idea that the building was on fire.
Next, I used an orange solid with a wiggle expression to create some interactive lighting.
Using pre-keyed stock footage I added flames, smoke and glowing embers. A touch of glow, distortion and day-for-night colour grading and it’s done!
The other VFX shots were a little more run-of-the-mill.
0:47 Logo Removal in After Effects
The objects needed to be tracked. Sometimes a coloured solid can be tracked over the sign as was the case for the van or in the case of the jacket it just needed another part of the jacket grafted over the top. So simply create a patch that you can use as a track matte then duplicate the shot, set it to alpha track matte then drag it until it looks natural.
1:06 Reflection Removal in After Effects
The reflection on the tombstone was tricky. The reflection in the stone wasn't removable with colour correction/blur etc so It had to be covered/painted out. I tracked the original stone, then found a similar texture online, and blended the two so in effect, the entire back of the tombstone has been replaced.
1:18 Lav Mic Removal in After Effects
The great thing about the lav mic is that it stands out like a sore thumb. This makes for a great track point as trackers rely on contrast.
Because the movement in this shot is fairly simple and the object we are removing is tiny. We can simply use a 2D tracker in After Effect's native tracker. Create a Null for that track point and then (similar to the logo removal above) Track, mask, duplicate and move to graft another piece of the shot (the actors’ neck and shirt) onto the hole (created when we masked it) where the offending object was.
And that’s all. If it is useful for some of you, I could create a step-by-step guide on some of these effects. Just let me know in the comments section.
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