Fine Art Storytelling Advanced Composites:

Richard Sturdevant
Track: Digital Poast-production 

At a Glance

• Creating the concept and the story of a composite
• Creating a directors list for Photography session, Model, props, costumes, or anything that might be needed to plan the composite.
• Creating a solid foundation and composition that moves the story.

Class Description

Dare to let your creativity soar with Richard’s Advanced Compositing Process.

I’m so excited to bring this weeklong Advanced Compositing Workshop. This is the most in-depth composite class you will ever take.

I will take you on a journey into to composites and all the different categories of composites to classify them. What is a simple composite? What is a complex composite and how do you approach each?

Here are some points to what you will learn:

1. Creating the concept and the story of a composite
2. Creating a directors list for Photography session, Model, props, costumes, or anything that might be needed to plan the composite.
3. Creating a solid foundation and composition that moves the story.
4. Decided what kind of look and style to the technique you will choose.
5. Technical extractions and blending, Color theory and color swatches for the color harmony of the story.
6. What Creates depth? We will dive deep int each of these: Composition Scale Contrast Saturation Perspective Atmosphere Composition of Color Harmony Raw conversion of files for compositing Proven lighting techniques for composites Focus Stacking for full range of focus for Lifesize and miniatures sets Managing layers with complex composites Different file formats for compositing
7. The Finish, How to Bring it home: Techniques to finish and polish the final Composite.

• CLASS INTENSITY: Black
• CLASS BREAKDOWN
  Hands-on: 50%
  Post-production: 50%
• PREREQUISITES:
  Post-Production 3: Can work with layers, layer masks & understand blend modes.

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