Luke Trip Scene

BeforeI  had got to this stage of editing Hannah had showed me some images she came across on Instagram that she thought would look good for some effects in the film. I think these are really nice and I like how they have manipulated the image within its self. Chris mentioned once in a tutorial about the use of split frame and creating visually effects subtly through manipulating the image in a way similar to this. Here are a load of examples:

I had a play around on After Effects with this in mind and the use of rings and split frame. I used layers and masks to create a similar effect. I had one mask for the outer ring and a second for the inside of the ring. When playing around in After effects and came across an effect that I really liked called CC Tonal. This seemed to create a more tonal effects with limiting the shades of colours. I am then able to manipulate the high, mid and low tones to either different shades or a completely different colour. 

Rings using CC Tonal effects

After spending time playing around with this sort of style I decided that I didn't think this worked with this scene and moved on to more of a layered effect. I just over layered two takes, one of a MS of Luke stumbling around and the second of a POV shot. This created a simple effects that portrayed his visuals while still keeping the audience in a observational perspective. As this is now a major part in the film, trying to create jeopardy as the films original narrative doesn't come across, I need to ramp up the intensity. I started adding more layers to it but it became too over crowded and busy and I decided against this idea and to start new with a different idea.

Overlaying of MS and POV shot

When looking for initial ideas Hannah and I watched Hunger Games and we really liked the effects in the Giant Hornet sequence. We liked how it juttered around and shows her perspective of being unstable and disorientated. When I watched this I know this is a simple effect that I can create within After Effects with the use of layers and slightly changing the timings of them. I used the MS of Luke stumbling around and added a few layers only a fraction of a second long and of set them slightly so that they were delayed in relation to the original shot. I then changed the opacity of the layers so they are all visible. When playing it through it worked really well as the layers build up quickly and then return to normal quickly smoothly. I copied this layered effect several times throughout each take to add the disorientated feel to it.

Layered effect in style of Hunger Games

When looking at the Bruxelles piece Chris gave me to look at for inspiration they used a lot of split frame and layers so I thought I'd have a play around and see how this looks. I layered up a long take of Luke skipping and laughing as he walks down a path, each layer with a Mask on so that is only reveals a section of the frame and then slightly of set it, alter the opacity and even alter the tones and colours. I really liked this effect as it was very simply to create and have a really visually interesting result. At this stage I am un sure how the scene will be piece to gather to will need for now I will leave this section as it is but I think i will need to add a lot more layers to create the disoriented trippy feel needed from this scene.

Layers in style of Bruxelles