Got a great camera but having some difficulties with some of the features, particularly the Fade and rewind option. The effect I want is to have a character appear to disappear through a wall and am wondering if this could be achieved by a fade out with the actor at the wall then rewind and reshoot the wall. Any tips would be gratefully recieved.
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Making films with high school students. Mostly super 8mm some 16mm
ahhh..the advantages of Single-8 and Double Super 8 cameras where there's no rewind limit. Things are hard with a fixed fade length.
But back to the scene, is your final destination the original reversal film? If not, then of course a green screen would be best where you can remove everything on a computer.
But if your final destination is the original reversal film, then things are more difficult. You need to use a blue screen and filters. I'm sure everyone will add their advice about lighting and stuff, but basically, film your subject on a blue screen with a red filter and fade. Then reverse the film the same number of frames as the scene you just filmed and....ooops....you can't do that because you just lost the traveling matte...errrr. I think have to do this in a lab. You can use a matte box to expose separate pieces of film twice, but the same piece always becomes a double-exposure. Sorry. Maybe a smarter person has another idea.
But back to the scene, is your final destination the original reversal film? If not, then of course a green screen would be best where you can remove everything on a computer.
But if your final destination is the original reversal film, then things are more difficult. You need to use a blue screen and filters. I'm sure everyone will add their advice about lighting and stuff, but basically, film your subject on a blue screen with a red filter and fade. Then reverse the film the same number of frames as the scene you just filmed and....ooops....you can't do that because you just lost the traveling matte...errrr. I think have to do this in a lab. You can use a matte box to expose separate pieces of film twice, but the same piece always becomes a double-exposure. Sorry. Maybe a smarter person has another idea.
This shot can be made if your camera has a double exposure facility, not dissolve. You will also need a matte box or filter holder such as a cokin, by using a double mask, you can film the first half of the scene with the left hand side of the lens covered by a mask, or half of the frame covered by a card of some sort, in this first scene your actor next to the wall, will walk from right to left, and dissapear into the left half of the frame, which is covered by the mask, in other words he will go out of shot, as he does this it is best for him to raise his foot, to give the appearance of stepping into the wall, after the first scene has been rewound to its start, the right half of the frame is now covered with a mask or card, these masks must be measured so that they fit properly in the middle, or exactly half of the frame, the second scene will be of the wall only, you run the second scene until the camera stops, at its predetermined time. when the two are seen together the actor will apear to dissapear into the wall itself, of course it must be shot on a tripod, rock steady, and the exposure for both scenes must be set manually.