CPSC 815 Special Effects Production
Fall 2002
Project 2

Objectives:

To learn the use of Apple Shake.

Motivation:

This multi-part project examines the features and funcionality of Shake, Apple's compositing software.

Due dates:

Project writeup and animations: 10/31/02

Description:

Use Shake to create several short animation clips:

1. Chroma-keying: primatte/phonebooth & movies/clouds comp:
   • comp the primatte/phonebooth image over the movies/clouds clip
2. Color correction: images/pier & images/sky comp:
   • color correct the images/pier to the images/sky image AND VICE-VERSA
   • use Shake's color correct node as well as the color curve editor node (lookup)
3. Rotoscoping: movies/fiona:0174:0301 & movies/clouds comp:
   • rotoscope movies/fiona (frames 0174:0301, just Fiona's face w/headphones) over the movies/clouds clip
   • note that the shape of Fiona's head changes and moves, you will therefore have to animate your rotoshape
4. Match moving: movies/bomb & movies/water comp
   • matchmove on a movies/wave crest, and then comp the movies/bomb CG element at that point; the movies/bomb element should appear to be ``riding the wave''
5. Compositing: renderpass comp
   • put together the renderpass elements, cutting out the live footage of the real hallway carpet.
6. Principal photography: Project 1 Redux (Gimp/Photoshop) in Shake
   • redo Part 2 of Project 1 by picking a simple object of which to take a photograph in front of a blue screen
   • use Shake's chroma-keying tools (your choice) to pull a matte for the object
   • comp the object over a background scene---make sure the lighting in the final scene matches!!
   • use Shake's dropshadow tool to create a shadow for the foreground element
   • set up a rig for the live action shot (e.g., use suspension wires or a table prop) and then remove this ``dirt'' in the final comp

Notes, suggestions, and additional requirements:

N/A

What to hand in:

``Professional-quality'' brief writeup, including:

1. Cover page containing: Course Id--Section No.
   Name:
   SS No:
   Assignment No.
   
2. Assignment description
3. Key frames of the animation
4. Complete animations (reduced size)

Electronic submission of images: provide a URL (web address) to your on-line presentation of the assignment. To keep the page size manageable, please use reduced images on your web page, but provide links to the full-scale example images.