Introduction
For this week, I edited my mechanical arm onto my footage we recorded in class. Since it was my first attempt at editing a video of such nature, I encountered numerous challenges and difficulties.
Video Editing Attempt
Editing Process
In order to create the short film, I animated the mechanical arm in Maya.
I rotated the shoulder, elbow, wrist and finger controllers.
Then, I rendered the sequence and edited the video in Adobe Premiere.
Major Challenge
Proportions: The major problem I had was that the size of the mechanical arm was not the same as my actual arm. However, when I scaled the arm to cover the blank spaces, it looked out of proportion. For this reason, what I actually should have done was to use a tighter green sleeve to avoid this issue.
Further Comments
Even though the video editing did not turn out as I expected, it was important to learn the workflow of compositing. In the future, I will make sure to wear a tighter green screen suit to create more convincing animations.