1. Created the Octopus by following a tutorial on Cineversity.com https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/creating_a_cartoon_character_in_cineversity_brand_id/creating_a_cartoon_character_in_cineversity_brand_id_creating_octopus
2. Recorded and tracked the video footage in Cinema 4d R17
3. I then integrated the octopus and the tracked footage then animated the octopus so that they aligned. i used a plane and a display tag to hide the octopus in between the animation.
4. I added extra planes to capture the reflection and shadow but finally opted to a different reflection method as shown in the compositing process below
5. I then rendered an alpha 1920 * 1080 TIFF file sequence using the Physical Renderer in c4d and imported the sequence into Adobe After Effects
6. I then imported the recorded footage and used as the background
7. I duplicated and flipped the original render to make a slight reflection since my desk had blurry reflections. this was to add some realism.
8. I also rendered the plane with the shadow back in c4d separately and imported it to add realism
9. Did some color grading on the footage and the whole scene using an adjustment layer
10. Finally placed a vignette to focus on what was necessary on the scene in relation to the octopus and natural lighting in the room
11. The simple logo was created with splines and deformers in c4d and textured by cell shading as shown
12. I rendered the text in an alpha channel exported it into AE and did some time remapping to adjust speed
13. To sum it up I imported the AE compositions without having to render them, added sound, a vignette and blurriness as seen at the end of the final output. I queued the render on Adobe Encoder since it's faster that way with YouTube 1080p settings.
This was the final product. Hope you enjoyed. Thanks for watching.
