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Before I begin, allow me to apologize for the tardiness with my blog posts, sports fans; I’m currently at a health spa for a couple of weeks, which is seriously cutting into my time. But as you all know, even the greatest of superheroes need some time for R&R to revitalize their superhuman powers. Hence, as soon as I arrive home, all will return to normal. Bear with me, my little minions, the Master shall return – for he has a mission to fulfill.
With this image, I needed to portray one of the crucial turning points in the film’s storyline. The scene required a forest setting and a Hummer, next to which, Denzel’s character – Jake lays wounded. At first I began searching for scenic backdrops onto which, I could transfer a Hummer and all the various details from the film scene. Instead I found this Hummer that simply blew me away. Not only did it have the right look; it was also standing amidst a forest setting.
Next I had to find an image of a gun shot victim. As you can imagine that was a feat in itself. Nevertheless, I managed to find this scene.
My following task was to find Denzel, sporting a facial expression that would convey a convincing grimace of a wounded man. The proper angle and lighting conditions were also important. Mind you there are lots of images of Denzel on the net, however, many were not usable because of the many different roles portrayed in his films, differing ages, hair styles and so on. Therefore to find a specific facial expression had its difficulties. Yet again, my “superhuman” capabilities enabled me to find the needed image; Denzel giving a radio interview. Pretty intense and quite unexpected.
Now all I needed was this first aid kit.
I cropped the Hummer image to better the composition. Subsequently, I cut out the gun-shot guy and Denzel’s head, (sounds kind of creepy) anyhow, after tweaking both cut outs I merged them seamlessly into one image. To finish the scene, I placed the first-aid kit by his side covering the gloved hand, (this saved me a lot of work replacing the hand had it remained in the open) then I added the necessary shadows around the bag.
The result looks great, almost perfect. Regardless of the minor imperfections, the image served its purpose flawlessly in the film trailer.
The Master is Happy…
The Force grows stronger every day…
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