MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

regardless of whether my camera work is shaky or not, I still want a FREEZE FRAME - ie no motion. yes, the image my be blurred and crooked, as it is a single frame from captured video, but I want to hold that frame for a specified duration, so when watched back it is perfectly still on screen. In th...

I would love to do it in After Effects...but I find it difficult to *cough* crack *cough* the software. I dont currently have a copy of the software!! (any ideas? ;)) I have done a good but short clip of a lightsaber fight. I did it by exporting a filmstrip into photo shop and drawing the blades fra...

I have tried to make a freeze frame effect in Premiere a few times, but every time it comes out shaky when exported to tape: I will explain what I mean: I have an action shot of a guy punching. I wanted to freeze the punch half way so there would be a still image of the fist for , say, 2 seconds. in...

Originally posted by CamClub
Why don't you just strap the bullet to the camera!

that's what i mean by "have the bullet attatched to the camera" !!

Originally posted by 2nd_Recon It would be impossible to have a camera go that fast, then stop that suddenly, without shattering something. Besides, to do that, they would've had to shoot near the camera, which isn't worth the risk it doesnt have to go that fast, nor does there have to be any shoot...

you can make smoke bombs out of ping pong balls: make a slit and fill them with 4 parts sugar, 6 parts potassium nitrate (salpeter ... KNO3). I bought some KNO3 from an online chemical shop type thing - search in google. you can also gently heat the KNO3/sugar until it forms a goory substance, then ...

i havent actually seen that film, but maybe they stuck a bullet onto the bottom on the camera on a stick, so its just in shot, then just flew the camera into the girls head and cut to her head exploding etc...

obviously a lot of effort put into that!! in my films I never really make props - i usually have a no budget/no time film, but i have only just started out! I think a re-dubbed soundtrack with some effective music instead of the wind on the mic would add great atmosphere and improve the clip. very g...

Originally posted by Luteleigh Yes, yes, yes. I'm sure there are heaps of people out there who would love to do it. We (me and grant) just so happen to be friends and the work comes together very easily. It also makes the film that little bit more unique without soundtracks ripped from other source...

awesome site edgen...well done!

Hi guys! I am new here and this is my first post. I have recently got into film making but am still very much a beginner. I am also a martial artist so most of my footage tends to have fights in. I have found that 3 hours of filming will usually give about 1 minute of fight sequence so its best to t...