A major thing our mentors at The Mill asked us to get after our session in week 2 was initial backplates. We went out to the racetrack on Sunday and it was cloudy all day, which was exactly what we needed. We were able to film multiple takes of both shots and take our HDR. For the HDR I painted out all the camera equipment and us in order to have better reflections on our car.
When shooting our shots we decided to take at least 3 different types of takes, one where the camera is moving how we want it, another where the camera is moving that same way but has trackers in it, and lastly one without motion. The importance of taking one without motion is just in case the tracking isn’t looking right, it’s also helpful to use as a clean plate if I need to roto something out. I also wanted to film a take without trackers just in case the scene is easy to track, because if the one without trackers works well then I wouldn’t have to paint out trackers which would give me more time to refine other elements in the project.
We also started working on our light rigs and shading the car. I feel like I still have a good bit of work to do on my shaders. I also think that the HDR feels like it’s not doing much since it is just an overcast sky. Here is the video of my light rig and some of my shaders.
