Do you use it? How do you use it? Caught this video by Indie Mogul, and now I'm thinking it should be played with!
Cinematography : Projection Tech? by Karen "Kay" Ross
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I think their final result at around 10:10 is fairly impressive but still looks super fake, like a sitcom car scene. And it's an expensive process (huge white cyc you can back a car into, a bunch of lights, and a decent-size crew). Likely whether this is useful all depends on the size of the film you're making. Obviously on a huge movie where you tow the car with one of those specialized trailers, doing tons of takes with expensive actors... yeah, I can see a rear-projection thing being a more affordable, more controlled option. But I think on small indie budget, I'd rather invest in a car mount and tow the car with my trunk. It just all depends on scale.
Frank Romano Agreed. You'd have to run the numbers to confirm whether or not it's worth it, but I can imagine if you're trying to avoid a company move, location permits, or other security issues with being on-site, this could be an excellent solution. Not to mention - getting to play with fun toys! LOL!
There's actually a Stage 32 member who's been doing green screen solo work - I wonder if he's don this. I'll send Leslie the link for him to comment!
The seemingly handheld shot of streetlights being reflected in the car's surfaces that is completely out of sync with the movement in the rest of the shot utterly ruins the effect. Too bad the execution falls so short of the well established concept.
This is a good idea that is easy to execute and can give wonderful results.