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- Sun May 27, 2007 6:06 pm
- Forum: Video Capture & Cameras
- Topic: Wide Angle Lens Issue
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4559
Wide Angle Lens Issue
anyone know of a website were i could find a wide angle lens for a Sony PD-150? mucho grassy a**.
- Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:13 am
- Forum: Stunts, Physical Effects & Props
- Topic: Need some fight techniques
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6342
you could just go the Jackie Chan route and combine martial arts with random cr** you can pick up from the area. It might actually simplify your fight scenes. If you can break up the moves with something comical like right when your main character is about to be killed he just grabs a random object ...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:36 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: facial reconstruction
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3603
yea you'd have to green screen the model head and place it over the actor tho. Unless your thinkin of doing the flying away shot differently. If anything you could always pull a classic monster movie trick and have the actors face get more recontructed every time he passes behind a tree or somethin.
- Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:59 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: MAKEUP FX TIPS ASAP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1447
MAKEUP FX TIPS ASAP
I gotta make one of my friends look like an old wise mobster asap. So basically what i'm askin is for any tips may have to make him look older, and I need tried and true tips not "try this and maybe it'll work" ideas cuz right now I gotta start shootin and dont have time to experiment with...
- Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:52 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: FIRE!?!?!?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3677
RE: FIRE!?!?!?
Try hanging some gel strips of red and yellow infront of an orange-gelled light. Add the fan you already have and viola. Instant Fuego.
- Sat Jun 03, 2006 2:55 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Jumping Off REALLY Tall Building
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3283
New idea, try a dummy. Film your actor running towards the edge of the building then place something infront of the camera at a certain point in the run, when the actor gets to this point switch him for the dummy that will be thrown off the edge. This could be done nicely if done in an overhead shot...
- Wed May 10, 2006 8:35 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Bleeding from eyes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3000
RE: Bleeding from eyes
Yea the appliance idea would work perfect but chances are you wont be able to find an appliance like that to match the actors face without the edges looking thick and showy, so if you try the putty/tube idea just remember the holes dont have to be in the corner, they can be anywhere you place them a...
- Wed May 10, 2006 4:02 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Bleeding from eyes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3000
alright this is just an idea. 1. You get a very thin tube of bendable plastic material, (it has to be very bendable, for a tube that stiffens after being bended wont work either) and cut as many holes in it as you want the blood to come out from. 2. You get a skin colored liquid latex or putty or wa...
- Tue May 09, 2006 2:27 am
- Forum: Scripts
- Topic: What do you think - honestly?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2479
I wouldn't take out the detail, just make sure it has flow to it, the way you describe the setting will make the scene come alive for the reader. As for the story itself, (assuming you might want to make it longer) you might wanna add some more backstory to what happened. Cuz you show the kid and th...
- Tue May 09, 2006 1:38 am
- Forum: General Film Making Stuff
- Topic: Film School
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5035
RE: Film School
It probably depends on what school your talkin about, but you should first off find out which one you'd like to go to, then call or email them so they can answer your question directly and so your not takin alot of guess or "well i think" answers.
- Mon May 08, 2006 8:59 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Special Effects for New film
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6537
RE: Special Effects for New film
myspace might not be the place to put in your vids, about halfway through the movie it starts freezing up every 3 seconds. But from what i saw, *two thumbs up*. The speech timing was well done.
- Sat May 06, 2006 3:15 pm
- Forum: Video Capture & Cameras
- Topic: PD-150 picture quality problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4470
RE: PD-150 picture quality problem
I feel like a moron sayin this but i never knew about compressors and what not. All i know is I'm usin Sony Screenblast Movie Studio (the predessesor of Sony Vegas), and in editing i've been doing alot of toying around with the look, upping the contrast and other things. And i didnt know you needed ...
- Tue May 02, 2006 1:57 am
- Forum: Video Capture & Cameras
- Topic: PD-150 picture quality problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4470
PD-150 picture quality problem
I've done a few shorts on my Sony PD-150 and it always looks good in editing but once i play it on my tv it looks like @$$. The picture just doesn't look clear and sharp like it did in editing. Could there be a way to adjust the pixels in the camera when i shoot or in editing to make it look better ...
- Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:00 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: Untitled Drama/Fantasy short
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1497
Its gonna be a short. but there will be a few flashbacks during the beginning. and what i mean by Big Fish is that the guy is gonna be imagining all these lucky things happening for him, its gonna be like the mood of the stories in Big Fish (like for instance the cop would give him the keys to his c...
- Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:54 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: Untitled Drama/Fantasy short
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1497
- Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:14 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: Untitled Drama/Fantasy short
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1497
Untitled Drama/Fantasy short
I'm in the process of pre production for this film and i wanted to get some feedback on what some of you guys think about my idea (I'm expecting to hear its been done before, but if it is say it anyway). The story is this: The main character is in jail, when one day he recieves a letter telling him ...
- Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:53 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: SKY FX EFFECT question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1723
- Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:23 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: SKY FX EFFECT question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1723
- Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:38 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: SKY FX EFFECT question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1723
SKY FX EFFECT question
Okay, I'm doing a short which involves a big FX ending. Problem is I have no clue how to go about pulling this effect off. The idea is this: a guy is running across a big field of grass at night. Then a shower of shooting stars starts passing across the sky. I wanna have the camera following behind ...
- Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:27 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Graphic FX question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1410
RE
Yeah um, I didn't want the explosions and cr** from this website. I've already seen those. Thats why I asked for someplace where i can find explosions and cr** LIKE the ones found on this website.
- Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:26 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Graphic FX question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1410
Graphic FX question
Yo mofos, I wanted to know if anybody knows were i can download abunch of animation files (like the explosions and fire on this website or even just muzzleflashes) cuz on my editing system if the muzzle flash or animation doesn't come with that gray checkered background I cant put it in. Or if someo...
- Fri May 06, 2005 5:48 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: blood effect
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1803
blood effect
I wanted to know if there was anyway that I could make realistic looking bloody gunshot effects with a special effects program instead of having to use squibs. if possible then what programs and how?
- Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:40 pm
- Forum: Scripts
- Topic: SHORT FILM IDEA NEEDED!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5146
Well, the way I see it. What you wanna do will only work as a scene. Because a short movie like that will get kind of annoying. So you should make like a boring idea with lets say one scene were you can go crazy like that. (for example, make a movie about a group of freinds, and a group of bullies. ...
- Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:31 am
- Forum: General Film Making Stuff
- Topic: Dialogue scenes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1856
Dialogue scenes
I have lots of scenes in my movie were not much happens besides the conversation. Any ideas on somethings I can do to make my conversations appear more interesting to watch?
- Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:28 am
- Forum: General Film Making Stuff
- Topic: Copywrite rules
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1480
Copywrite rules
Anybody here know about copywrite music? Like if someone can use it in their movies and not have to pay any money? I know there are certain rules to follow. However I would like to use some songs without having to pay any money. So if someone can help me with any tips when using copywrite music. [be...