Set Extension

After viewing the rushes, it became apparent that the footage we had shot did not contain a significant enough camera move to replicate the original shot. Furthermore, the set that we used was drastically different to the one that was originally featured. To combat this problem, I came up with the idea of integrating a set extension to the footage, enabling me to create a more faithful virtual set, and also letting me track back further than we did originally with the application of key frames to the footage that we shot.

In order to create this set extension I screenshotted a frame from the footage we had shot, and preceded to 'clone stamp' around the edges, making the image appear wider than it was originally.

application of the clone stamp tool to the walls and the floor (below)

The side walls in the original footage are a lot narrower, so I decided to integrate artificial walls into the set extension also. The walls were created from a free texture I obtained online, which were then skewed and the colour changed in photoshop.

application of the floor extension in photoshop

Next I imported the final image into after effects and preceded to key frame the original footage in an artificial track back, matching up the curtains in shot to ensure that they blended well and did not falter away from each other, something which happens a lot when key frames are applied to images.

animating and matching up both elements

after some blur was added, it appeared as if the footage was part of the extension

Although far from finished, for now it is adequately blended and will require some additional masking and feathering around the edges to blend completely.