Visual Effect WIP - Gigh Resurrection - Wide Shot 1.03

Now Gigh has been made to appear as though he grows out of the tree. At the moment it looks like too much like an ordinary morph but after the branches and leaves are added this should be reduced.



Next I shall fix the "morph" problem.

Visual Effect WIP - Gigh Resurrection - Wide Shot 1.02

Tree Fitting Gigh

Step 1

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First I just lay pieces of tree over Gigh roughly where I want them to grow. They're just pictures I've taken from near my place and they probably aren't the best choice so I'll replace them later when I find the "perfect" tree for the role. We better hold some tree auditions...


Step 2

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Now using a warp mesh I shall conceal Mick behind the tree.


I'll drop the opacity of the tree down to 50% so you can see what's happening.

Now we have Mick within the boundary of the tree but the tree doesn't look very good so that requires improving.


Step 3

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I adjust the tree so the branches look like they're blended better although they're still not right yet but they will have leaves on them by the final version.




Next I did a render to see what it looks like so far... Kind of like Mick is standing up from behind a tree.


Now I need to make it appear as though the tree is growing into him...

The Last Confession of Martin Pearce

Yesterday auditions for extras were being held for a docu-drama called The Last Confession of Martin Pearce.

Seeing it as an opportunity to gain some experience on professionally funded project I decided to volunteer my services. My assistance was met with open arms which was very fortunate for them because they were flooded with an absolute deluge of auditionees.

A couple of days prior I was told there were 75 people coming along to audition and there may be a few that just walk in. In the end 153 people registered to audition and that's not including those who didn't return after I had to tell to them to come back in an hour. So the response was quite good!

It was very hectic (which I quite enjoyed) and afterwards I got to spend some one-on-one time with director Michael James Rowlands and he gave me some directorial advice and a further insight into the film.

It was quite a good learning experience!