Group Project TB2 Production Diary: Camera Setups.

These are the scene setups for each of my shots. As I stated earlier, I missed out a few very key measurements whilst I was filming, such as the camera angles, and the focal measurement for the camera, which made setting up the camera extremely diffucult. However, with help and after a few tests, I was able to set the three scenes up. 

These are the original setups for the first two scenes. As can be seen here, the setups are problematic because the camera angles are non-existent. This would cause a problem during compositing as any shadows that would be present wouldn't come out right in the render.  

This is the first setup. The camera was angled a bit more here, so that the lighting and shadow would look more convincing during the compositing. I added three area lights to this setup, and kept them at medium intensities so as not to make the scene too bright.

This is the second setup, similarly to the first shot, I would have to angle the camera manually. I also added more area lights but kept the intensities between medium and high. The light behind Batman would need to be brighter, as there would be shadows on the front of the body in the light test I did while filming. I would flit between using image planes and switching them off, which is why the image plane is absent here.

This is the third setup/ Suprisingly, this was the only one I had very few problems with, as I managed to grab the camera angle measurement, the camera match went relatively alright. I was worried initially, beacuse the building in question is quite intricate in it's design, so I was worried I would have to build it. However, as the rootop was the only thing really in the shot, that proved to be unnecessary, so a simple cube would suffice. I added an area light very high and far from the scene, as it was early evening during the filming time, so the light would be minimal but still noticeable. 

One problem I did have after filming was that the photo backup I took of the scene and the actual footage were two different sizes. This was because I had shot them at different resolutions. (the photos were taken at 1606 x 4000, while the film was shot at 1920 x 1080). As a result I had to render a single frame from each shot in Aftereffects so i would get the right sized image. 

these are the resized images