Sneak peak at Alien Hunter test footage
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We've been doing tests for Alien Hunter this week and I'd like to share the demo reel with you all.
The plan is to film people in alien costumes against bluescreen and then "Hobbit" them into the shots as 4 foot tall aliens. So, just pretend the short people in this video are aliens and you'll get the idea of what we're going for.
Jones obviously needs a costume, but the hat I'm liking...
www.benheck.com/Downloads/Alien_Hunter_Test_Footage.mp4
The plan is to film people in alien costumes against bluescreen and then "Hobbit" them into the shots as 4 foot tall aliens. So, just pretend the short people in this video are aliens and you'll get the idea of what we're going for.
Jones obviously needs a costume, but the hat I'm liking...
www.benheck.com/Downloads/Alien_Hunter_Test_Footage.mp4
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It was good for a 'rough draft' (so to speak), but I'm disappointed by the lack of llamas and placentas.
The hat is nice... it's "Crocodile Dundee" meets "Indiana Jones".
Also, my main PC couldn't play that back at more than 2 FPS. The HTPC would run for a little bit then start skipping (needs a better CPU). So here's a 512x288 XviD copy. It's still pretty clear, but nowhere near as big and shouldn't be so processor-intensive.
http://bicostp.googlepages.com/Alien_Hu ... ootage.avi
(Ben: If you don't want this up, just tell me so and I'll take it down. )
The hat is nice... it's "Crocodile Dundee" meets "Indiana Jones".
Also, my main PC couldn't play that back at more than 2 FPS. The HTPC would run for a little bit then start skipping (needs a better CPU). So here's a 512x288 XviD copy. It's still pretty clear, but nowhere near as big and shouldn't be so processor-intensive.
http://bicostp.googlepages.com/Alien_Hu ... ootage.avi
(Ben: If you don't want this up, just tell me so and I'll take it down. )
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Holy Damn, was that HD footage? My Mac just about had a stroke. Also, I seem to recall seeing a photo somewhere of you filming with two cams simultaneously; do I sense a 3D motion picture...?
Kudos on the footage; though it may be years away *cough*portwashington*cough*, I eagerly await the outcome.
Kudos on the footage; though it may be years away *cough*portwashington*cough*, I eagerly await the outcome.
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Yes originally we were going to do it "Waking Life" style, to make the compositing/effects easier, but after doing these bluescreen tests I don't think we need to "hide" as much.
It's also good to not cartoon it as this movie will likely be R-rated.
Also with bluescreening we can do things we normally couldn't in low budget, like "build" a talk show scene with a crowd, the freeway Trans-Am / UFO chase, and of course the shootout in the hospital at the end. Also a good bit of it takes place on the dark side of the moon alien Luna base, so yeah.
IF anyone has a "style/look" suggestion, that helps hide the rough edges yet maintains a photo realistic look, let me know. Sky Captain had a cool look, though the movie sucked balls.
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It's also good to not cartoon it as this movie will likely be R-rated.
Also with bluescreening we can do things we normally couldn't in low budget, like "build" a talk show scene with a crowd, the freeway Trans-Am / UFO chase, and of course the shootout in the hospital at the end. Also a good bit of it takes place on the dark side of the moon alien Luna base, so yeah.
IF anyone has a "style/look" suggestion, that helps hide the rough edges yet maintains a photo realistic look, let me know. Sky Captain had a cool look, though the movie sucked balls.
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You mean like "A Scanner Darkly?" Aside from being the most underrated movie of 2006, the rotoscopy involved was staggeringly complex. They literally went frame-by-frame for every frame (30 per second for 1:40 hours, that comes out to 180,000 frames for the whole film, give or take a couple thousand) and drew over everything in the frame. Though awesomely bad-ass and completely worth it, here it would be wholly impossible.Kurt_ wrote:Cell-shade it all. That would be pretty cool.
Of course, I'm sure that's not an option.
I say you do it, Ben.
...Actually, with deft Photoshop skills, you could probably cook up a filter and lighting process that emulates the rotoscopy used in cell-shading and turn it into a batch process. Jack that into a distributed computing setup and let it run a couple of weeks; costly, but if it's an option if you have a crapload of cash to toss around.
Also, props on the Wilhelm scream and (I assume) Army of Darkness mini-Ash laugh at the end. I really do look forward to where this goes.
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