
MTV VMA Before and After from Connor Swegle on Vimeo.
Four Scenes from The 2009 MTV VMA Campaign that we worked on with MTV director Seyi Peter-Thomas and producer Kris Walter:
1. Russel Brand: shot downtown during the day in the Cortland Alley below Canal Street. Post effect was to turn day to night and composite in Radio City Music Hall.
2. Ne-Yo: shot in a Brooklyn warehouse. Post effect was to composite in the Brooklyn Bridge and add night sky effects.
3. Katy Perry: shot in a Manhattan studio. Post effect was full on CGI rendering if the night skyline and compositing it in with lighting effects.
4. Taylor Swift: shot in a Nashville studio with environmental effects shot in Times Square. Post effect was compositing in the Times Square footage and adding in environmental effects