In class we focused on doing clean up work. Removing elements from scenes that wouldn’t be wanted by using the clone tools, trackers and color correcting. Essentially using all the skills we had learned up to this point to achieve as seamless of a result as possible.
I have added a stain to the floor to continue my work on using the trackers in Nuke and getting a 2D object to appear inside the world. Alongside that I removed the text above the lockers and the fire alarm next to the door. All these changes should be obvious when compared to the bottom video. While I had some issues with the clean up, mainly forgetting to add the hold frame node and being surprised by my Rotopaint messing up as the timeline went forward. Though thanks to that mistake I have a better understanding of how the Rotopaint node works. The most difficult thing was the tracking of the 2D stain as some misplaced tracking nodes meant that it would jitter as the perspective was not correct likely because of improper node placement.
In regards to my continued work on my Balloon Project I came to the idea to create two opposing scenes. Based on the recent uplift on youtube for horror based around found footage or analog horror I wanted to create something similar. As a fan of lovecraft I created one scene as below of the valley with the ocean above it and shifted it to be hued in otherworldly purples.
With the other scene I created an idyllic comforting atmosphere with soft greens and the balloon. Mimicking something you’d see on a postcard
With that then I created in premiere pro this version of the video.
This one only has the transitions to it however I felt that to bring more home the feeling of an analog horror sense I’d need to add some VHS effects to it. While I initially tried to do it in Nuke I had difficulty achieving it using color correct and grade nodes and couldn’t get the muted colors and softness that, at the least when one thinks of VHS quality, you see. So instead I made use of some presets I had on Premiere Pro and made this.