CHARACTER ANIMATION COMPOSITING OVER LIVE PLATES

TAKE 5 STATION BRANDING ID We made a whimsical 3D character out of the clapboard element of WNEM's Take 5 show logo and placed him on the show's set and had him shake hands with one of the show's anchors.  The live plate used here does not have any reference for anchor, Brian Wood, to interact with, thus he is shaking hands with nothing during the shoot.  The 3D character was then positioned on a stand-in chair object that recieves its shadow.  A stand-in table and floor were also created to recieve shadows from the other logo object elements.  The final rendering was done in a single pass in Lightwave 5.6.

SPORTS STATION BRANDING ID In like manner as above, we took the now well-recognized "helmet dudes" from the Gridiron Madness open and had them interact with WNEM's sports anchor, Art Niel.  Again, he had no references to look at or respond to during the shoot, only voice coaching as to what the 3D characters WOULD be doing.  Shadows were caught by simple flat planes in Lightwave and like above, this animation was rendered in a signle pass.