A week ago, i posted about an animated movie and another movie called “Sivaji” from my language. Today, i heard great information about a song from that movie. Rajnikanth, who plays the lead role has a dark complexion. But throughout a 6 minutes song, he has a very white complexion. At first, i thought that it might all be the face make up. But, today i came to know that it was all Computer Graphics.
The Technique behind Dark skin to fair skin :
To begin with, Indian artists did an in-depth study of the European complexion. They found that white skin reflects more light and has less shadow when compared to dark skin and is translucent in some areas. Therefore a simple color correction of the hero’s skin would not achieve the desired effect. For the shoot a London based young white lady with a fresh complexion and flushed cheeks was chosen and with the help of Cinematographer Mr. K.V.Anand every single shot of the hero was repeated with her because lighting conditions change in every shot. After the final edit all the 630 hero shots and 630 girl shots were scanned in 4K resolution. Each of the 9000 scanned frames ware rotoscoped to separate the body parts (face, hands, legs etc.). The white lady’s skin was mapped onto the Super Star’s image using Eyeon “Digital Fusion” software. Thus the Super Star got his glowing white complexion.
There were two difficult aspects in this project. One was matching the girl’s action with the hero’s action and the second was matching both of their body proportions during mapping. Though it sounds simple, the work involved was laborious and painstaking. Great attention was paid to detail right from the shoot until the final print. It has taken 25 dedicated CG technicians almost a year to achieve this 6 ½ min. feat.
It so realistic and Kudos to Shankar for directing such world class movies. I’m awaiting his next movie. Definitely would be a treat for us.
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