Chapter 9. Making Movies

Back in 2006, Stephen Colbert issued his first "green screen challenge" to the audience of his American TV show, The Colbert Report. After picking up a light saber and rolling about in front of a large green screen, Colbert challenged anyone in the viewing audience to see what they could do to turn his shenanigans into a polished animation. One of the entrants was WeirdHat, who, it turned out, did all his compositing in Blender (shown in Figure 9-1).

WeirdHat makes a Jedi of Stephen Colbert

Figure 9.1. WeirdHat makes a Jedi of Stephen Colbert

You can see WeirdHat's work at the following: places:

  • www.weirdhat.com (WeirdHat's own web site)

  • www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Mkm3QtwgE ...

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