It all starts with your original footage. DO NOT SKIMP ON IT!!! Get the best images you can. Use the finist grain film you can.
If you plan on using black screen for your mattes, I would suggest using the alternate frontlit/backlit system, where you shoot one frame lit normally, then the next frame (without moving anything or changing the camera settings) backlit to provide the black matte, then get the roll skip printed; Frame 1 on roll A, Frame 2 on roll B, Frame 3 on roll A, etc. (Bluescreen was invented so mattes could be made without this step and cut out one generation print). You gain a generation, but the mattes are much more accurate. My $0.02. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:04 AM Subject: [Frameworks] Optical Printing, Contact Printing and Rotoscoping Wizards NEEDED for space pirates claymation > Hey just wanted to get some advice for doing some very complicated special > FX on 16mm film. I am going to be making a space pirates claymation film > in the near future and I want to do some very complicated optical printing > and rotoscoping FX shots. I know that CRI film stock no longer exists but > i am going to be filming model spaceships in front of a black or > bluescreen and I want to know what is the best way to go about this > without getting any generation loss on my film. _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
