AE color question?

[Wra1th13]

I was wondering, my friend and I are making a movie tommorow, and for one of the scenes the person is completly black, and the backround is regualar. And I mean COMPLETLY black, the whole body. My question is what is this called, is it color correcting? Or is it somthing else? Could someone please tell me what it is. Thanks.

[ctvfilms]

probably just rotoscope the actor frame by frame.

[Wra1th13]

Ok, easy enough thanks!

[Fisherking]

You'd probably have to green-screen your actor in. The problem is that your actor's body will be too colourful for you to pull any reliable key from it, so it's going to be impossible to shoot the sequence as normal and use some automated process to isolate the actor. Rotoscoping it will work, but you should always try to avoid rotoscoping if possible.

I guess one of those chroma suits would work too, but they're expensive and you're unlikely to get one at short notice.

[KMProductions]

Do a matte on your actor frame by frame and just black out everything inside the matte.

[google550]

I would film your actor up against a green screen... and then follow my instructions here...

http://forum.indymogul.com/showthread.php?t=10848&highlight=green+screen+generate+fill

Unless I've got what you want COMPLETELY wrong. Then I just feel like an idiot.

[Wra1th13]

I would film your actor up against a green screen... and then follow my instructions here...

http://forum.indymogul.com/showthread.php?t=10848&highlight=green+screen+generate+fill

Unless I've got what you want COMPLETELY wrong. Then I just feel like an idiot.

Do a matte on your actor frame by frame and just black out everything inside the matte.

You'd probably have to green-screen your actor in. The problem is that your actor's body will be too colourful for you to pull any reliable key from it, so it's going to be impossible to shoot the sequence as normal and use some automated process to isolate the actor. Rotoscoping it will work, but you should always try to avoid rotoscoping if possible.

I guess one of those chroma suits would work too, but they're expensive and you're unlikely to get one at short notice.

probably just rotoscope the actor frame by frame.
Ok, thanks so much guys, I will try that tommorow.

[KMProductions]

I disagree with the whole greenscreen thing. Unless you need a crazy background, it's more trouble than it worth. I would just matte. That way, you have a realistic background.

[jacobfilm]

Make your actor wear a green suit... forget about the greenscreen idea, that would take away from the realism.