THE NORTHMAN - SLAVE PROCESSION

• Tracking

  • This series of shots each had their technical challenges regarding the tracking

  • Being 2 different perspectives and focal lengths between the helicopter/drone plate and procession plate. Tracking, stabilizing and re-projecting A over B wasn't as straightforward as I initially thought.

  • Plate A, the procession was moving so the distance they travel, the speed at which they move, and the shape of the terrain was a major factor in the tracks coinciding.

  • All thing into consideration, piecing together the comp was simple, Through the conventional means of 3D tracking and Mocha corner pins the outcome was about 90% the way there.

  • The last 10% of the finalized track had to be adjusted manually for all of these shots, that meant corner pins to adjust further corner pins with the correct concatenation.

• Sky replacement

  • The more dramatic cloudscapes are added in comp, I had control over the placement of the clouds from the supplied backplates.

  • The clouds then needed further integration to the main plates, I found frequency transfers super useful for multiplying the colours and details between the 2 plates.

• Integration of horse procession

  • The plates for the procession were filmed in a car park, the roto was supplied to me.

  • All I had to do was make sure they fit in properly + were the correct levels of sharpness and filtered correctly.