I decided to animate an insurrectionist in the background of the Death of Democracy scene. He anticipates and then pumps his fist in the air. In the foreground representative Jamie Reskin will stiffen his back and stand proudly. I had to create this new depth map in which the animated insurrectionist and the representative were removed.
This morning I will be compositing the shot. The other element that will animate is the breath and COVID spatter coming from the gaping mouths of the insurrectionists. I didn’t notice the breath animating last time so I will push the animation further.
I tried separating out the greenscreen in this Photoshop example but it was less than successful. Since this isn’t part of the film production pipeline I decided to leave it as is. I am sure that with some research I could eliminate the stray green pixels around the edge of the character.