Bounce Back

In late 2016, I was the primary VFX artist for Big Sean’s music video for Bounce Back. I had a variety of visuals to deliver, including sky replacements, image distortion effects, and a recreation of the slitscan effect from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Evan Langley came up with the infrared treatment on the desert shots and also comped a few of the planet shots.

The bulk of the sky replacements used this photo I took of a storm over my hometown of Norfolk, NE.

Clouds after cleanup of powerlines, trees and wind turbine.

The shots looking toward the sunset were particularly tricky, as there was noticeable lightwrap around Sean's head that became apparent once a darker sky was inserted. So I made the assumption that we would be at the edge of a storm with the real sun poking through on one side.

Adding in the lightning on the night shots was particularly fun.

The bulk of the sky replacements used this photo I took of a storm over my hometown of Norfolk, NE.

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