-So, how was your weekend?
-Wasn't too well. The wife, you know. [Stormtroopers chatter sounds] [Imperial music and
Darth Yannick breathing] [Darth Yannick mumbling] Jordy here for cinecom.net
and welcome to Copy Cat Friday! This is the series where
we recreate a cool effect... ...from a popular
music video or film. And today we're having
a look at Star Wars. And actually how to advanced
clone yourself... ...to create an army of yourself and
that way you can fight the Jedi. So, let's get started with that. So, we've all seen a cloning
tutorial somewhere. Whoops! That's better. So, we've all seen a cloning
tutorial somewhere, but... ...that usually stops with
a single copy of yourself. But what if you wanna create
an army of yourself? Seems complicated
but it's not. Before we start, I do wanna thank
Videoblocks for their support today. They've been with us for an entire year now
and they've helped us so many times. Videoblocks is a huge library
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trial completely for free... ...by following the first link
in the description below. The first thing that you wanna do
is position your camera on a tripod... ...and make sure that you have
a good angle that you wanna use... ...for the final result. Next we'll put up a green screen
in this area. And It's actually not that hard and will
save us a ton of work in post-production. There are two types of green screens
that you can use. The first one is the portable
green screen, it kind of just unfolds
like this, It sets up very quickly, it doesn't
have much wrinkles... ...because it's tighten up
within this frame. The only downside of this green screen
is that it's usually pretty small. If you wanna stand completely
on the green screen... ...or you are with multiple people on it
then you'll need a bigger setup... ...like this one right here. This is actually just a fabric
that we got in a local store... ...a green fabric, and we've
attached that to one of these... ...movable walls, but you can also
set up something with light stands... ...or C-stands, or... ...anything you can find to get
that fabric into place. Important though, is that you don't see
any wrinkles, so this here is not that well. We need to tighten that up more so
that all these wrinkles are gone. However, we have
a dedicated tutorial... ...so if you wanna see how to set up
the perfect green screen... ...you can find a link to it
in the description below. To pull off a green key,
light is important. There're basically two rules when it comes
down to lighting a green screen. First of all is that your subject
doesn't cast shadows on the fabric. You can eliminate that by taking
distance from the green screen... ...or moving your lights around. And the second rule is to light
the green screen evenly. Don't create hotspots,
like you can see here. This actually comes from
a dedicated tutorial we once did... ...that goes really in depth on
how to setup a green screen. You can find a link to it in
the description below as well. If you don't have lights, try to find
a super soft light source. This could be outside
on a cloudy day, or perhaps a soft dome like we
once used to make ourselves fly. Also a link in the description. We went for a light setup
and here's how we did it. The idea of a good green screen set up
is that you create two zones. One zone is the lighting
for the green screen... ...and the second zone is
the lighting for the subject. So that's why we have these
DIY lights right here... ...these are just fluorescent tubes
in a fluorescent fixture... ...with some black wrap on the side,
and that way the light won't spill on me... ...but it'll create just one lighting zone
for the green screen fabric itself. Let's turn on the lights! So, this is the first lighting zone
behind me, the green screen. The second one is going to be
for myself, the subject. I'm going to play a stormtrooper
in just a minute. And for that we have two general
lightings on my left and right side. So, this right here is the Stella 5000, a new light that was sent to us
by Light & Motion. We're going to make a dedicated video
about this as well, very soon. It's a great light, it works on
batteries, internal batteries... ...and it comes with some accessories
like this very soft... ...very small... dot or ball. It creates a general fill light for
your scene, which is perfect. So, let's turn that one on. Like this. Whoops! There we go. Very nice light. Very good
quality as well. There we go. So this is going
to work for myself. And I wanna make sure that I'm
not going to cast shadows... ...of me -the subject- on
the green screen. Pew, pew, pew! The idea now is that you play
several characters. I played sixteen characters in total. You can make copies of yourself, but if you're
going to create an army of 1,000 clones, copies will start to get noticeable. So, the bigger your army is, the more
poses or characters I would record. Everything is shot from the middle
of the camera frame. In post-production we need to offset
some characters to the sides. But because they where shot from the
middle, the perspectives will not match. And that's why we shot everything
from three angles. Several characters from the middle, then we panned to the left having the
character stand on the right side of the frame... ...and then we panned to the right. After that you can remove everything
from your shot, because... ...we will need one empty shot
from the room as well. For a natural depth of field, I stood
in front of the camera... ...where the first line
of the clones will come. And then I set my focus
on that point. Then I ran out of the frame and let
the camera roll for several seconds. -Pew! Pew! -Pew, pew, pew! -He's having a mental breakdown. -So, in this scenario, we had to create something
funny right now... but we're out of id... ...out of ideas. And now it's time to bring everything
inside Premiere Pro. You can already put your empty
shot on the first video track. Next I select one character
from the green screen... ...and place it on video track 2. With the clip selected I head over
to my Opacity property... ...and from here I can click
on the Pen tool... ...to draw a mask around myself. You wanna remove as much
as you can from the scene... ...which will make
the keying easier. Then I search for the Ultra Key
effect and drag that to the clip. With the color picker I can select
the green and remove it. You probably wanna fine tune your
selection more with the controls below. I'm not going to dive
too deep into this, because we have a dedicated
tutorial about that as well, which goes really in depth throughout
all the settings of the Ultra key effect... ...to pull off the perfect
green key. Again, link in the
description below. And now it's just a simple matter
of taking your other characters... ...and placing them on different
tracks in your timeline as well. You can copy the Opacity
and Ultra Key properties... ...and paste them onto the other clips
to instantly get your keying done. With the Position property you can
offset the characters to fill up the room. The first row should be
on the upper tracks. The clones in the back
go below that. The further away the clones are, the more
you have to scale down those clips too. I'm using the clips that where
shot in the middle of the frame... ...also in the middle
of my composition. The ones where I was standing
on the right... ...also go on the right side
in my edit, etcetera. This way we have a more
realistic perspective. After you've used up all your characters,
you can start copying those layers. But make sure that you don't have
a noticeable pattern. Spread them unpredictable
over the scene. Once your army sits in place we'll work
on some more details to make it more realistic. Using Lumetri, I'm going to decrease the
exposure for the clones in the back. The further away they are
the darker they become. This makes it more realistic for the single
light we have setup in the front. Finally I'm also going to add a Gaussian
blur to the clones in the back as well. Just like with the exposure, you wanna add more blurriness
the further away they stand. And this is to make that depth of field
more realistic of the camera. It's already looking good, but
we can make it more dynamic... ...by just selecting all of the layers, right
clicking on them and then hit Nest. This will group all of
those layers together. On this group I'm going to add
a fake camera movement preset, which you guys can download
for free from our website. Once again, link
in the description. This will take the edge off
that static tripod shot. Furthermore, you can add a global color
grading to the scene on that group as well. And to tip it off I got a lens flare
from Videoblocks, which I blended into
the clip as well. So, that was it, guys! Now you know
how to make an army of yourself... ...and fight whoever
you want to. Thank you so much for watching... ...and always remember: -And stay creative!
-Hey! that's my line! Damn it! [Cinecom Music]
