I started off this week by shooting for the plate and understanding what I needed to get the final result.
First I shot the plate with a phone in 4k, this way I didn’t have to lose time to go and book the camera (as I don’t have one of my own). This what the plate looks like:
I then put the plate in DaVinci and stabilized it. This will make the video look more smooth. I then exported it as EXR so I can work on it in Nuke. I started to find images which can be used to project on the book, like the map and the page. I have broken the page texture image into 2 pages and then used the image to place on it. To clean the image, I used the Keyer Log node to isolate the main part of the image.
Next week, I will start working on the animation of the footsteps and try to make the page close with the book.