TIME ART - Testing

Before changing my idea from putting holes in people ( SEE THIS POST )  i did a few tests on how i could do it and if it was possible.
I first  used a layer mask to cut out holes in still images to see if was realistic.

i then tried to use a layer mask and track it to a tracking dot how ever it didnt work, so i watched a tutorial which said to use a solid and use a track mattee to cut a whole.


i then filmed 3 portrait videos each with the same timing and actions in them ( see example one here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k84Q3qFrs5o&feature=youtu.be )

in the first screen was an  average day in someones life , a girl enters the bathroom completes he morning activities then leaves again, this allows the video to be played on a loop and run smoothly.

i used 3d text and pictures on the phone  to make it look like the phone was turning on and the writing was popping out of the screen, the shows the viewer what day it is and allows them to make sense  of all three screens

the 2nd screen was the same girl but a few months later ( as shown on the phone  and change of outfit )
this time she repetes the same actions with the same timings as the above example  but she looked more tired and have things bubbling up under her skin this was to make it look like things were eating away at her. i did this effect by liquifying the video  with a bludge and shrink tool  and key framing it to make it look like it was moving around her body.

the third screen  was again a few months later  using the same timing and movements how ever the girl looks really drained and sad  this time instead of things bubbling up under her skin they have started to eat away at her. i showed this by trying to cut holes in parts of her body. i did this but creating a solid layer and masked it on the  layer above and used an alpha matte in the track matte section to cut a whole out of her, how ever the motion tracking ( i used both moca and track motion )  wouldnt track the movement smoothly, i tried to do it by  hand  but it still looked really jittery and bad, i also couldnt work out how to add a shadow i tried to draw one in photoshop and use the puppet tool to make it move with the hole

it looked really jittery and bad so i decide to give up on the idea and went to showing how stress builds up over time ( see post  )


I planed to have 5 people  all working in the same office and repeteting there actions over and over again , i was going to rotoscope around there movements. I rotoscoped around a few of the layers how ever it was taking far too long for the amount of time i had to sit and move ever frame to get the detail correct and it looked really rough , also the lightening kept changing  making it look even worse ( see example 2 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k84Q3qFrs5o&feature=youtu.be )   I decided to use a green screen instead.

I did a green screen version how ever the studio we booked out we couldnt pull the green screen flat enough so it had crinkles in it, when i tried to edit it it was really hard get rid of the green screen meaning the image was all glitchy and rough looking  ( see example 3 and 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k84Q3qFrs5o&feature=youtu.be )

i decided to give up on the idea of of making the main character an animation to focus more on trying to get the green screen correct ( see final post )