Adobe After Effects 7.0 Studio Techniques

Virtual Cinematography

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Figure 9.35. Radical color transformation is undertaken to give this no-budget action

movie parody the feel of the kind of big budget action films it satirizes. Techniques

such as using a color solid to transform the lighting and color of footage are explored

throughout Chapter 12. (Images courtesy markandmatty.com.)

Notes

Third-party After Effects plug-ins exist specifically to add a film look to video. The Magic Bullet

Suite (a set of plug-ins for After Effects and Apple’s Final Cut Pro) was created so that The Orphanage

could help filmmakers shoot cheaply using digital cameras and achieve the look of film in post (demo

version on the disc).

Conclusion

And really, you’ve just scratched the surface of what’s possible. The inventive compositor can and should

always look for new methods to replicate the way that the camera sees the world, going beyond realism to

present the realism we’ve become so accustomed to seeing—realism through the lens.