after all of the little tests with video and motion tracking – I wanted to put together a reel that explains the story of this magical book with Franco and his friends inside – I shot my son against green screen for the majority of the live shots and added in some footage at the Los Angeles Public Library
some samples of the setup using the green screen:
this next image is the building of the elements in Cinema 4D and compositing the live action and 3d elements from the book: