This objective in this project was to re-create a still frame from a black-and-white movie using photography, digital modeling, and Photoshop compositing. I chose to re-create this image from West Side Story:
My process for doing this was as follows:
– Take photos of buildings that match the sides of the street in this frame
– Model the two foremost cars using NURBS surfaces in Maya 2015
– Approximate the scene in 3D space in Maya, putting placeholder shapes for the buildings
– Render the cars and the ground plane only, lining up the camera to match the movie frame’s perspective
– Composite the renders with the photos taken and several elements of the original still to create the new image
Here are pictures from each stage of the process:
The finished product is here, above the original again:
Links to my project files are below:
– Adobe PSD – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sG8HXqH3iuLU5ZODlrNkpZVWM
– Maya ASCII – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1sG8HXqH3iuR1NkNGZ3V1ZsbjA
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