Making an extremely sophisticated video...?

pepsilol · 27 Nov 2012 at 22:03

Something like this of a product.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S3_ycKwBDLI#!

How do they actually do it?! Like at 2:45, a solid black background whilst having the watch move back.

Is it all light trickery, computer trickery, depth trickery?

I would love to be able to make a video like that of a product that close, but I think I lack the skills

Any places where I can scratch up on some homework?

Heres another one, just so consistent!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jff9qf_6eCk#!

PistolPete · 27 Nov 2012 at 22:44

I could be wrong, but I'm not convinced that those are all real.
Some of the shots look OK, but others look a little CG.

AHarvey · 27 Nov 2012 at 22:59

A lot of product videos now are CGI based purely because they can make them look perfect.

Although it just comes down to proper planning and lighting.

Just experiment and learn from trial and error

Nexus · 27 Nov 2012 at 23:10

It's a combination of 3D animation and clever control of the camera and product.

I'm not 100% that this was the same VFX House that did the video you posted, but given that they did very similar work for Rolex in the past, I would imagine the Ad Agency did use them again.

http://vd-fx.com/project/rolex