This week I composited the forest scene with the real shot of the characters. The first scene is a panorama with two people sitting in front of a forest talking. This is a reference image I found online.

I used C4D to simply build a rock pile as the base of the bonfire.

Then I found some flame footage on YouTube and used AE to combine everything.

Start by combining the flame with the base of the campfire.

The characters and background were added, and simple color matching was done.

Adding shadows to characters makes them look more realistic. This step is difficult to adjust. The size and angle of the shadow must be judged by the light source. I adjusted it for a long time, and the effect did not reach the best effect I expected.

This is the final effect.

Next week I’ll be compositing the rest of the scene with the characters.