We are all Little Arsonists and Lets learn how to Chroma-key

Well these past few weeks have been busy, but the projects have been more fun. We just started a special effects unit and I have been quite busy. the projects below are the three things I created all using After Effects. I also included a project using the green screen.

The first one I followed a tutorial and created a basic explosion using an explosion kit that I got off of my teacher. I then followed the rules and made this video. I think it one of my favorite projects and I felt really good about it. I really enjoyed getting to create something that I have seen so much on movies that I love. It really put the practical application into the skills I was learning.


This next project was us putting the skills we learned in the video to a practical skill with a still image. I followed the video a little bit but tried to free hand most of it by myself. I like this project it is not my favorite but I do like it. I think I could have done better and spent more time on it but I think it turned out fine how it is.

This final project is the most practical application of the skills we learned because we took moving shots and added the explosion over actual footage. It is my second favorite SFX project and I think had I had more time to work on this I would make it better and add in better effects as well as try to use the tutorial to guide my work a lot better.

This is my Chroma key or green screen blog that I used a photo of me in front of the green screen added in five color keys to erase the green. I then added in a chocker to create a better matte around my head. I then used Key light 1.2 to get rid of the green space, reduce transparency and to create a sharper edge around my footage while keeping in the specific details of my image and hair.