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This was actually very easy, but had to remember after each shot if the horses head was moving upwards or downwards, then the monk also had to look at the passing goats, who weren't passing really. They were added later. Because of the blue screen, you can have several layers. In fact I could create an army of goats which just the four I have. |
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Look how dangerous this is. The scenery is not stabilized at all. Very bad! But because of the small scenery it is easy to move and to film from, from any direction. And no worries about the background, as long as it is blue. |
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The magic stuff: Blue Tack (the yellow chewing gum on the stone). Without it I couldn't make this movie. It stabilizes almost anything! Without leaving marks. And if accidentally a bit of it showed up in the film, I could always get rid of it with Photoshop. |
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This scene unfortunately didn't made it to the
film, but worked out to be very cool and was very spectacular.
The camera moves down and ending behind the Vikings. But it just
didn't fit in the rythm of the film. Moving the camera up- or
downwards is more difficult then panning from left to right.
At least, with my tripod. It swings when it goes down, but in
this case I was lucky. Anyway, a deleted scene for on the disk. |
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In the beginning of the film you can see clearly that the monk's hair moves. It is just fitted firmly on the head and it will alway move when you touch him to move his head or arm. But I liked this particular scene too much to do it again. To prohibit this from happening again, I gave him a brain of the magic stuff. Problem solved! |
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Another stabilisation with Blue Tack. You only must not forget to take it away afterwards, because otherwise you will forget and only notice after 79 shots realize that it is clearly in the picture. |
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Although I have a crappy Canon DV camera (tapecompartement
ruins tapes), it has a great lens! It can do superclose-ups. The Viking shield is hiding his legs, so it really looks like he is runing. You will notice that the legs are cleverly hidden everywhere in the film, so you will never see them "glide". I had to make a path which would show the Viking in the best way, without showing what I didn't want to. That's why there is tape to mark the "runway". And a lot of Blue Tack under his feet, to make him bend like he is running. |
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Blue Tack on all kind of places, to not let him snap back straight up, which they tend to do. There was Blue Tack on their shield, their bottoms, their feet, on the thing on his back to prevent it from swinging and many other places. |
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