Yeah, I had similar shots on a zero budget indie a friend did a couple of years ago – except most of them were not locked off and several handheld. Actors in dark clothes in night shots. Roto is pretty much it – wish per vertex feather was available then – it is your friend for motion blur on rapid movement.
I feel your pain.
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A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
–Stanley Kubrick