How did you do the smoke effects in Ryan vs. Dorkman?
The smoke appearing from wounds in Ryan vs. Dorkman is actual smoke composited into the shot using After Effects. I first filmed myself burning insence in front of a large black sheet shrouded in shadow, with the smoke backlit by a bright light to make sure it “pops out” from the blackness behind it. I then could take those smoke footage layers and composite them into the shots by simply darkening them a little and setting the layers to Screen mode in After Effects.
