Intermediate Compositing

This course will cover a range of techniques for post-production with a focus on the film industry. Students will learn how to create 2D and 3D effects and composite them with live-action footage. Throughout the course, we will discuss the industry pipeline and the importance of an organized workflow. You will use both manual rotoscoping and machine learning techniques to create mattes, looking into different keying techniques and correcting artefacts such as green spill for effectively compositing foreground and background elements. You will track a camera, creating a representation in 3D space, and remove a section of footage to replace with a 3D CG element and overlay 2D elements such as digital makeup. We will also look into compositing for visual effects, such as fire and rain, so that it integrates seamlessly with live-action footage. For each of your sequences, you will do breakdown reels showing before and after which is an important part of a showreel for future employability.