The earnest and passionate COO of Frameflow India, Krishnakant Mishra has always been very vocal about the need for improving the quality of our work in every aspect. In an insightful mastercalss on post production Krishnakant took the audience through the various stages involved in Post Production.
His engaging presentation which was aided with quite a few impressive visuals is listed in a point by point manner below.
VFX
-Travelling mattes
wallion process
1933 – The invisible man
Blue Screens
Color separation process
Color difference process
Hand drawn mattes
Rotoscopy
Optical Printing
Digital Compositing
a* Scanning of negatives
(Film which is shot is scanned using a high res 2k or 4k scanner. The files are in 10 bit depth log files)
b*Digital Mattes
(Digital matte creation is also refered to as keying. Green, Blue or Red screen is used as the background to shoot the foreground element)
c* Compositing
Merging of the different shots and CG elements into a seamless frame is called compositing. This art is very rare and not understand it well.
d*Digital Image Manipulation
e*Color Contrast
f*Focus
Shift focus between layers and other elemenst is possible
g*Lens distortion
Each frame in every film has some or the other distortion due to the lens. Wider the lens, more the distortion.
h*Tracking
Matching motion of one element as per the motion of some other element. Now even getting camera details from a shot frame is possible and in 3D element will blend in seamlessly with the environment
i*Removals
Wire, dust, scratch, grain, unwanted shadows and objects
j*Crowd Replication
MODELS /MINIATURES
1.Foreground Miniature
2. Cityscapes and Landscapes
3. Battleships and Seascapes
4. Aircrafts & Spaceships
MOTION CONTROL
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Digital set creation, background extensions, etc
Objects and Particles creation
Matte Painting
Digital Matte Painting
3D sets rendered and enhanced – various different images used and made to look real
Animatronics
– Puppetry
– Models and creatures controlled
– 3D models and their vast possibilities
Jar Jar Binks, Yoda and Gollum
Animation
3D Modelling
Sets, Characters, Environment etc
Texturing
Proper realistic textures, extremely high res
Lighting
HDRI, GI, Radiosity (Bouncing of light)
Animation
Interacting with live action
Rendering
Compositing
Grain Pattern, Contrast correction
Post Production
– Editing
– Scanning of the film
– VFX to be added
– Recording back to film
Our Focus
VFX – Movies
Animation – Movies
Animation – TV Serials
VFX for series
VFX for digital
animation for game cinematics
What it takes
-Apt capital investment
– Right man power
– Zeal to prove ourselves
– Zeal to excel
– Zeal to deliver