After Effects

After we finished the cut of the new narrative idea it was time to transfer the video from proxy files into HD in order to make it look more professional and have a clear and better quality picture. In order to  transfer the files one has to be very careful because every single file needs to be changed and there is a specific procedure to be followed, which takes a lot of precision.

Our next step was to edit the green screen into each performance shot. This also was quite time-consuming due to the amount of shots we had to individually work on, but very interesting as well. However, once we have edited most of the shots, it was easier because if the same type shot would come up then we could copy the changes we have made from the previous one, so this saved time. Nevertheless, there are quite a few steps one needs to follow in order to achieve a maximum believable effect of the green screen. I started with choosing a shot, then one clicks on effects and chooses "key lighting". Then on screen colour - black (it recognises the green screen colour). Then adjusting the levels to make sure that just where the green screen was, we are going to apply the shots suitable. Then we have to choose a background. Then we go to colour correction in order to adjust the contrast and the brightness. I also experimented with saturation levels in order to make the green screen fit with the lighting in the studio as much as possible. In addition, we also blurred the background a little. Not only did we change the saturation levels in the background, but also in the shot as a whole. The screen recording underneath demonstrates in practice how we edited the green screen into the shot.

In addition, we also used after effects where we chose from varieties of muzzle flashes and decided that the James Bond character should have a bigger flash than Matt in order to signify who is going to win at the end and who is the bad guy in the narrative sequence. We also put the so called "mask" so that all windows break at the same time and we chose extra footage of glass breaking - the effect was enhanced of the action scene. The bullet holes on the windows we also added additionally and timed them so that they appear at the same time with window breaking. These additional features add more precision and detail to the work.