Visual Effects for Film and Television

ISBN-13: 9780240516752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 246 str.

Mitch Mitchell

Opis

This step-by-step guide gives practical instruction on the techniques and skills required to incorporate special effects successfully into a television production. It begins by introducing front of camera work and then moves on to digital systems and post production. It is intended as a quick reference for the novice as well as the professional not up to scratch with modern techniques and practices in the area of special effects.

Recenzje

"A well-written guide to producing visual effects, both with cameras and computers, this forms an excellent background to film and TV technology." - Lighting and Sound

Spis treści

Introduction
What makes an effect 'special'?
Why create 'effects'?
Film, video, digital and string
Film
Video
Conclusion
Stocks and formats
Film formats
Film stocks
Video formats
Methods of creating visual effects
Photography for effects
Camera parameters
The lens
The shutter/pulldown system
Video shutter and speed
Filters and lens attachments
Other image enhancements
Temporal manipulation
Stop frame/motion animation
Timelapse
Timeslice
Miniatures
Visual effects shooting toolkit
Imaging without a camera
Film
Direct application
Photogrammetry
Chemical applications
Video
Digital
Creating the backing Lighting and setting up Steps for a basic
Front of camera
Optical effects
Filtration
Masks and vignettes
The glass shot
Photo cut-outs and
hanging miniatures
Mirrors
Special processes using
mirrors
Composite photography
Mixes and supers
Film multiple imaging
Video superimposition
Matte and split-screen
Video/digital switch and
wipes
Rephotography/re-recording
Film rephotography
Video re-recording
Combined action with pre-shot backgrounds
Physical backgrounds
Shooting backplates
Background (scenic) projection
Rear projection
Front projection
Miniature projection
Large-screen video
(including video projection)
Self-matting processes
Brightness separation matte
Multiple run mattes
Colour separation matting
Film historic
Video historic
Choice of formats
Choice of keying colour
Complex colour screen shots
Staging colour screen shots
Special uses of blue/green screen processes
Compositing colour screen shots
Difference matting
Computer-based systems and techniques
Computers - external processes (for control)
Recording/post systems
Camera systems Computer-controlled camera movement
Computers - internal processes (for digital imaging)
Formats
Input to digital world
Output to analogue
Digital image manipulation
2D digital image manipulation
Compositing software
New life into old methods
Perfecting the illusion
3D computer-generated imaging (CGI)
Digitizing (getting information into the computer)
Rendering (getting the images out of the computer)

O autorze

A pioneer of digital effects, has lived their development from "Dr Who” to "Harry Potter”. Starting his career at BBC television Mitch helped develop early colour TV effects systems. Later, as Director of Visual Effects at The Moving Picture Company, he supervised the effects on literally hundreds of commercials. Since becoming Head of Imaging at Cinesite in London he has worked on projects including "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, "TROY”, "King Arthur” and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”. Mitch lectures and writes on visual effects imaging and is also Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University.