Thanks for the feedback guys! I’m glad people like it
Hi! The blur was added in After Effects with the Frischluft Depth of Field plugin. It’s fantastic, far better than After Effects’ default Camera Lens Blur effect.
I like that slightly ominous vibe, it’s a little less one-sided than if it were a bright day. From a compositional perspective, the cool tint accentuates the orange glow from inside, I like the flare it gives.
I have indeed! I was experimenting a bit though and I liked the freedom of adding it in post. The Frischluft plugin also gives finer controls over the look.
I also added a bit of fog using the depth pass, and I wasn’t sure that the effect would interact as expected with blur directly rendered with Corona. For absolute realism though, I’ll definitely go for Corona’s DOF.
I used that for this too But it didn’t add a fog effect, it just seemed to suppress the lighting, darkened down the image and softened the light. I liked that effect but I also wanted a more explicit fog effect.