How To Stage a Hit-and-Run Using Special Effects
- July 26, 2009
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- Person who gets hit Matt Hulst
Second place winner in Howcast’s How-To Video Challenge by filmmaker Anthony Redendo. http://www.howcast.com/videochallenge
You Will Need
- A camera
- A tripod
- A car
- A editing software
Step 1: Set up your camera
First, set up your camera on a tripod on the side of your street.
Step 2: Film a car
Then, wait for a car to come by. You can have some other people in the foreground to make it look more realistic.
Step 3: Film the person
Now it’s time for the person to get hit. All they have to do is run out in front of the street when no cars are coming. What we did was set out a hat so the person looked like they were running for a reason.
Step 4: Edit clips with software
Step 5: Cut out a picture
Now zoom in to when you want the person to get hit and use the pen tool to cut out a picture of them. Once you’re done, you’ll see that the car looks like it’s going to hit the person.
Step 6: Set a key frame
Now set a key frame and move the person with the car for each frame. After that, you’ll see that the car moves with the person.
Step 7: Rotate and blur the person
Now just rotate and blur the person so it looks more realistic. So that’s pretty much it.
One more thing, be careful doing this. Just because it’s filming, doesn’t mean you can’t get hurt.
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Comments (8)
Nice tutorial! Very well done.
over 2 years ago by MorganC
thanks dawg
over 2 years ago by flacins
Great job man! ";Be Careful";, =)
over 2 years ago by BHWmikeski
You're Clever...
over 2 years ago by crazyp3t3
veryyyy nicee
over 2 years ago by uhyana2
Hey awesome vid (Y)
what video editing software are you using?
over 2 years ago by Maltezer69
Maltezer: The software is called Adobe After Effects.
A more in depth version of this very same car hit technique was posted on Andrew Kramer's Video Copilot website about a year and a half ago. This filmmaker clearly used it as a guide. Those who are interested in mastering this effect should check it out for further tips and details.
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