This week I started to process the green screen footage that I shot. And trying to composite some of the footage.

For the portal shots, I mainly tracked the whole video. The portal is then made to follow the movement of the camera. Afterward I also created shadows for the portal. And the colors were adjusted for the portal.

Regarding the handling of green screen material. I mainly use the keylight node for green screen keying.

After that, I copied a video for color grading and adjustment. Went to create a shadow for the main video. To make the whole video look more realistic.

I still have some hesitation about the choice of background. At first, I wanted to make a void scene myself. But for reasons of time. I then found video footage of smoke and stars on the internet. I used these two clips for color grading to create a virtual space.

Next week I will be putting the remaining videos through their final compositions.

This week, I started making the items needed for the CG. A magic mirror as well as a portal of particles.

I have searched the internet a lot for what a magic mirror looks like. Finally, I chose a traditional magic mirror made of wood.

I started by making a model of a magic mirror from the picture using Maya. Afterward, I will give it materially.

This week I have also finished making the portal for my Houdini production. The next step is to do the rendering.

All the items I need to make have been made. Next week I will start working on the textures for the models and rendering the portals. And get the green screen material started.

This week I have started working on my model by creating materials and rendering particle effects.

Once the textures were finished I added ambient and point light sources to the entire magic mirror based on the lighting of the production scene. Finally, I added shadows around the mirror. This gave the whole image a more realistic look.

After that, I started to render the whole environment.

I also started rendering my particles. As I render the quality is very high. So a picture in about 20 minutes. This also reduces my efficiency considerably. But the good thing is that the result is ok.

Next week I will start compositing some of the shots to see how the whole thing looks.

This week I mainly shot the scenes that needed to be shot on green screen.

Due to shooting props as well as time issues. I changed my script to make the whole short film more of a story.

I booked a green screen room with Tony. I finished the rest of the shots from the green screen room.

Afterward, to make the CG look more natural, Tony and I took three more HDR shots with the 360° camera. Used as a lighting setup.

Next week I will start working on the CG and particle effects section.

This week I have mainly been working on video shoots. tony and I borrowed the camera as well as the stabilizer on Thursday. After that, we worked on the shoot. The shoot took place on the fourth floor of the LCC.

And I have tracked a few shots and the tracking is OK.

This week I also started working on the CG scenes. And going to borrow the green screen room next week. To finish the rest of the shots.