Making the Film


	To incorporate the actor into the modelled scene a simple plane was added...
	...onto which the video of the actor was placed as a texture.
	Within Adobe After Affects the blue background was used to create an alpha channel. This is a simple black and white picture that shows the outline shape of the actor. This alpha channel was used in ElectricImage to make a Clipping Path. This removes the unwanted blue areas on the plane and just leaves the silhouette of the actor.
	Because the actor is now a cutout shape, he can cast shadows as well as receive them. This was the single most important device we found that helped to sit the actor into the scenes.

A Finetake Production
for Channel 4 Television in association with
the Arts Council of England
© Finetake/Channel 4/ACE 2001