Project Outtake

Today I worked on some footage of a sheet moving around in water for the background of one of my senior project videos. My setup started out looking like this:

When I noticed there were a lot of reflections on the water I added a tarp:

But I couldn’t get away from making the ripples in the water, so I eventually dumped my pet rat out of his tank, filled the tank with water, and filmed it from the side. I think there still are some reflections on the glass despite my efforts to shield it, but I think I can make it work. I had the Oracle from 300 and the Ghost of Christmas Past from A Muppet Christmas Carol (at the last 30 seconds of that clip) in mind. The fabric wasn’t quite as light, so it’s not as flowy, but hopefully if I play with the speed it will be cool.

Also, just for fun, here’s an outtake from my recording of Wicked’s “No Good Deed.” And, warning, there is one expletive.

Advertisement