This master thesis, titled The Making of Visual Effects and 3D Character for Placement in a Visually Unified Video Content, describes the process of making a short film that contains visual effects.
The process of making the final version of a video is described in three stages: pre-production, production and post-production. Pre-production addresses the determination of the elements that can be described as visual effects as well as the development of the story that connects the described elements into a unified content. Pre-production further contains a description of recording and software equipment planned for the realisation of the project. Production and post-production are the stages showing the realisation of the idea. In this part, the creation of a stylistically unified video content is presented, which was achieved through an analysis of the process of creating visual effects. The processing and final editing of digital elements are also described in these stages.
The master thesis is divided in two parts. The first, theoretical part, is a presentation of the historical development of visual effects in the film industry, where some examples of good practice are also included. Some trends prevailing in this field over the last decade are described at this point as well. Last but not least, the theoretical part describes some of the most common techniques used when creating visual effects.
The second, experimental part, first presents the purpose and hypotheses of the master thesis. Through various stages of creating visual effects, it describes what needs to be accomplished in order to create a short film with visual effects. Next, it includes the process of creating all the computer-generated elements that are included in the final version of the film, and describes all the techniques that were used in their making. The processes of digital compositing, video editing and colour correction are also described at this point.
At the end of the master thesis there is an analysis of different parts of the short film proving that the purpose of the master thesis has been achieved. The analysis also confirms the hypotheses of the thesis.
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