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-Oh, hey guys!
What are you doing here?
-Oh, we saw this video of Dude Perfect
doing trick shots with these plungers
and we had to try it.
Oh, cool, I wanna try that too!
-Dammit, Jordy!
Always the same.
-So, what now, Yannick?
-I got a solution, Lorenzo,
I’ll get him.
Let's go!
[Epic music]
You're doing great, Yannick!
Watch out, Yannick, you're gonna fall!
-Well, that happens.
[Cinecom's intro music]
Hello it's Yannick here for cinecom.net
or is it DOT NET!
Anyways, welcome to another
Copy Cat Friday,
a series where we recreate effects
from famous movies and music videos.
And this week we again took some
inspiration out of Dude Perfect's latest video.
The plunger trick shots.
And well, at first we thought like
‘this looks a little bit easy and stupid’,
but once we tried it ourselves, like whoo!
We didn't make one shot.
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Now, luckily for the effect that
we are going to do
we don't need to throw around
plungers to make them stick.
Because today we are going
to climb the wall with the plungers.
And let's be honest, that's at least as
cool as the trick shots of Dude Perfect.
For this effect we are going to use
a different technique than
you normally shoot.
In normal situations, if you
want to climb a wall,
you can either really climb a wall
with some safety rope and a harness
or you can use a green screen.
Well, for this effect we wanted
to do something different.
And instead we went for some
perspective and blending.
And yes, you heard me, we’re
going to blend ourselves onto a wall.
Of course, the blending method
has some restrictions,
which I'm gonna talk about later on.
But you can easily use a green screen
instead of the blending methods.
The principle of using the perspective
stays exactly the same.
Now let's start by finding a wall
that we want to climb.
Place your camera on a tripod
and create the frame that you want.
The first thing to keep in mind here
is that when you place your
camera far away from the wall,
you’re also going to need to film
from a higher perspective
for the climbing shot.
So don't go too far away from the wall.
Also, try to find a relatively
clean and light wall,
like the one we have here
or a concrete one.
This will make the blending
in post-production much easier.
And this is one of the restrictions
I was talking about,
because if the wall has too
much texture or is too dark
then the blending wouldn't work.
Okay, now that you filmed your wall
it's time for the second shot.
But before we can take the shot
there are a few steps you need to do.
So we are at the store now ready to
buy some white cloth and plungers,
let’s go!
-I love going to the store.
Free snacks!
And it's almost 10 o’clock
so I need my snack.
Mhm, M&Ms.
My climbing gear.
First you are going to need
this white cloth.
We are using white because we
need this color to blend it afterwards.
You can lay this on the floor
as this is going to be your fake wall.
Now let's look at the lighting
of the first shot.
It’s super important that the
two shots will match in lighting,
otherwise the effect will look fake.
So, when setting up the white
cloth in the second shot,
keep in mind from where
the light comes in your first shot.
You can do the setup in the
same location as your wall.
This will make it easier
to match the lighting.
But if it's too windy or
the weather changed
you can also recreate the lighting
with some film lights indoor.
Next, we need some reference
points for the perspective.
So on your camera go to the
playback and take the first shot.
Now with a water based marker we are
going to draw some reference lines
which we can use to align
the perspective of the second shot
with the first one.
And now it's time to match
your perspective.
Take out the plungers and let
your actor lay on the white cloth.
If we now compare the setup
with the original wall,
we can see that the actor is
horizontal and the wall is vertical.
To make these two match, we need
to rotate our setup and the actor
with 90 degrees so that they stand up
and can be matched with the original one.
But then the actor can't fake climb
and the effect won't work.
So the solution for that is that
we rotate the camera with 90 degrees.
You can place your camera
on the tripod or go handheld,
but I don't really recommend handheld
as your shot needs to be super still.
Now it's time to use the reference lines.
Try moving around your setup
to match the perspective.
Keep in mind that you're also
going to need to film from a height.
The height depends on how
far the wall was in your first shot.
Once you find the right height,
angle and framing,
you can film your shot.
Let your actor do some fake
climbing and that's it!
Oh yeah, before I forget, try not to
wear any light clothes when doing this.
Otherwise it will blend with your actor and
that isn't what we are trying to do here.
Okay, I think we have everything
now to start with the post-production.
And it's quite easy from now on.
Inside Premiere Pro take the shot of
the wall and place it on track number 1.
Now take the climbing shot
and place it on track number 2.
Go to the Effects Control Panel
and within the opacity property
take the Pen tool to create a mask.
You can now create a mask around
your actor but still within the white cloth.
So the only thing that is left is
your actor surrounded by the white.
The next thing you can do now is scale
and position the actor on the wall.
Once that is done you can go back
to the Effects Control Panel
and within the opacity property you can
change the blending mode to Darker Color.
After you have done this,
the white will be removed.
But the actor will still be visible.
The thing with this blending mode is that
it will remove everything that is white
and that leads to white.
So if your actor has some
lighter exposed parts
these will also be removed.
Luckily, we can fix that
with some color grading.
Open up the Lumetri Color panel
and if you can't find it,
go up to the window menu on top
and search for the Lumetri Color
between the options.
Now select the climbing shot
and let's prevent
that the parts of the actor
are being removed.
In the Basic Correction tab
we can start with lowering
the highlights and the whites,
so that the part of the actor
that we removed comes back.
But by doing this your actor
will become darker
and won't match with the wall.
So, if needed, you can
also increase the shadows
to make your actor more bright.
Normally you would do this
with the exposure slider,
but by increasing this slider
you'll again start biting into the actor.
So this can only be done
with the shadow slider.
However when you do this, the
actor shadows will lose the punch
and will become flat.
So, to solve this, decrease the
black slider and darken the shadows.
And that is all there is to it
to create this awesome effect!
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-You're doing great, Yannick!
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