Alexandra Ehle
Compositing • Color Grading • Tracking • Rotoscoping • VFX Compositing • 2D VFX
Description
For Alexandra Ehle season 5, broadcast on France 3, our challenge was accompanying this brilliant and whimsical forensic doctor's unique universe with surgically precise visual effects. The major stake resided in absolute realism of autopsy scenes and medical environments, requiring totally invisible digital interventions for viewers.
In close collaboration with another VFX artist, I worked at the crossroads of clean-up and pure integration. Whether erasing technical shooting equipment or harmonizing shot color, each retouch was designed to never break narrative immersion.
Beyond meticulous image cleaning, I brought digital interfaces to life (smartphones, lab screens) and perfected body prosthetic makeup. Rigorous work on Bordeaux live sets also sealed the series' aesthetic cohesion.
Role
VFX Artist & VFX Compositor
Toolkit
- After Effects
- Mocha Pro
- Photoshop
Duration
5 weeks
Production
Carma Films
Challenges & Solutions
Clean-up & Technical Erasure
Lavalier mic, cable presence, or crew reflection in glasses and IML's numerous glass surfaces threatened scene illusion.
Meticulous frame-by-frame clean-up and rotoscoping work reconstructed backgrounds and removed reflections, ensuring total equipment invisibility without altering natural lighting.
Medical VFX Enhancement
For investigations to work on screen, corpses and wounds required impeccable detail and realism level, sometimes difficult to achieve solely with on-set makeup.
I digitally refined prosthetic connections and harmonized body textures, thus ensuring autopsy scene visual and dramatic integrity.
Screen Integration & Narrative Enrichment
Digital interfaces (phones, lab screens) needed integration on moving surfaces, often occluded by actors or subjected to lighting variations.
Through advanced tracking under Mocha Pro, UI interfaces were integrated fluidly and realistically, strengthening investigation narration while remaining perfectly natural.