Cody Startale Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 In the night before the fateful Battle of Endor, in the woods surrounding a certain Ewok village on the Sanctuary Moon of Endor... *crack* Luke Skywalker: Huh? Luke Skywalker: Hmm. *smile* ???: Going somewhere? Alia: ?! Cody: What are you doing? Shouldn't you be with the troops and prepare for tomorrow's battle? Alia: I overheard that guy talking to the princess! He's going after Vader! Alia: And so am I! Cody: What's gotten into you? That is suicide! What is it with you and that Darth Vader, anyway? Alia: That's none of your business! Cody: I'm... I'm afraid it is. *click* Alia: Are you for real, rookie? You are threatening me into staying? Do you really want to do this? Cody: If it means to stop you and save your life... then yes. I do. I'm not letting you go like this. Not without an explanation. Alia: ... fine. I'll tell you. To be concluded! Behind the scenes: Spoiler C&C appreciated! Quote
LucasLaughing Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 Wow, great job with this one! You've got a good eye for the "cinematic" shots and I really like the sequence where Luke closes his eyes, and then smiles. The lighting with the torch works well; especially the shot where Cody is illuminated and Alia is walking off into darkness. Was the lighting done digitally, or did you have a seperate light source when you were shooting (or some combination of the two)? Quote
Cody Startale Posted January 21, 2018 Author Posted January 21, 2018 Thank you very much! I too am glad with how the lighting turned out. As you recognized correctly, I used a separate light source, in this case something as simple as a maglite flashlight with two trans-orange Lego domes just taped over it to give off the right color. It's a rough setup, but for something as simple as a torch, it works very well and the only digital touchup I did was for the torch to glow a little. The rest of the scene was deliberately dark to create the impression of (moonlit however) nighttime, with only the white background being lit directly. I considered digitally replacing them with imagines of nighttime Endor, but apart from the obvious amount of work and time this would have required, I kind of liked the contrast being created between the dark foregrounds and bright backgrounds. Thank you again for the kind words, they are greatly appreciated! Quote
Commander Beltar Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Superb build, your (non static? for a lack of a better word) trees are awesome! All the twists/curves on them and the use of the mixel joints to create the branches, npu! And I will agree with Lucas, your shots and presentation is amazing. The cinematic lighting and angles are beautiful! Quote
Tariq j Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Great work here , I love the shots and editing on this, especially with the glow around the flame piece. I also like the little skeleton you've made. Quote
Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Your build has earned 4 points. Quote
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