We Used A Simple VFX Trick to Create Our Own Planets!

How to shoot your own planets, without using CGI! InCamera practical effects tutorial video on how to create out of this world shots with practical filmmaking techniques.

We use medium format projection on to a hemisphere to create incredible planet shots.

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[KayOSweaver]

Its so nice to see there are still people passionate about practical effects. I hope to use some of these techniques in the future with my own film and photography projects.

[chrismofer]

super inspiring! of course there's also cgi earth tutorials in blender and such, which may be better for certain use cases but practical effects like this are so accessible and tangible and the results speak for themselves. For the stars they could be projected as well or small pieces of retroreflective material and a 'star' light near the lens could also work.

[DanteYewToob]

I noticed something funny.
Humans minds abhor randomness. We just cannot do it. The more random they tried to make the snooted LEDs, the more even the pattern became. The lights ended up in an almost perfect grid... lol but that's just how human minds work. The harder we try to make something random, the less it works. Your best bet is to not try. Just turn off your brain and make random dots without actually looking at what you're doing. Once you do, your mind will go "Well, it doesn't look random enough... I'll add a few here, one over there.." etc and you think you're helping, but you're actually making it less random lol your brain is trying to even it out. True randomness has clumps and gaps.

Just a little observation. Lol
Good video! It looks awesome

[elliotmarks]

This takes projection mapping to a whole new level

[glenis]

Genuinely happy to see this kind of work being done. My jaw dropped when you showed us the first shot of earth. There's plenty of great channels on YouTube but this one is f---ing fantastic! Well done, everyone & best wishes for the future.

[sliceoflifefilm]

Always wanted to try this effect. Looks so frickin amazing! and turntable trick is is a wonderful idea.

[JordanWright]

Another ‘out of this world’ episode! Getting better each week! Deserve so many more subscribers!

[actioncom]

You got the rotation of the earth right.
A funny fact: The remastered(cgi) Star Trek got Earth's rotation backwards. Assignment: Earth shows California getting sun first.

[lampadophoros]

Great effect! A good trick for LEDs is to paint them black and then scratch a tiny, tiny hole with a needle through the paint. This gives a really small star, not oversize

[elliotmarks]

That end result is INSANE! I would have never guessed it wasn't all digital!

[Fendeguard]

Earth looks great, but the stars could use some work. Love the practical approach!

[indevelopment]

Making tinkering and all the technical bits fun and interesting as always, guys. Love love love the inclusion of medium format slides over digital too. And get those end cards on!

[risbill]

For the stars you could have tried one of those star map projector lamps.

[TK]

Another superb episode. Interesting to note the same technique of projecting a planetary surface on a white globe was also used in the film 'Alien' to depict the planetary system that the Nostromo visits.

[MathieuStern]

Amazing content, i wish i could join you and have fun

[exooptik]

This sells the effect really well, just looking at these shots I got a weird feeling I'm expecting a spaceship to enter the frame. Great job!

[apowrs]

I love how excited you all get, and why wouldn’t you? What a wonderful career path to choose! I hope to be able to work with you one day. Keep up the good work 🙌

[ClarkKentsRockandRollRevue]

Noomi Spook mentioned your channel during a video for a channel I run.

Impressed with the attention to detail and the tips that I've picked up here in relation to a shoot using miniature planets tomorrow. There have been comments on the size of the stars being too big and the lack of haze to create more atmosphere, but it's a taste thing and your final shot still sells the idea rather well.

Subbed ages ago and will continue to do so. Rock on x

[HFHProps]

Dude, the ingenuity involved with projects like this is inspired. I found this really motivational for my own ambitions so thank you for the excellent content 😁