a few weeks ago we decided to create a short film showcasing some really epic visual effect
shots [Music] I've been creating tutorials for the last 10 plus years or so and I just wanted
to change it up a little bit I challenged myself to create 30 VFX shots in 30 days and believe me
it was a struggle but first let's create a list of all the things that we need in
order to create our epic short film oh that's hot so first on the list we need to create a
script then we have to order props for film day and then we have to film everything in one day
after that we have to edit the short film line all the effects and then upload it to YouTube
so now that we have the list let's start at the top we came up with this idea where we
would write a script for 60 complete and then kind of just wing it on set maybe we
should have prepared a little bit better then I decided to create a highly detailed
and super clear storyboard so everyone would understand what we are trying to do
yeah I know I'm not the best at it but at least it has colors foreign
then we have to order props for film day we're actually ordering
everything online so I'm not sure why I get in the car so let's get up
yep we bought the Nimbus two tops you're a wizard Harry I'm a what and you may be
wondering what you are seeing here but it's actually the invisibility cloak
wow so now we need a few more things to start recording and create those dirty effect shots
and thanks to our note we found this amazing location with a nice open space
and we invited some friends over to play the role of the good and the bad guys
and someone who is willing to go bald for the avatar
some interns for behind the scene shots and help on set up and of course my mom
for General guidance and lunch thank you so much Mom for being there and helping us on set
so she did make sandwiches not just snacks but that was the only footage we had of me eating so
but before we dare to touch the camera we needed everything to be in order so we had
to put a blue arrow on his head and also on his arms to make it look like he is the avatar
the Avatar is being played by my good friend Jasper and the
most important part about Jasper is his hair or at least the lack of it
it actually turned out pretty amazing and once
we put on those orange curtains on him which I actually ended up buying from a
pretty spooky fabric store nearby he ended up looking like a real Avatar
we also put on a lot of dark clothes on the Death Eaters to make him look dark and
scary obviously now we could finally start filming and actually everything went pretty
well but suddenly we start feeling some raindrops well that's the weather we get
often here in Belgium but maybe it's also because we did some water baths
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we went home and we started uploading all the files so that ends away could start editing while
he was focusing on the edit I could focus on the first VFX shot of the 30 V effect shots in 30 days
okay here we go
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by the way if you want to learn how to create really awesome shots like
this or you want to learn everything there is to know about creating epic videos then
definitely the Epic VFX Academy is going to be something for you definitely check out
Link in the description go and check it out for yourself and maybe I'll see you on the inside
all right so after spending the first 15 hours I've come to the first conclusion that creating
30v effect shots in 30 days it's gonna be hard my game plan about this is that I'm probably going to
create a rough version of all the VFX shots and then from there I'm going to optimize them so
let's see some shots are way more difficult than the other ones but trying some other methods of
creating them helps with timing for example this shot of the Death Eater flying through the sky we
wanted to go to a bigger Forest but due to the weather in Belgium it was like raining every
day for two or three weeks so we ended up using storyblocks library to find our footage that we
needed for this particular shot another cool thing about their library is that we ended up using
their music and sound effects as well because they offer that also in their one package deal
for the license from templates to stock footage and sound effects and music so the fact that you
can find everything in one place just saves so much time and if you want to save even more time
you can install their plugin for both Premiere Pro and after effects that allows you to search
their Library within your software so again big thank you to storyblocks for sponsoring
this short film and this BTS and link to the library in the description below and for this
shot we started with a simple Clean Plate where we placed the hook works just to get
it as reference we actually wanted to lift the hook works with telekinesis so it had to float
away so we didn't do that with wires we actually ended up 3D scanning this hope bricks using Kiri
engine for this process where I just took a bunch of photos of the Hope works from every
possible angle and then simply uploaded it to their browser engine but they also have
a great free app which you can download in the play store or in the Apple Store they also were
so kind to sponsor our short film and BTS so big shout out to the Kiri engine which you can also
download with a link in the description below if you want to turn real life objects into 3D models
in a breeze alright so now let's see how long it will take to finish off all the rough video
tonight alright so two weeks have passed from here and I finished all the 30 shots roughly wait a
minute 30 shots and almost around um 20 VFX shots or so doing almost final States so that's really
great I'm quite proud of that but still a lot of work has to be done yeah wish me luck [Music]
hey it's me editor after we have made our first or actually second version we decided that it
wasn't good enough the file crashed a lot and the story wasn't that great so we decided to
crash this version and create a new file for every new version of the short we also cut out
some shots where India's already put a lot of time in like this one in the trash you go sorry
another pain point we have to go through now is our story it didn't make sense why he was
protecting the hook Works hey me again so for people who haven't seen the short go watch it
after this video and just to give some explanation the hawk Rooks is an ancient Relic that contains
very powerful magic and the Death Eaters want to steal it from the Avatar so the Avatar knows
that the Death Eaters are following him to steal the hook rocks but he has no idea how powerful it
actually is and why he should protect it this is why we did the following so we decided to record
an extra shot where he would actually talk to his ancestor Avatar and he would explain him
why protecting the oak works is so important that he had to protect it with his life oh
at least 25 revisions 97 coffees and only three all-nighters we managed to finish our short film
within 63 days we started planning on the 7th of March filmed it on the 18th of March wrapped up
everything on the 9th of May and uploaded it on YouTube on the 18th of May anyway it was a
huge learning experience we'll absolutely loved the process of it all we learned so
much and that's what's most important we know where we lost time where we made mistakes what
we could do better so we are tackling this to improve it on our next short which we already
started on by the way I challenged myself to do this within 30 days but we did it in around 60.
but it was really necessary this one was really VFX heavy and I wanted to create a short that
we would actually be proud of but all of that aside we are proud of the work and hope that
you enjoyed it as well if you haven't checked it out you can find it with the link in the
description below and I will put it on the screen towards the end of the video special
thanks to storyblocks and the Kiri engine app to sponsor this entire short film and making this all
possible and yeah hopefully I'll see you in the next one until then create epic videos