Filmmaking Basics/Matte Painting/SBTDS Intro

Overview

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"Seduced by the Dark Side!"

 * The opening or closing shot
 * In two years, we are going to film the motion picture Seduced by the Dark Side!. But we will have very little money to film the movie.


 * Without a lot of money, we cannot film the scene in front of a magnificent theater. The only alternative that we have is to film the movie in front of a blank wall and use a matte painting for the actual theater.


 * To plan for the shooting of our movie, I need you to create a matte painting.


 * Normally, the matte painting is made after the scene has been filmed. But for now, please use the storyboard frame and create a matte painting for the storyboard frame.


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Matte painting canvas

 * For Photoshop, GIMP or ArtRage 2 FREE
 * To create the matte painting, we will use Photoshop, GIMP or ArtRage 2 FREE.


 * To create the matte painting, we must take one frame from the movie and place it on a huge canvas. I have done this for you.  You can simply download the starter for this website and  put it inside your drawing program.


 * Download the picture from:


 * http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiversity/en/2/28/Matte_starter_1664_1328_SBTDS.png


 * Do it yourself
 * However, you will find it easier to create your own matte painting canvas. (See the next page.)


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The next page

 * Create a matte painting for your version of "Seduced by the Dark Side!" and send it to me.


 * If you need help, on the next page, you can see how to create starter pages for matte paintings.


 * Building your own starter pages for Seduced by the Dark Side! [[Image:Crystal Clear action forward.png|24px]]


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 * Otherwise go to the next assignment in matte painting which is at Lesson:Matte Painting:SpaceStation:Intro


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