How to Set a Living Room on Fire with VFX in 4K

How do you set a room ablaze without really setting it ablaze or using CGI? Director Brendan Bellomo and DP Greg Wilson discuss their compositing techniques in shooting a promo for the Phantom Flex 4K

Nothing in the room above is actually on fire. Nor is there any CGI. Nor was there a big budget or a huge team — just a few filmmakers with a prototype Phantom Flex 4K camera and a goal of filming a tracking shot through a room on fire… without actually setting it on fire. Here’s how director Brendan Bellomo and DP Greg Wilson set a room ablaze virtually using The Foundry Nuke in the Flex4K promo Let Me Know When You See Fire.

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