"Writer's Block" Behind the scenes - DaVinci Resolve Fusion
In this video we take a look at what went into making the short "Writer's Block". We will go through the entire process from the storyboard to the final video. We used DaVinci Resolve and Fusion for editing and the compositing. And used Houdini, 3D Coat, PF Track and Metashape to help with the 3D assets. As always if you have any questions feel free to reach out in the comments.
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*Timestamps*
0:00 Intro/Overview
0:27 Storyboard / Technical issues
2:41 Shooting for the VFX
2:50 Shooting the flickering light
3:41 Shooting for 3D Tracking
4:22 Shooting for the hand off of the lightbulb box
6:22 Setup for VFX Comps
7:23 Prepping images for Photogrammetry
8:55 Metashape Making the Head Mesh
9:54 Prepping Our Head Scan in Houdini for 3D
11:00 Modeling the Inside of the Head in 3D Coat
13:08 Geometry Track in PFTrack
14:35 Rendering the Inside of the Head in Houdini
17:57 Basic Comp Setup for all the Head Inserts in Fusion intro
18:25 Bringing in our renders from Houdini
18:49 Adding the flickering light inside the head
20:08 Adding the guy inside the head
24:45 Compositing over original plate
25:05 Cleaning up the shadows from the Houdini render
26:32 Taking the lightbulb box off the screen intro
27:09 Screen patch
28:49 Adding in the lightbulb box
32:00 Compositing over original plate
32:40 Additional paint fixes
33:06 Handing the lightbulb box off to the inside of the head
33:20 Cleaning up and positioning the hand
35:04 Bringing in the Houdini render
35:43 Adding in the guy inside the head
37:03 Compositing over original plate
37:17 Adding in the lightbulb box
39:56 Animating the lightbulb box
41:11 Final touches
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