Category Archives: Term 03 Collaborative Project

Term 03 Showreel

Term 03 Collab Project


Term 03 Personal Project


Overall, I am quite satisfied with my own improvement in this term. It is interesting to stay away from computer screens and get in the greenscreen workshop for visiting some shootings. Also I can apply what I learnt in Term01 and 02 to create my vision in this term. Even I did not complete my Houdini course as I wish, I expanded my creativity and software skill a lot, beyond my own expectation.

In next term, which will be my term for final major project, I will try to push my limit and implement my idea. I believe one of the best things to attend this course as a student again, is the freedom to try the skills that I was not able to in my past.

Now, please allow me to enjoy my summer break 😉

WK 04 Green Screen for Product Shot

Result

Final version with mock iPhone:

Final Version:


Node Graph of greenscreen removing

This assignment was completed by both Nuke and Aftereffect. 3 shots of footage were selected to use in final version.

For this assignment, I was thinking about doing an Instagram Story advertisement with 10s only, which is fast in pace, bold in text, and high in saturation. Hopefully, pretended to be a eye-catching ads for young generation audience with short attention span.

However, time is limited for me to do extra retouch or cleanup in this assignment. If I could gain more time on this, I will cleanup in Nuke for the fingerprints and dirt at the 360 full shot of the product. And add extra lighting for enhance its shininess.

WK01 Green Screen Workshop

Result

Node Graph of this assignment

With some resources on Google, combined with simple graphics and motion, everything is done by Nuke.

For a weather forecast similar to this, chroma key commonly used in filming because the color is not present in skin tones and is not commonly worn by people. Therefore, as the main character, Louis, was not wearing green outfits, it is easier for me to use Keylight to remove the green screen.

Combined with other elements I found online, to show info at the lower third graphic and a list to show next week weather, the result is satisfying to show as a weather forecast I saw on other typical TV program.


By the way, I found this blog quite useful to gather the most common Nuke shortcuts that I need.