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A new short film titled ‘Go Bag’, written and directed by filmmaker Seth Worley, is a fast-paced action film about a spy code-named Rabbit who must fight for her life using only the contents of a stranger’s carry-on bag. |
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Practical Effects & StuntsDirector Seth Worley said that this film was their most ambitious project yet because of its use of hand-to-hand combat and real stunts, which they had never incorporated into their projects before. In contrast to Red Giant Film’s last short film ‘Old/New’, ‘Go Bag’ has virtually no dialogue, focusing instead on fast-paced action. |
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The project was shot in a multi-story carpark in Nashville, Tennessee. In post, the team added planes and aviation elements to establish the airport setting. These elements came mainly from stock footage, and one was modelled in 3D and animated using Element 3D from Video Co-pilot. |
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Rabbit in PostSmall mics were distributed around the set during high action sequences like the fight scene in a stair well to record a selection of authentic sounds. Other sound effects were acquired from Soundsnap.com, and all effects were synced in post with Red Giant PluralEyes. |
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Tools from the Red Giant Keying Suite were used for clean-up was required on the actress’ harness, and compositing the live action green screen elements into the environment. ColorMatcher from this suite, plus Magic Bullet Colorista 3, helped blend the shots together. The team also used Looks from Magic Bullet Suite 12.1 as a fast, real-time 4-way grading tool and hue control to narrow the colour palette, aiming for vibrance. |
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Happy EndingIn a scene in which the helicopter approaches Rabbit on the rooftop, pressuring her to blow up the car, the helicopter and explosion had to be handled as full, animated 3D effects created by David Coalter, a mechanical engineer who visualises concepts in 3D. Meanwhile, Red Giant handled the stunt work when she climbs under the moving car. Her performance had to be shot separately, and composited into the plate using a combination of rotoscoping, stabilisation and matchmoving techniques. The end credit sequence for ‘Go Bag’ was created by Territory Studio www.territorystudio.com/, whose motion graphics appear in ‘The Avengers: Age of Ultron’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘The Martian’. Senior motion designer Nik Hill said the team used Trapcode Form to import obj files from Cinema 4D and turn these into points, producing the sequence’s distinctive looks. The new tool Trapcode Tao was used for the 3D fractal shapes, which then drove the ‘glitch’ transitions running throughout. www.redgiant.com |
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