VFX Development - Story Ideas

In this post I am essentially picking a few of my favourite ideas from my brainstorming exercise, and just briefly expanding them some more so I can have a better understanding of them. I have initially done this is a Google Drive word document here. It also includes some YouTube videos for me to take inspiration from.

Short Mortal Kombat
Scene Using techniques from Mike Divia could create a short fight scene, it will incorporate all the special moves characters and can be done against green screen. Set extension can be incorporated in a final shot or something that gives an overview of the landscape the fight is on.

Simple concept doesn't need much pre planning, only need choreography the effects will appear after that has been completed.

NEEDED
Would need theatre time booked out with large green screen, lights and camera.

Command & Conquer Boris Inspired Sniper Scene (See Full Idea)
In Command & Conquer a special soviet soldier named ‘Boris’ is able to use his sniper to call in an air strike on the building, when he lasers a target it glows red. Would be pretty simple to have a sniper shot and shoot a building and have it glow red, taking it to the next step would of course been having action footage of an airstrike also destroying the building. Set extension and green screen could be incorporated with the scenes of the snipers (doesn’t have to be laid down). Mix this in with achievements throughout the video.

NEEDED
Would need portable green screen, camera and maybe a light or reflector and sniper rifle.

Jumper Style Film
Could do a short ‘Jumper’ inspired scene, there are plenty of tutorials on YouTube show you how. Could be some sort of a chase that involves gunshots and bullet holes to demonstrate VFX. Filming could be done anywhere as long as there are some open spaces in walls in which to display the effect. Could be a little tricky as being an actions scene you would expect the camera to be shaky and to be authentic I wouldn’t want to put shake in post. Expect I would need a lot of tracker points to make sure the effects look real and professionally done.

NEEDED
Portable green screen, a couple of fake guns, open area (could be done where I live there is plenty of space) and camera.