Learn How To Jump Out A Moving Car Using After Effects
Tutorial by: Steve Ramsden
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a masterful one-shot camera trick, where the subject jumps out of a car, or so it appears. Using After Effects and some smart planning, Steve shows us a glimpse into his creative process. We have featured Steve on our site before, as he is a great teacher and presenter, and has great and unconventional solutions to some big VFX challenges. Be sure to subscribe to Steve on youtube, and you can download his amazing master class below.
From the instructor:
This stunt-based effect was actually suggested in the comments, but it's also one that I actually tried back when I was about 17 and I was making a home-made action film with my friends. In the original scene my character was being held prisoner in a car and was being taken for questioning, and when the car slows down at a bend in the road, I jump out and escape. Now this demonstrates how this scene would usually be done the easy way - you break the scene down in to several shots and it is simply a quick montage so you think you've seen something that didn't actually happen.
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