Live Action Set Extension

This project was done individually. The goal was to recreate a black and white movie scene. Models were to be created using NURBS and combined with a live-action background. Finally, it would be rendered in B/W to recreate the original chosen image.

Reference

I chose this scene from the 1940s movie, Rebecca, to recreate.

Modeling

I modeled everything in Maya using NURBS.

Texturing

I found free texture maps online, adjusted them in Photoshop, and brought them into Maya to put on my model.

Camera & Lighting

I had set up the camera to match my reference image in the background. This was so that I could make sure my models were proportioned correctly. For the lighting, I started with a simple 3-point lighting setup and made a few tweaks to it to match the reference.

Compositing

I went to a nearby park to take pictures for the background. Then, I rendered out an image of the textured model and took it into Photoshop, where I edited in the background and made it black and white.