Doctored shadows
I want to make sure one thing is clear about my Shadow En(Counter) prototype. This is more of a “look and feel” prototype rather than a technical one.
The video was actually taken from above the activity and then doctored to achieve the “shadow” effect. The props used were spray painted black to achieve a better look. I included this photo in the last post but didn’t explain it all that well. Here are the painted props I used:
The assumption is that I could achieve a shadow effect through automated filtering or camera techniques. Were the activity actually shot through a translucent plexiglas surface, the raw footage would already appear more shadow like. Regarding computerized filters, here is a simple demonstration of applying video filters post fact…