Saturday, May 3, 2008

Things to come - Dyson's Revelation, Part 2

i have been having a problem with the opening scene to Dyson's Revelation. when the desert scene appears, as if looking out to the horizon, it transitions to the following scene - a view of the sky. the sky scene is in motion, but the desert scene isn't. it didn't feel right to start off from a stand still and move into motion. so i wondered how to add some motion to the desert scene.

here is the scene in its original edit.



now here it is again but with motion added to it.



this was accomplished in Final Cut Express 4 by blowing up the desert scene beyond the field of view. with the scene expanded i was able to pan the scene from left to right. if you look closely you'll notice how much of the desert ground is missing compare to the original edit. works really well with the transition to the scene of the sky.

peace,
@riel

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