MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

"There are a LOT of great games on the Mac. Like, um, Warcraft 3. . . and that puzzle game with the Apple logo! That is a GREAT game. I mean, I beat it, but, it's still fun..."

EDIT: Sorry, double post -- stupid internet. . .

http://www.matthawkins.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7886

Read IceBlueOrbitz's post midway down that page (and everything he says after it).

Maj, where'd you get the PK3 unpacker from? Google isn't turning anything up for me. . .

Yes, graphics tablets are very helpful. My parents paid for mine because I needed it for an internet class! How's that for cool! Anyhow, iCEbLuEORbitZ, EXCELLENT looking muzzle flash. I like it a lot. EDIT: Uh, ehehehe, sorry for necroing the thread. I just got the link and didn't look at the dates ...

Here's mine, very simple, I know: http://www.deadsignalfilms.com/WebRes.mov BlackJackDavy tells me I should have some sound; I'm not sure. What do you guys think? EDIT: By the way, I believe the video preloads before it starts playing if you just open it (as opposed to saving). So it IS doing someth...

No matter what experience you have I think everybody that is able to use extensive tools to enhance picture should do it in some way. I personally hate looking at nothing but washed out, digital picture that hasn't been tweaked in some way, it's just too plain and boring. True, true. But why damage...

Grant wrote:using Aussie know how.....if the camera still works fine without the spring then all is ok my dinky die mate lol

And here I always thought that was the redneck know-how

Maybe this isn't what you're looking for, but why don't you film a timer counting down (like the glowing timer on your stove or microwave) in a dark room, and then use a lighten, screen, or similar overlay to place the counter over your video? Alternatively, you could make a digital counter, but hey...

DEDFX wrote:Looks alot like the gun by that guy in Jurassic Park, lol

I think it actually was a SPAS-12 in Jurassic Park?


Anyway, yes, give it a "look-like-metal" paint job when you get it, and maybe a tiny bit of detailing work, but apart from that, it looks great.

I'd skip using water entirely like Gyro mentioned. Get a dark, dark blue backdrop, fill up the room you're in with either smoke or one of those fog machines (careful with breathing, of course. . .make sure you have air and so on), then light appropriately and just have the model in there. I believe ...

I'm with crossfire. You're facing a banning because you behaved like an idiot, not because of your "attempt to converse logically".

Real cocaine:





So. Use cornstarch. Or talcum powder. Or powdered sugar like crossfire said. Or anything like that.

As long as it's not detailed, it's pretty simple, kill-khan. Get balsa wood or something similar, score the backside of it in debris-shaped patterns. Build the house with this scored balsa. Detail appropriately. Place model in front of greenscreen, blow model up, then composite the explosion footage...

Excellent! So excellent in fact, that I have no criticism (and that's rare for me. . .). I thought the shot at the beginning of the video was a before-composite clip, and was quite surprised to see that it was in fact a composite already. Very well done!

Alternatively, you can just start the camera, then take a swing at the actor's nose. . . .

But seriously, for "normal-nosed" actors (lol UFP), SpyroClone's suggestion about a blood tube is probably the best idea.

Don't make a pipe bomb unless you're actually trying to kill yourself. I'm serious. Not even if you're not going to use metal. You can blow it up putting the caps on a PVC pipe even. Pipe bombs are not to be messed with. How big is the beam? Any way you can do some "doctoring" on it before...

Yeah, The Movies looks promising. Specifically, it looks like it just might be an EXCELLENT tool for machinima (which is always a good thing!). No details are really out on the gameplay yet, so who knows how that's gonna be.

Sorry, didn't mean speed. I meant the acceleration--to me, it seems to accelerate a bit too fast. That might just be me, of course.

Looks good! My only complaint is that the ship moves too fast -- it looked fairly large, so you expect a somewhat "exaggerated" takeoff speed, instead of just floating off the ground so quickly. It looked a bit cartoonish.

Other than that it was very good!

Photography looks beautiful man, I think that's some of, if not the, best cinematography I've seen here. Looking forward to hearing more about it!

We can't comment properly until you're a little more specific about the movie. Putting your outline in the film's chronological order isn't a bad idea either (the part about the news bulletin almost seemed like an afterthought). If you want to make the movie, go ahead. What follows is my opinion and...

In answer to the original poster: no, EBB airsoft guns are not worth it. They cycle too slowly and don't blow back far enough. When you play it back after filming, it looks like you've slowed down some footage of a regular slide blowing back. So don't waste your money on an EBB if it's for movie use...

Shoes? What the heck? traaxx, I'm pretty sure the "pro" barn doors are metal, too, although I'm not the lighting expert here. Besides, I'm pretty sure ANYTHING you stick in front of a halogen light is going to get quite hot, there's not really a way to avoid it as far as I know. Why can't ...

Yes, I've seen it, excellent film.

Now do what Themovieman said. Coming up with your own ideas is far more rewarding than adapting someone else's idea just enough so they can't sue you for copyright infringement!