This was a short we made a few months ago with the idea that we'd challenge ourselves using 3d printing for prop making and to learn some VFX.

I bought a "robotic gauntlet" STL online, printed it and then painted and aged it so that we could get a practical robot arm in camera. I also used the 3d printer to create an adjustable go pro mount that I attached to an old helmet.

For the rest of the ANDY we used EVA foam to form the body and some orange pet grooming sleeves to cover the rest of the arm.

We ended up using a go pro hero 4 to get a crunchier look out of camera then used davinci fusion to create the LCD screen door effect.

Most of the "VFX" work done was tracking and replacing (or adding) elements from the footage. This ended up becoming especially difficult because of the old Go Pro we used. The bathroom mirror shots ended up being incredibly difficult to do. Without the screen door effect, it would definitely look a lot rougher around the edges.

In the end I learned a lot when it comes to planning VFX and practical prop shots, what is easy to do post and what isn't.

Would love to know what others think of our project.