Athena
Project Breakdown

Client
University of Southern California
(USC)

Studio
Barry Bogovich (Director)
USC Visual Effects Department

Software
The Foundry NukeX
Adobe After Effects
Mocha Pro
DaVincci (Color Correction)

Year
2013

  • Manually rotoscoped stunt wires and parts of actors that had green screen reflection.

  • Chroma keyed the green screen background from the actors.

  • 2D tracked the actor’s falling movements to matchmove to the camera’s movements, 3D skyscraper, and background.

  • Color corrected all elements (actor, 3D building, and 3D glass shards) to match the matte painting background.

    Matched lighting and reapplied film grain with DaVincci software.

  • Composited all layers (matte painting background, actors, 3D building, 3D glass shards, and effects) seamlessly together.

  • Rendered the shots in frame sequences and send off files to editorial team.