We only had 20 extras on set, so this was our first attempt at crowd simulation. Shot from different angles, the final result should look like 400+ galactic party-people ...
Skintones are not the most natural, but hey ... this is a music video, not National Geographic ! ;-).
All greenscreen, 4 weeks of post because of the heavy use of 3D motion tracking. FCP, Combustion, 3DS Max9, Maya, CS2, Boujou.
You can see post-production steps and raw footage in the "How we do it" here vimeo.com/4562962
Somebody said we should have added the Lucky Strike logo, and bam ! x10 budget boost ;-). So if you know any chief executive from British American Tobacco, please pass the link to this vid ;-).
written, directed, edited and VFX supervised by Mihnea de Vries.
visual FX concept by Mihnea de Vries
3D tracking and VFX artwork by Algo.
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Cast:Eduard Schneider and Mihnea de Vries
Tags:greenscreen, compositing, boujou, motion tracking, Zacuto, Romania, F900, Cinealta and HVX200