Match Moving

This is a piece I created for my final year project at university. As I had not previously done any camera tracking, I set about researching relevant areas.
- Photogrammetry (Optics and Projection)
- Perspective and Parallax
- Cameras (Film plane,lens aperture, etc)
- Lens (Focal length,nodal point, etc)
- Tracking Issues (Motion blur,interlacing,etc)
- Video Compression (Lossy,lossless,etc)
- Modelling, lighting solutions, texturing
- Multi-pass rendering (Diffuse,DOF,etc)
- Compositing (Alpha channels,layers,effects,etc)

This piece is a reinvention of the TV idents created by the The Moving Picture Company. My intention was not to copy the adverts, but to greater understand the process in which such complex commercials are created.

My version was filmed in my home town of Milton Keynes from the front window of my Dad's car. The footage was tracked in PFTrack and then imported into Maya where the CG was generated. AfterEffects was used to merge the CG and film layers.

Overall I'm very please with what I have achieved. Considering the resources I had available to me, I feel I have produced a good result. My objective now is to find a junior job within a post production film/TV company, where I can learn new skills.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• match
• moving
• matchmoving
• channel4
• 4
• milton
• keynes
• miltonkeynes
• PFTrack
• AfterEffects
• Maya
• 3DMax
• Tracking
• Camera

[goranification]

what university?

[davericketts]

Staffordshire

[goranification]

aaah, and there you learn 3d and visual effects right? or something else?

[davericketts]

computer games, but it wasn't for me.

Then got involved with some film graphic classes which i prefered :D

[atyy123]

can xou make a short tutorial?

[davericketts]

I would if i had time!

[algildea]

lovely work very well done

[viralfunnies]

I guess the tricky part is getting them to line up at that one point...I assume you work backwards

[ZeroEndZone]

Awesome!

[Skerris]

Holy crap, I'm doing matchmoving for my FYP at Staffs right now, which is how I found your video.

Really nice work dude!

[RayRays]

Your description to this video has inspired me to learn these skills. I am in the same boat as you were when you were studying. I'm finding it quite overwhelming having to learn so much, but seeing you creating this amazing piece has inspired me. Thanks.

[ImaginationRendering]

I invite you to look at my video Tomorrow Can Wait. Thank you very much! - - - RENDERING IMAGINATION - - -

[4kx]

awesome models of trees, I'v never seen before that  realistic trees!

[UnderlinedDesigns]

@davericketts I live in stafforshire!

[EntanglementSatan]

Wow I wish I could study all those from somewhere :p

can you recommend any book?

P.S video is awesome :)

[diegoguitar2]

nice job !