{"id":189,"date":"2022-03-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefitnessllc.com\/archives\/332"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:47:55","slug":"recreate-the-camera-rotation-transition-from-the-atlanta-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/09\/recreate-the-camera-rotation-transition-from-the-atlanta-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the \u201cAtlanta\u201d Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Learn how you can recreate the mesmerizing \u201cground-to-ground\u201d transition from the \u201cAtlanta\u201d trailer in Adobe Premiere Pro.<\/h2>\n<p><em>Cover image via FX Networks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been keeping up with FX\u2019s new hit show <em>Atlanta<\/em>, you\u2019ve probably seen the insane trailer that they released a couple of weeks ago\u00a0\u2014 the one wherein Donald Glover transitions from location to location through the ground. Our friends over at Cinecom.net have recently made an easy-to-follow tutorial that explains how to pull off this shot. Adding the \u201cbreaking through the ground\u201d effect might take a bit more effort, but here\u2019s a way to recreate that trailer for your next project.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dgl5Qmmuca0?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Get Location Shots<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Location Shots\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/5a018b9eecba573efe6e51b547fb664c.gif\" alt=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Location Shots\" \/> <em>Image via Cinecom.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Begin by scouting out some locations that seem interesting to you and have some relevance to your video. Find a place that is visually appealing, such as a tunnel or a park.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve the 180-degree shot, take a tripod and remove one of the legs so you have 2 points of contact with the ground. If you try using a monopod, you will probably get some shake to your footage that will ruin the illusion, so try your best to find a . . . um . . . bipod.<\/p>\n<p>With your camera attached to the bipod, start the shot from the ground, and tilt your camera 180 degrees in a parabolic motion. Try\u00a0to keep the timing of the shots consistent so your edit\u00a0will sync up\u00a0well. If you have the actor on hand, get some reference shots with them in it so you can match their color profile in post.<\/p>\n<h3>Green Screen Your Subject<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Green Screen\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/88cabec0687beef86e2cfdd09bf37e40.gif\" alt=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Green Screen \" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set up your green screen and get your subject to kneel in front of it. To avoid having to move the camera with the subject, you can grab a light and move it with the subject to create the effect that the camera is moving with him. This keeps a consistent light on your subject so the image does not change with the movement. Make sure to filter your light to match your location shots. If you shot in a location with blue light, use a blue filter, and if you shot in a location with orange light, use an orange filter.<\/p>\n<h3>Putting It All Together<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Put it Together\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/f9235b74c7a8b409b47b51b49126f23d.gif\" alt=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Put it Together\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open Premiere, and import all of your clips. Go ahead and take the green screen footage of your subject and place it into your timeline.\u00a0Erase the borders using a mask, then key out the green screen using Ultra Key.<\/p>\n<p>From here, it will look like it\u2019s coming together; you just have to start remapping the timing of the videos to match. To achieve this, right-click your video in the timeline and select\u00a0<em>Time Remapping &gt; Speed<\/em>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Speed up the beginning and end of the clip using keyframes, and experiment a bit to get it just right.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Keyframes\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/replace\/b5e14630fd043b9f7e23e61d4c8b0e35.gif\" alt=\"Recreate the Camera Rotation Transition from the &quot;Atlanta&quot; Trailer \u2014 Keyframes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To make the video look more realistic, you need to add a shadow. To do this, create a new color matte, and mask it out onto the subject. Feather it out, and lower the opacity so you get rid of any harsh lines.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to move the anchor point to the bottom of the frame and keyframe a rotation so it rotates with the subject. Add some cross dissolves to the ends, and you\u2019ve got yourself a realistic shadow.<\/p>\n<p>Now apply all of those techniques to the other clips, and put them together on the timeline.\u00a0It\u2019ll\u00a0come close to the real thing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how you can recreate the mesmerizing \u201cground-to-ground\u201d transition from the \u201cAtlanta\u201d trailer in Adobe Premiere Pro. Cover image via FX Networks. If you\u2019ve been keeping up with FX\u2019s new hit show Atlanta, you\u2019ve probably seen the insane trailer that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}