Need some advice on an effect

DenialPlanB · 08-31-2007, 05:16 AM

In a trailer for the project Im working on I edited a BE mage spinning in the air before she unloads some fireballs on the pesky murlocs below.

I was going for a real matrix style camera pan where the background spins around as the model spins.

Now I did it with rotating the camera on mapviewer, the problem being is that the camera rotated on a point, which would of worked if the shot was in firstperson. Being that its third person the character appears to be spinning in a circle instead of rotating on a point in the air. Ive tried moving the camera round as I spin instead of just turning with the "D" key but the quality is just not what I want. Granted with a blur effect it gets hard to tell that its not right but being that this will be my first movie I want every scene to be perfect.

pity i cant swing the camera around on a piece of string ^^

Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated however simple or complex they are.

Thanks in advance,
Denial.

08-31-2007, 05:16 AM	#1
DenialPlanB Initiate Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1	Need some advice on an effect In a trailer for the project Im working on I edited a BE mage spinning in the air before she unloads some fireballs on the pesky murlocs below. I was going for a real matrix style camera pan where the background spins around as the model spins. Now I did it with rotating the camera on mapviewer, the problem being is that the camera rotated on a point, which would of worked if the shot was in firstperson. Being that its third person the character appears to be spinning in a circle instead of rotating on a point in the air. Ive tried moving the camera round as I spin instead of just turning with the "D" key but the quality is just not what I want. Granted with a blur effect it gets hard to tell that its not right but being that this will be my first movie I want every scene to be perfect. pity i cant swing the camera around on a piece of string ^^ Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated however simple or complex they are. Thanks in advance, Denial. Last edited by DenialPlanB : 08-31-2007 at 05:20 AM.