Creating the Power Orb

The main focus of the entire video is the power orb that the main protagonist is chasing after the other character for. It (fictionally) gives the owner super strength and what not. What it does isnt important, all I want the audience to know is that it is the reason for the chase and fight.

In order to make the motive more obvious, I had to implement the orb into the video with 3d moiton graphics. I did this using Boujou to motion track the 2D footage, Cinema 4D to create the orb and After Effects CS5 to add effects.

This is how I made the orb:

I firstly tracked the footage in Boujou

 

Then I editied some of the code in Text Wrangler so that it would track perfectly

I then brought the camera data into Cinema 4D and added the necessary background and floor for the video texture to go on

I then tested the track and it worked perfectly

This is when I implemented the orb. I started with a purple colour, however I tried with multiple colours and ended up using Blue.

 I then animated the orb and exported it on a separate track so I could edit both the BG and the orb separately in AE

 I brought both peices of footage into After effects and added the necessary effects

I ended up with this, however I decided to use a blue orb in the end as it looked nicer with the colour scheme.