“鲨鱼”特效解析Shark Survival | VFX Breakdown

This is the VFX breakdown of how I shot an underwater short in the comfort of my garage.

When the Filmstro and Filmriot One Minute Short competition came across my radar I had thought of this idea for a spec spot that was entirely underwater. I had no idea how to pull that off, or if it would work but I decided to just go for it and have faith that somehow it would come together.

Planning: I drew some storyboards on paper, scanned them into my computer and brought them into AE to cut them up and bring them to life. My main goal for this was to see if I could sell the joke in 15 seconds. The timing had to be spot on.

Shoot: I shot this with a borrowed GH5 (Thank you Caitlin!) and my pop up green screen and 3 Neewer LED lights (2 of which died during the shoot… lunch break!). I had one diffusion cloth, and a blue gel for just a little bit of color. I acted as the scuba diver and my amazing wife operated the camera for me. Thank you Carla!

I made sure to keep in mind my limitations for the shoot. Limit the time I show a full body shot, and make sure to cover my hair. No way would I have been able to simulate underwater hair.

Side note, I had to rent the scuba gear with a fake oxygen tank since Im not a licensed scuba diver. Turns out, when you cover your nose with goggles, and your oxygen tank is not real, you cant actually breathe in. So for every take I took a BIG deep breath and hit as many takes as I could before I ran out of air!

VFX: I took all of my footage into AE and just started layering in different elements until it felt right to me. I used a lot of Red Giant tools because theyre probably the best vfx tools out there. I bought stock footage from Pond5 for the background, the oxygen bubbles, and some of the floaty stuff in the water (combined with some trapcode particles). All of which were manipulated in AE.

For the wide shot I did shoot a shot of my trying to hang from a shelving unit in my garage and dangle my legs, but my legs didnt have the resistance they needed and shooting that just about killed my hands. So instead I took a free generic human rig and modeled some basic flippers for the feet. Then I rigged those up and animated the legs. As you can see in the breakdown, I cut my real legs off, and took the CG legs from the rig and combined them to sell the floating/underwater effect.

For the shark, again I found a free model (which is amazing how great it looks for being free) but it wasnt rigged. So i rigged it myself in a very very basic way. Im no rigger, so I did only what I knew I would need. Then I animated, lit and rendered it, brought it into AE and kept layering stuff in. My specialty is animating, so a lot of the other stuff I was totally winging.

Eventually, the spot felt right to me visually so I continued on with Audio. For Audio I used a combination of Soundly for the sound effects and Filmstro for the music (as the rules dictated in the competition).

In the end, to my total surprise, this spec spot won the grand prize (Best Film) in the competition. It was an amazing experience and I learned a ton making this. I hope this give you guys some insight into how I made it! Thanks for checking it out!

Total Budget: $185

Stock Footage: https://www.pond5.com/

Generic Man Rig: https://gumroad.com/truongcgartist

Shark Model: https://animationmethods.com/

Another Special thanks to my sister Stephanie for watching my kids so I could make this uninterrupted (other than my lights dying).

*this spec spot was in no way sponsored/financed by Apple. I think Apple would have a bigger budget than $185. It was just an idea I had, that fell in line with the product and I thought it was funny. So I made it.
这是我在车库舒适地拍摄水下短片的VFX细分。

当Filmstro和Filmriot One Minute Short比赛出现在我的雷达上时，我已经想到了这个完全水下的规格点的想法。我不知道如何解决这个问题，或者它是否会起作用，但我决定只是为了它并且相信它会以某种方式结合在一起。

规划：我在纸上画了一些故事板，将它们扫描到我的电脑中，并将它们带入AE中，将它们剪下来并将它们变为现实。我的主要目标是看看我是否可以在15秒内卖掉这个笑话。时间必须是现场。

拍摄：我用借来的GH5拍摄了这张照片（谢谢Caitlin！）和我弹出的绿色屏幕和3个Neewer LED灯（其中2个在拍摄期间死亡…午休！）。我有一个扩散布，蓝色凝胶只有一点点颜色。我担任潜水员，我的太太为我操作相机。谢谢卡拉！

我确保记住我对拍摄的限制。限制我显示全身拍摄的时间，并确保遮住我的头发。我无法模拟水下头发。

旁注，我不得不用假氧气罐租用潜水装备，因为我不是有执照的潜水员。事实证明，当你用护目镜遮住鼻子，并且你的氧气罐不是真的，你实际上不能吸气。所以每次服用我都会深吸一口气，并在空气不足之前尽可能多地接受！

视觉特效：我把我的所有镜头都放到了AE中，然后开始用不同的元素进行分层，直到感觉对我来说。我使用了很多Red Giant工具，因为它们可能是最好的vfx工具。我从Pond5购买了背景资料，氧气泡和水中的一些漂浮物（与一些陷阱颗粒结合在一起）。所有这些都是在AE中操纵的。

为了拍摄广角镜头，我拍摄了一张我试图从我车库的搁架单元悬挂下来并悬挂我的腿的镜头，但是我的腿没有他们需要的阻力和射击那就是杀了我的手。因此，我采用了一个免费的通用人体装备，并为脚建模了一些基本的脚蹼。然后我操纵了那些并给腿部动画。正如你在故障中看到的那样，我把我的真正的双腿剪掉了，从装备上取下了CG腿并将它们结合起来卖掉浮动/水下效果。

对于鲨鱼来说，我再次找到了一个免费的模型（令人惊讶的是它看起来很自由）但它并没有被操纵。所以我以一种非常基本的方式自己操纵它。我没有装配，所以我只做了我知道我需要的东西。然后我动画，点亮并渲染它，将它带入AE并保持分层。我的专长是动画，所以很多其他的东西我完全在翼。

最终，现场感觉对我来说是正确的，所以我继续使用Audio。对于音频，我使用Soundly作为音效和Filmstro音乐的组合（作为比赛中规定的规则）。

最后，令我惊讶的是，这个规格现场赢得了比赛中的大奖（最佳电影）。这是一次了不起的经历，我学会了很多。我希望这能让你们了解我是如何做到的！感谢检查出来！

预算总额：185美元

影视素材：https：//www.pond5.com/

Generic Man Rig：https：//gumroad.com/truongcgartist

鲨鱼型号：https：//animationmethods.com/

另一位特别感谢我的姐姐斯蒂芬妮看我的孩子，这样我就可以不受干扰（除了我的灯光死亡）。

*这个规格的地点绝不是由Apple赞助/资助的。我认为苹果的预算将超过185美元。这只是我的想法，与产品一致，我认为这很有趣。所以我做到了。