A filmmaker may find out that they want/need a large crowd of people for their shots. Sometimes you won't have the money to get a storm of extras in your scene, so you gotta do the next best thing. Grab just a couple people and fake it. It's easier to make these crowds in post production. Here's the four steps to fake crowds before you start editing them. 1. Group your extras close together. 2. Shoot with a long lens. This creates depth and makes it feel like there are more people than shown. 3. Place your subjects on a different plane of field than your extras. This adds depth as well and adds to the illusion that there are tons of people walking around. 4. Get close-ups of each of your extras. It's harder to distinguish just the back of someone's head, so you can show it repeatedly at times and it wouldn't seem to be the same person over and over.
It's always nice to have some tips and tricks for video production, especially when they save you money. I've known that you can fake crowds with good camera angles and placement of people, but not exactly how. So this is good to know. I most likely wouldn't have thought to place my subjects on a different plane of field than the extras. I'd like to think that I'm good enough in after effects to do this stuff easily, but that would be a pretty big lie, so thanks for the tips!
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