somebody help me I need a flight effect
i am excited for this one not only are we doing the man of steel fly effect an
effect i've wanted to do for ages but we are bringing this to you in a
four part mini-series each of which is going to be focused and
directed on an aspect that went into making the sequence
starting off with today diy lighting we were able to make this
from home my home to be precise let's figure out how you can do it too
with this being a four part mini series we would hate for you to miss out on any
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manny our flying effect of course is inspired
by the one in man of steel which aim to capture the speed of which
superman flies faster than a speeding bullet if you hadn't heard
sequences were captured on green screen and a giant sound studio
using a series of wires and gimbal rigs to help lift superman himself
today we're going down the diy route working with what i have available
around the house so we're going to be recreating this blockbuster effect with
a $50 softbox a £30 ring light some household lights which i think are
from ikea not to mention a pop-up green screen
that i found for $60 and since i wasn't much of a spider-man
oh no let's see how i do as the man of steel in the FXhome office we're lucky
to have a great selection of lights and equipment to make our tutorials
before this shot to make the most of what i have available it's best to
location scout i've decided to film in this room it's
got the most space out of the entire house as well as furniture that i can
actually move out and plan what the end result
could look like this is the time to look closely at the
reference material as well as consider our needs and what's possible what do
you think let's start off with the needs looking
at my location we have a few things working against us
this large window is throwing in a directional daylight onto my set
can't have that the white walls cause light to bounce everywhere as
white is reflective and the majority of my lamps are unadjustable meaning i
can't dim them and they're set to one color temperature
the green screen also requires to be well lit and of course green
need to know more about green screens i highly recommend our five tips for green
screen compositing Javert lays down how to get the best results for your composites
so what's our solution let's start off with this simple one that window can be
covered a common approach is to use black bin
bags get as many as you can and just tape them up
originally i considered standing on the green screen and placing the camera
above me but this would create a nasty contact
shadow and make for a rough key a huge no-no instead i placed the green
screen as far back as i could and as it needed to be bright i used the strongest
light i had the soft box to help ensure that the
greenness stays green i got this gel and clipped it over the
hood $5 to give the impression of flight i took
the back off in the office chair again from ikea and rested it on the
seat it's a bit of an ab workout to get the angle right but
it's comfier than wires and gimbal rigs the ikea lights are set to 3 000 kelvin
give or take a really warm temperature nowhere else
is warm the sun by having the lamps behind the subject
we've created the divide between the green screen and we know that the sun is
now going to be behind us in the composite using the light in this
particular direction also prevents a large amount of bounce
that we actually used it to our advantage bouncing some of the light
from this desk lamp onto the wall which will soften the light on our subject
white walls aren't so bad after all i guess so after all this consideration
what have we got we have our green screen placed at the
far back of the room using a soft box light to light the entire thing evenly
warm ikea lights have been placed behind the green screen and acting as a sun
which is also separating our subject from the green screen
a small ring light is placed in front of our subject to give a little twinkle in
the eyes find yourself needing a reflector you
can use a piece of cardboard or you need something extra for it
grab some tinfoil and wrap it around nice and an office chair was used as a
resting point for our actor because flying involves not being on
your feet now it's just a case of handing it over to our compositor
so we've got this great footage and i'm making good progress on it but our super
tom character still does not have a cape much like the actual film we CGd our
superman cape so if you haven't already subscribe so you don't miss out on that
and the other tutorials covering the actual flight and sonic boom
if there's something else that you want to see let us know in the comment
section down below and i'll see you in the next tutorial