Hasta La Motion!

im doing a telefilm with a handycam

i have a shot in that… A guy follows some smoky character….

suddenly that smoke changes into a human character….

i have a doubt in shooting it….

Should i shoot both persons at the same time or via seperate shots and use roto???

and moreover how to create that smoke effect in combustion????

or is there anyother softwares which are best to do this shot….

ur answers would be more helpfull….

I’m a student at an art college and I’m working on my thesis, which in my school, is a visual fx short. In one scene for my thesis I have to make it look as if a tattoo is animating on my live action character who is moving around. the tattoo is really intensive. it needs to wrap around the arms and face of my character so i’m not sure a simple track will cut it.
I’m wondering what is the best way, that looks the most professional, to do this? My background is mostly in After Effects and a bit of PF Track, Sillouette, and Maya. I’m also going to take a Nuke class this coming semester but I’m not sure how far past the basics we’re going to get. If you have any suggestions for how to do this with these programs it will be most appreciated – simply not going to have enough time to learn another program.

Thanks so much!