Video Footage used in still photo composition

Question

I have a question about using video footage on a still photo background. The general idea is that I have a picture of a field with a river in front of it. Placed on the field is a trading fort (which is video footage filmed on a green screen). In the video footage, the camera angle goes from a flat front view of the fort (which appears as expected on the photo background). As the camera angle goes from flat front to a bird's eye view inside the fort, the fort appears to "sink" into the ground in the still photo background.

My question is, is there any way to keep the fort ON the ground instead of it appearing to sink INTO the ground?

Rick Gerard · Answer

You cannot easily match perspective on a still image and a 3D object. If the camera filming the Fort does not move up to a bird's eye view you can't get a bird's eye view. If the camera does move then you'll need to have a still image with the ground-level view and a still image with the bird's eye view and you will have to try and animate a distortion and transition between the two.

It would really help to see the images and have a better description of the shot, but from what you have described so far it is highly unlikely that you will be able to achieve a believable composite.

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