How to DRIVE A MODEL CAR using VFX!
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Steve Ramsden here with DIY Moviemaking and this week I’m going to show to you how to use VFX to drive a model car!
The easiest way to make a model car look full size is to put it close to the camera and line it up with your background. This is an old Hollywood trick called ‘forced perspective’ - it’s all done in-camera and requires no editing or compositing at all. And I’ve made a separate video on how you can do this effect yourself.
But of course this normally limits your car to staying still, and you can’t interact with it very much apart from walking behind it. So if you fancy a more advanced method, today we’re going to do some VFX compositing to make it look like I am actually driving this model car along a road!
Just like when doing this effect totally in-camera, when choosing a model car to use the bigger the better, as we’re going to need to get our camera really close to the model. the scale of 1:18 gives a lot more detail than smaller models, and this effect will still probably not look 100% realistic unless you have an enormous model - in which case you might as well use a real car! And so I would really suggest this as being more of just a fun experiment. I’m going to be using this model of a 1964 Aston Martin DB5, which is the famous car used by James Bond, first seen in with Sean Connery in “Goldfinger”.
So for this experiment you will need to get three shots - the background, the car, and the driver, and I would shoot them in that order. To get your background shot, you can get someone to drive you along a section on road I film out the window. I did this with a gimbal to keep the shot steady, and you could also do this with a phone or an action camera.
Next you need to film the model car, and for this we used a green screen. Now the reason I suggest getting the background first is you now know where the sun and the shadows are, so you can try and match them when filming your model. I set this up with a bright light coming from behind and off to the left side to look like the sun, and I had a polystyrene bounce board on the other side to reflect a bit of this light back. You will also want to film in ‘deep focus’ meaning you’re trying to get as much of your model in focus at the same time, otherwise it will look tiny. This means you’ll need to change your aperture to the highest f-number you can see displayed.
So that just leaves our shot of the driver. For this I took the model away, sat in front of the green screen on an apple box, and adjusted the lighting with a shadow over me to look like I was under the roof. Then I just tried to judge the angle, the height and the camera distance so that it would be a pretty good match for what the model looked like! This is pretty tricky and you’ll probably need a few tries at this, but with a bit of trial and error I was able to get something that I thought would work pretty well.
And then that was everything filmed and it was time to try and put it together using Adobe After Effects!
The first thing to do is to import your 3 clips onto After Effects, and then put them onto a timeline with the background layer at the bottom, then the car layer, and then the driver layer. Start by switching off the driver layer. Next you can select the car layer and use the Keylight effect to remove the green screen. Select the green colour to remove, change the view to Screen Matte, adjust the values under the Clip Black and White settings until it’s a pretty good key, and then switch back to Intermediate Result or Final Result to see how it looks.
Next you can switch back on your driver layer, add Keylight once again and remove the background. Now you need to line this up with the car, and scale it so the driver appears the correct size.
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Simply The best and the clearest tutorials i could ever find in whole CZcams
Very kind! Enjoy 😀
@@SteveRamsdenCZcams Thanx to u am now gonna convenience my boyfriend I drove a UFO
@@SteveRamsdenCZcams I agree. You’ve always explained things clearly and well.
This is great bro
TQ...
i learn so much from this channel , tnk you Steve❤️❤️❤️
Very clear tutorial ! Straight to the point.
Good point.
I follow lots of Indy filmmakers and smaller productions and it never ceases to amaze me the results Steve gets just by himself and honestly your production value is just way better than whole crews working together.
Many thanks, very kind
Would you mind dropping a few names. i would love to check them out.
Super fun! I love combining practical and digital effects. I create stop motion animation films for a toy company and I use techniques like these all the time.
Great tutorial man! You’ve always done so well explaining miniature effects and it’s great to see people still using miniature effects.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love your tutorials Steve. They are always so clear and easy to understand, and straight to the point.
Great to hear!
You are by far the best teacher for soft soft . It's very complicated at first - overwhelming, actually - but, you make it doable for
Every tutorial of yours is a masterpiece. So much practical things being taught that even I am an archviz artist but your technique inspire me to use VFX in my animation.
Great to hear!
This is the channel I've been trying to find for years. You make excellent content. Keep up the great work! :)
Lovely to hear!
i have watched you guys for a while, and the way you bring the history of film, really makes it more interesting. You guys will go far! Great work!
I never thought of this kind of work but because Steve's tutorial I have fallen in love with this and I'm sure I will try this.
Clear and concise, really well done. Great touch to add the reflections!
Thank you kindly!
This guy is so clear and concise.
He definitely has a talent.
Well done 😊
So much crisp and clear details in such a short time. Astounding!!!!
Many thanks!
Really like the reflection work! Excellent tutorials, cheers!
Many thanks!
Nicely done! The model does limit things, but I'm betting if you had more time to tweak things, the result can be excellent.
It made me wonder about layering edits and textures to the model to make it look more realistic. But I have no idea how much that would do to file size.
Thank you Chris. I really appreciate it and that was exactly what I was trying to do. No fuss and helping people get on with what they need
Just perfect! I did not imagine such a tutorial. I have been working with scale models for years... I can swear!
Just Awesome ....Loved It
Very well done even if you consider that it s not hundred per cent realistic🤩🤩👍👍The charm of the scene reveals how it was in films before and how you do it so much better ! 👏👏👏
There's a wonderful scene in "Casablanca" with Rick and Ilsa driving along a road which is quite obviously a rear projection. Suddenly there's a lap dissolve, and then another, and you realize that you're watching a bizarre combination of in-the-moment performance set against a time-lapse/montage. It's as if the filmmakers simply decided to embrace the fakery and make an artistic statement. I wonder if we could get away with that now...?
Hi, from the USA, Steve. I have seen your videos and they are really wonderful. So, I have a request. I know you have many miniature and forced perspective stuff, but I have been fascinated with hanging miniatures, especially from the 1925 chariot race in Ben-Hur to Things To Come. Can you recreate this in some way?
Man, I'm so happy this video came out! I been waiting so long for a installation video on this
appreciate the hardwork put behind this. such a underrated youtuber
Excellent tutorial. Now I want to find a 1:18 ratio model just to do this for the fun of it. The great thing about your tutorial is that it's so clear and concise, I can use Fusion to do the same effect. Thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
The car itself is too motionless. No vibration movements or wiggling or anything. You could tell it's parked.
Let you show us the motion full one and the wiggling one! You’re null
my biggest issue is the (for this particular shot, not the process) that the background moves straight to the side while the car is angled towards the camera. This would cause objects to get smaller as they go away.. this shot should have been filmed from the side or another background video used.
Using a wiggle expression would have helped sell the illusion and some color matching.. still a good tutorial on the basics of how to do this
@@Rajadingata its literally not that hard you can do it yourself lol
He literally shows how to do this
You can tell it's real, because it looks so fake. This world is full of lies.
I am not a filmmaker will never do this and yet I watched the whole thing! The end result was wildly good as a short clip! Great video!
It's not a good day when Steve Ramsden uploads. It's a GREAT day!
I paused as you went along and did the steps myself and that helped a TON.
TNice tutorials is one of the best intro soft softs I've ever seen. The entire basic worksoftow with no B.S.!
With your videos my learning curve will shrink drastically. Thank you.
Super great video makes excited to learn more and get started! Love the "stay organized" motto !!
wouwh, I had so much fun with this video. Thanks so much Steve, very well done. Very symphatic. Like it a lot. Thumbs up
That was an amazing video and I feel like I can actually get started using soft soft. Thank you so much!
Incredibly knowledgeable and we'll-spoken teacher. Nice tutorials comfortableness with the subject makes starting soft real exciting!!
You are doing your vfx job very well and thank you very much for telling us about them.
I found your channel last week! Your channel is really great! well done bro😍😍
When I watched this video I thought about the methods they used for the old Need for Speed games and how they filmed actors driving cars in the FMV cutscenes, If I had some experience with VFX I could probably create my own cutscenes for a street racing game using this method. Awesome job man.
Sorry, I just asked for this tutorial in another one of your videos, you are ahead of the curve..
Thank you, Steve. That is some clever artistry.
you are not a youtuber, you are a real and wonderful teacher. Thank you very much.
TNice tutorials is by far, the best tutorial I have found so far. I feel like I’ll be spending a lot of ti on your channel! Thanks man! Keep up the good
Finally i can have great production value on a budget. Thank you mate 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Really well made video, good job Steve!
Thank you so much for all these tutorials bro. So much valuable knowledge
He did a very good job imo. Explaining the basics step by step. English is not my first language and I have no experience in using DAWs
Kudos man. You kept it very simple and helped make the first steps in soft soft. Very Helpfull! Thanks!
You got a like, a subscriber and a buzzer on from an old guy. TNice tutorials is the best soft soft tutorial I've seen so far. You covered a lot of
Installed, everything works, thanks!
BROOO thankyou so much, this really helped and the tutorial was really easy to use as well :)
Great tips! i plan on doing something similar, but in blender, and using camera tracked green screen footage for some perspective changes
this is the channel that got me in the game. much appreciation ❤
Best explanation by far for us totally new to the software, thanks for your ti man, really looking forward to learning how to make so
It's actually quite convincing! Love this!
You could also mount the model car on a magic arm from the camera in the same location that you shoot the background plate. That way you get more realistic lighting and reflections.
Your efforts, your work,can be seen in us.
What a great video, helps A LOT in the beginning.
It really worked for me after I look and try some tutorials, yours is the one that worked. Owe you a lot.
It’s totally worth learning new skills cause then you get excited and confident to create
FANTASTIC!!!!!!
You are AWESOME 👏🏼 I’m intrigued
Love this. Simply put!
Thanks a lot - your video is a Great start to soft soft. I'm onto it !
Hi Steve, I really like your videos. I have Passion in Cinematography especially VFX creator. I really like the way you give me a solution to every problem i used to have. Thank you man!
Many thanks, enjoy the videos
Woah, great video mate!
This was just awesome! Thanks a lot!
You are clearly an excellent teacher.
Thanks! I've been searching how to get it and this is brilliant :D
It´s working great. Thank you so much for sharing the information
i love you my man, always wanted soft like this! THANKS
Wow at last a soft tutorial I can follow! you sir are a genius
I love video editing with after effect..Great tutorials tnx stive
thank you for the siminar. it was great I got so much great advice.
👍🏻 Great tutorial! Short + concise, competent information. Thx!
Thank you!
what a hearty video for all beginners!
My man's dedication is over the top!
Awesome!👍
Thank u for being a great human being and taking ti to help all of us noobs out cheers
this is literally the video I've been wanting him to make😄
I have been waiting all the for michigan athle to start doing this love it.
Brilliant, very clear. I may never use it but it is something that interests me. Subscribed 👍
Amazing Tutorial, Really well done, especially the reflections bit.
Thank you!
Very clear tutorial ! thank you
I just wanna learn even more now- it looks so cool o.O
So good!!!!
This video really helped me. Thank you very much!
Very nice tutorials man!
Great lesson and skills Steve
That's so cool!
Amazing Dude. Love it 💖
Bro I really do appreciate you for this help, Thanks! I subscribed and Liked the video.
Hey. Seriously. Thank you. I just downloaded soft and I can CLEARLY see why your vid was recomnded. You're an aweso intro into
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Very cool! Congratulations.
Thank you, I've been looking for a long time
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It’s amazing how there is always negative people around !
Thanks for sharing your ideas mate , it looks really cool
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This is the 1st video that I watch so I subs cause I know this will help me to improve my video editing skill.
So good!