So the short film is still coming, but I need to reshoot a bunch of it, and am working on some test footage to change some of the shots. Unfortunately I had some hair matching issues, and some issues with the lighting of what I shot.

The Misadventures of Bear 04 - VFX removing shadows from the wall from Jonah Lee Walker on Vimeo.

So I finally shot the majority of the short film. At least 2/3rd's of it, though the last 1/3 is the most post intensive as it involves puppeting and removing the puppeteer.

Anyway, I am working on editing and fixing the shots I have shot, and unfortunately that means some camera shadow removal. So this is an example. I have included the camera raw, the shot color corrected in DaVinci Resolve and the shadow fixed. It isn't perfect as you can see the line where I fixed it, but it is pretty good I think. Good enough that most won't notice.

Let me know what you think.

The Misadventures of Bear 04 VFX Tests Hallway Green Screen Tests V2 from Jonah Lee Walker on Vimeo.



I re-rendered versions 1, 4 and 5 (4 and 5 having the same puppet movement with different background shots). I think am leaning towards 3 which was shot with my Canon 60D, versus the green screen shot with the OSMO+, though maybe with another render more centered and maybe ending larger 4 and 5 might work.

These are 7 variants (as well as A's and B's which are just pushes on existing background). The bear is shot green screen with both my canon 60 D and DJI Osmo+ to see what worked better, and there are two different variants on the background. I will likely reshoot the backgrounds because of the light leaks from the window, which you can see on the ceiling and door as I shot it during the day instead of at night.

So far I am leaning towards 1, 4 and 5 as my favorites. I am going to re-render those with a few changes (centering the bear more, and making her grown larger) and see which one is my favorite.

A second very quick VFX test of Macy running across the bed. I had to remove myself from the shot and think I did a pretty good job.

Here is a quick VFX test of Episode 4 of Macy running down a hall. Using a miniature green screen I built.

This is an animatic of my storyboards for episode 4. No sound, and simple drawings, but you can see what I am going for.

This is a picture in picture of the short, with the final shots in a window and the original shots shown full screen, so you can see what I did.

This is the third episode and the first complete story with full VFX, and bad ass music by the Great Ryan "Shmedly" Maynes of Secret Powers!

This is episode 2, which again was more of a test and proof of concept. I hope you enjoy it.