SCAD VSFX x Harbor NY (Week 9)

Tuesday 3/5 (Class 17)

The mentors came to visit Savannah! It was such a wonderful experience to meet everyone and get to speak on them one on one. I had a group portfolio review with the mentors on Monday and received lots of valuable feedback on my demo reel.

Mentor Feedback:

Fix lighting direction in SH010 (light should be coming from top left corner)
Can shadows on ice box are too hot
Fix dark edges on tubes and cooler in SH010
Add extra fill light to SH010
Get ground reflections on cans in SH010
Use hue suppress node in Nuke to reduce green screen spill on ice box
Use AO for contact shadows and render a specular pass
Push the Peep pattern more on live action backgrounds
- Add some texture to it to add believability
- Match DOF
Add motion blur to confetti
Make confetti sliver
Finesse 3D edges in all 3D shots
All shots are overexposed
- Get some midtones
Try to get 3 different levels of lighting
Push DOF in all shots
Play with idea of macro world
Ice is too sharp (needs to be blurred)
Add bokeh to ice in background of shots
Change rim direction on blue peeps in SH020
Use 1 light setup for everything
Screen right tubes in SH020 aren’t sharp enough
Lower IOR of tubes
Concrete of diving board should be solid (remove gradient)
Bring confetti to SH020
Fix clamping issue
Darken lighting
Blur SH040 ice more and brighten
Match SH050 black levels of 3D elements to live plate
Blur cooler edges
Add motion blur to logo on lid
Stop overthinking comp
Update tube material from SH020 in all shots
Get sky HDRI
Add grain at the end of shots