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Case · P01
Before / After VFX
Crimson Tunnel
Set extension + plate cleanup for a sci-fi short. Plate to final composite in 14 days.
Role
Lead Compositor
Client
Independent Sci-Fi Short
Year
2025
Duration
14 days
Before · After
BEFORE
AFTER
01 / Overview
A tight-budget sci-fi proof-of-concept needed a believable tunnel reveal where the practical set ended after ten feet of wall. We rebuilt the corridor in CG, integrated the live plate with relit shadows, then graded the whole sequence into a single crimson mood.
Stack
NukeMocha ProDaVinci Resolve
02 / Challenges
- 01Reflective practical floors that fought every CG extension
- 02Inconsistent on-set lighting between takes
- 03Tight 14-day turnaround across 11 shots
03 / Solutions
- →Per-shot 3D tracking with Mocha + Nuke CameraTracker; built a clean projection rig.
- →AI-assisted clean plates for the floor seams, finished by hand in Nuke.
- →Color managed pipeline (ACES) so grading and comp stayed locked.
04 / Outcome
Eleven invisible-VFX shots, delivered on time, with a final grade that became the look-bible for the rest of the short.
