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Hey guys, Yannick here for cinecom.net, and welcome to another Copy Cat Friday.
A series where we recreate effects from famous movies and music videos.
And today we are recreating the effect from Jain, ‘Come’.
-Lorenzo, where are you?
Lorenzo!
[Cinecom's intro music]
Lorenzo!
Damn, guys, we really lost lorenzo.
This is not good,
we need him here so he can help with filming the explanation of the effect.
Lorenzo!
Oh, you are back, Lorenzo!
Thank god!
-I’ve seen things, horrible things.
Okay, get back to work now.
Okay, now that Lorenzo is back from his shenanigans we can start with the tutorial.
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Now for the effect for this week, we chose to recreate something
out of an older music video named ‘Come’ by the artist Jain.
This music video is packed with effects and we had to choose one,
otherwise this would be a very, very long video.
And by seeing the intro you already know which effect, of course.
So without further ado, let's start the building montage.
[High energy music]
-Yesterday I tested the effect and I only used two C-stands and a green screen.
-Yannick, catch!
-Look what Jordy took today!
I think we over killed it.
-Totally not, totally not.
Like I was saying, this here is very useful,
so that all of these poles right here won’t glide and fall on the ground,
so we’re using everything today.
This right here, very useful as well,
because where else am I going to put my jacket on?
There we go, we’re making everything useful!
-Like I said, two C-stands and a green screen.
[Music]
Okay, we built everything.
And now it’s time to explain what we are going to use.
First, a tripod…
…with an invisible camera.
That’s an effect for another video.
But we need a tripod because we need to match two shots,
the green screen shot and the normal shot.
And this is easier with a tripod.
Next up are the green screens.
We used two green screens because we need to create this opening,
so somebody can go through or back in.
We used clamps on the back so that we can create this opening.
Next up, is this big diffuser.
We are using this because we are outside.
And the sun is too hard, so we need this diffuser to create soft lighting.
And this you can see on this beautiful green screen.
We need this diffuse light because the shadows can be hard on a green screen,
otherwise you can’t key it.
The last thing we need is this black screen.
We’re gonna put it behind the green screen,
so when a person goes through the hole in the green screen,
they step into the black,
“into the void”, you can say…
Last but not least, the clothes you’re wearing are also very important.
Because if they are too reflective, the key won’t work that great.
So, to make it yourself easier, wear something dark,
something black.
This won’t reflect that much.
Okay, that covers the setup that you need, but I forgot to explain one more thing.
When everything is setup and you are ready to start shooting,
you need to close the aperture of your camera.
I would say something around f-9 or 10 will do.
We do this because we have two subjects that need to be in focus at the same time
and they aren't standing on the same line.
Then it's time to make the shot with the green screen.
Just film from a tripod and let the actor go through the green screen.
Then when he is completely gone, you can either really carefully stop recording
or let the camera just roll.
It's very important that the camera doesn't move.
Now move the green screen and the rest of the set up out of the frame.
Then let the second actor stand on his place and film him doing his thing.
And that are all the shots you need for this effect.
Before we jump into Premiere Pro now,
I would first like to show you guys something special.
In December we reached one million subscribers
and decided to do something for a charity active in Sri Lanka.
Their main goal is improving the education for the kids there.
And When seeing this we immediately felt a connection with them and had to help.
We did a fundraising asking all our viewers to donate a small sum
to a GoFundMe page.
This money would then help with building schools or restoring them.
And Guys, you really came through.
This week we received the first pictures from Sri Lanka,
where they just placed a new part of a small school.
They used the money to build it by local workers and the parents of the school kids.
In the summer a few people from here will go to Sri Lanka to help some more.
We will also send a container full with educational materials with them.
So if you want to contribute the GoFundMe page
is still open and you can find a link in the description below.
Now it's time to jump into Premiere Pro.
Import your two clips and create a new sequence.
Then drag your clip without the green screen to the first track.
The clip with the green screen can go on track number 2.
The first thing we are going to do is remove the green screen.
But before this, I want to show you a small hack to make the green key a lot easier.
Open up the Lumetri panel,
if you can't find it go up to the menu on top and select Window
and enable the Lumetri panel.
Inside the panel you can open up the Curves tab.
This will give you different types of curves,
but the only one we need is the Hue vs Sat curve.
Take the color picker tool and select the green.
Now make the selection a little bit bigger and drag the point in the middle up.
This will increase the saturation of the green, so don't over do it.
Okay, our green is super green now, which will make the key a lot easier.
And it's time to remove it now.
In the Effects library search for the Ultra Key effect
and drag it to the green screen clip.
In the Effects controls,
you can now take the color picker from the Ultra Key effect and select the green.
This will remove the green from your shot.
If you notice that the key isn't that good,
you can always tweak it a little bit more in the settings
until you get the perfect key.
But if you still have some spill, add a new Lumetri effect to the green screen clip
and place it underneath the Ultra Key.
With the HSL Secondary you can make a green selection from the top controls
and then modify that green with the sliders below.
I neutralized the green by adding magenta,
decreased the saturation to get rid of the green
and finally add a little bit of warmth to get
natural skin tones back in the spill areas.
Also, if you want, you can leave some shadow ripples on the green screen
when opening up the hole.
It can contribute to the effect as you are actually opening up the clip as a fabric.
Now, being so close to the green screen, doesn't make a green key easy.
It makes it even very hard.
But a few weeks ago, we started testing with Boris FX
and they have an awesome keying plugin called Primatte Studio,
which can really help here.
If you want to know more about this plugin, there is a link in the description below.
Okay, it's masking time.
With the green screen clip selected go up to the Effects control panel,
and then under Opacity property you can select the Pen tool
and create a mask inside the green screen.
However, you probably still have this line in the middle of your green screen
which can't be keyed out.
So create the mask on the right side of it, so the line is gone.
But when lorenzo comes in and steps inside the hole,
he will step outside the mask and will be cut off.
So we need to animate this mask.
Search for the point where lorenzo is still just inside the mask
and on this point enable the animation for the mask path.
Then go frame by frame further in time
and adjust the mask so that it follows lorenzo's hand
and thus opening up the hole in the clip.
In the end, Lorenzo also closes this hole.
So we need to animate the mask again there.
But this time let the mask go up with his hand so the hole is closed and disappears.
Okay, now you have combined the two shots and they match perfectly.
The only thing that is missing now is some kind of effect
so that it really looks like the fabric of space is opened.
Like some kind of ripple.
And this we are going to create with the Turbulent Displace effect.
Drag this effect from the Effects library
to the clip without the green screen on track number 1.
The effect will now warp the whole shot, not something we need.
So, create a mask within the Turbulent Displace effect,
select the circle mask and adjust it so that it lays behind the hole.
Also feather the mask enough, something between 40 or 50 will do.
Next it's time to change settings, first set the displacement to Bulge.
And then the amount to 0.
Go to the point where lorenzo starts opening up the hole
and enable the animation for the amount.
What you now can do is increase and decrease
the amount while going further in time,
try to watch lorenzo's movements and match it.
When lorenzo went through the hole, you can set the amount back to 0.
And that is all there is to it.
One more thing, maybe,
you can also add a fake handheld movement to everything, if you want.
Just select the clips, right click on them and select Nest.
Then drag a fake handheld movement preset from our preset pack
to the nested sequence and voila, a super cool effect!
[Music]
And that was it for today, guys,
I hope you enjoyed it, thank you so much for watching.
Thank you Storyblocks Video for the support.
And, like always:
Stay Creative!