Ghost Effects by Video Copilot

In this amusing horror short film, Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot created the VFX for 6 shots with Element 3D in After Effects.

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There are not an excessive number of effects shots, but they were all the more tricky.

Here, director Ryan Connoly explains how the shoot went and how the effects arised.

More information about Video Copilot and the AE plug-ins and footage packages available there can be found here.

For those who especially liked the creature: in the upcoming DP issue, our focus will be on precisely this topic. We show you how to create bizzare, cute, funny, or simply beautiful 3D characters. The new DP issue 01 : 17 will be released on December 16.