One of my first actual VFX shots (other than simple rotoscoping and motion tracking). I noticed this perfectly iPhone-sized depression in the sink in one of the bathrooms at my campus and instantly saw the possibility to make this VFX shot. I was on my way home but ran back to my study buddy and asked to borrow his phone, thanks Johan!
This is what the composition node graph looked like. If you're interested in how I did it send me an email.
The basic idea is to take the recording of the phone and place it on the phone screen, then take that video and place it on the phone screen. I then iterated this about 15 times to get the original image so small as to not be visible in the final shot.
Everything in the upper dark box is creating one of the glares on the phone and everything in the lower dark box creates the other glare.
This is what the original footage and motion tracking looked like. Notice I also had to motion track the glares.
This is what the composition node graph looked like. If you're interested in how I did it send me an email.
The basic idea is to take the recording of the phone and place it on the phone screen, then take that video and place it on the phone screen. I then iterated this about 15 times to get the original image so small as to not be visible in the final shot.
Everything in the upper dark box is creating one of the glares on the phone and everything in the lower dark box creates the other glare.
This is what the original footage and motion tracking looked like. Notice I also had to motion track the glares.