Compositing – mishmash.com.au

A composit is the layering of various elements together to achieve a polished final product.

For example in a movie special effects shot you might have several layers:

* an actor’s shot on ‘green screen’ running away – perhaps towards the camera
* a background plate, which might be a car exploding
* an explosion that was created using particle simulation software
* a 3d constructed vehicle that matches the filmed vehicle on the background plate

A compositor then takes these layers into their special compositing software and and positions and colour grades everything until the layers all match and look seamless.

A example of compositing

TVC for TV1 advertising their new website portal.	[stream flv=x:/mishmash.com.au/showreel/click on for happiness 1-1.flv img=x:/mishmash.com.au/images/click on for happiness 1.jpg embed=false share=false width=320 height=214 dock=false controlbar=over skin=imeo.swf bandwidth=high volume=50 autostart=false /]
[stream flv=x:/mishmash.com.au/showreel/click on for happiness 1pre-1.flv img=x:/mishmash.com.au/images/click on for happiness 1prep.jpg embed=false share=false width=320 height=214 dock=false controlbar=over skin=imeo.swf bandwidth=high volume=50 autostart=false /]	This is the base edit as an example. Green screen is used to help isolate the main elements toapply effects to and around.