Beach landing: VFX before & after

A glimpse behind-the-scenes of the FXhome 'Beach Landing' short film, made using FXhome products.

Watch the full 30 second short here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJyKPQoM9s

If you want to know more, check out FXhome.com: http://fxhome.com/learn/beach-landing-and-superheroes

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• fxhome
• beach landing
• omaha
• saving private ryan
• war
• ww2
• greenscreen
• effects
• compositing
• chromakey
• explosions
• guns
• muzzle

[NiallHornProductions]

How did you get permission to film at a beach without passer bys?

[fxhome]

@NiallHornProductions We called up the local authorities (council and police) to get permission, and they thankfully didn't have any problems with it. We didn't close off the beach or anything - it was just a very quiet beach. We did have to digitally remove a few dog walkers from the top of the cliff, though. :P

[dalesfilms]

so how did you add the boats in the background?

[fxhome]

@dalesfilms They were a composited matte painting.

[dalesfilms]

@fxhome is there a tutorial for that please? :)

[fxhome]

@dalesfilms We don't have a specific tutorial (although it is covered on the DVD). It mainly involved creating the painting in Photoshop (or any other image editor) then dropping it in behind the actor. In some shots this required some masking, and in other shots the actor was shot on a greenscreen so it was relatively simple. The tricky bit is creating the matte painting in the first place!

[jackaboonie]

lol, the guy taking his helmet off after he was shot. was from saving pprivate ryan

[dalesfilms]

@fxhome thanks :) thats helped alot

[fxhome]

@shockhawk Most of the movement was added after the compositing.

[shockhawk]

Now wait a second... I thought FXhome didn't have motion tracking. How did you get the camera to move and the explosions to track?