Creating a water ceiling

[Anonymous]

Hello, need som tips from som compositors on how to, in the best way, create a water ceiling.

Im doing a pretty low budget music video and the idea of it is to kind of replica one of the end scenes in the big blue where the ocean is the ceiling.

My plan is to film the ocean or a lake at a pretty low angle and then just take that and basicly flip it over and then adjust the angle a little bit. That should give a look that theres small waves in the ceiling.

I won’t have any real ceiling to track this on so i guess i have to shoot it motionless. The reason is that i plan to have leaking buckets hanging from the ceiling so when it’s comped it still drips from the water above.

Sorry for my not so great english but please join in with any suggestions. Like I said, it’s low budget but it’s not shot yet so I can make som adjustments if i get tips on how to perfect it.

Thanks

/ eidhagen

[Marvin Butler]

What you have there would probably work to some degree…the bucket idea is great, after you paint those out the drips will really sell it.

Before I give my suggestion…what are the psychics of the water suppose to be like?

Would the water be turbulent? or would it be like a lake with a slight current?

Also, what is the gravity of the room? Or I guess what I am asking is, would the room be underneath the water, or is the water upside down above the room??? kind of a weird question but an important one…

depending on these factors, and the overall look your going for, CG bodies of water are a pretty common practice and can look pretty convincing…Budget may not permit this, so shooting a water plate might just be the best…. I would say to measure out the geometry of the room, as well as record all of the camera’s lens, height, and angle information, then apply those measurements to the camera you use to capture the water plate.

[Anonymous]

The water is a bit turbulent but not too much. Its like smaller waves on an open ocean. Not a silent lake but not storm either. And it hangs upside down. It’s suppose to look that it replaces the ceiling not that the room is under water.

Won’t be possible with CG 🙁

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