For the week going into our external collaboration unit, we (the matchmove team) were tasked with tracking a few videos of roads as we wait for the actual driving footage to become available to us. The sample videos we were given included a few that looked pretty easy, featuring a mostly stable camera and lots of debris around the roadside. One does include a bridge which the camera passes under, which will require some splining, and another features dust spinning from dunes around the highway, which may also interfere with a solid track and require some creative point placement. The only one that may present a problem is the video that involves leaves flying past the cameras in the wind. This one will for sure be the most challenging footage to track. As of yet, I’ve worked on the shot above, and found it quite simple. Early on in my attempt, I managed a 0.8 deviation curve before even refining any of my points.
I’m eager to see what our footage will look like for the film when it is available to us. It could be an easy overhead shot like this one, or it may be quite dynamic, with several moving parts, which will be difficult but present me the opportunity to practice as well as exhibit my skills on my showreel.