MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

I heard somewhere that after 25 years any music is legal to be used anywhere. Can anyone confirm or disprove that?

Hey I was wondering if anyone here knew/had some sort of 3D text maker type dealy and could either make or teach me how to make an intro logo for my DVD. I want a title that says JJJSWIFT PRODUCTIONS and then somewhere on there "The One The Only The Best" but i dont have any cool software ...

But if the whole blade was made of tin foil then it would just flop around...ude have to make just a section out of tin foil to fit the actors head.

If u have a paintball gun you can tie that underneath ur actors shirt on his back and attach some fishing line to the trigger then put some cotton swabs in the barrel down far enough that you can pour a good amount of fake blood in it (if the barrel has airholes at the end tape em up) then once uve ...

I do both...but I usually write an outline script and let the actors ad-lib or we come up with the dialogue just before the scene...because reading from a script with crappy actors (including myself) ends up sounding like ur reading directly from paper. I also don't act much in my movies (i have bee...

I've used bravenet stuff before and never had trouble with it. I had a thing for newsletters and all that jazz (never had a newsletter though lol).

u can do some chroma keying in nova video explosion which is 50 bucks...but u only have 3 layers and the keyer isnt the greatest...works but no the greatest

in an upcoming movie that we have just started planning for we need lots of nightmare ideas and just plain creepy things that would scare the cr** out of you and not make you want to go to sleep...so if anyone could post some of their worst fears and/or nightmares please do it would help a bunch. Th...

yeah there are two or actually three routes to go: A)Random object (strategically placed) B) prepared civilian (armed with gun or knife or something) or C) Zombies just plain kick peoples asses and don't get killed at all

kk will do...we are currently in the process of filming a movie right now too so im not sure when things need to be sent to u or whatever but i think spring time is a good time to do it

JJJSWIFT PRODUCTIONS is in! Our specialty is zombie movies/horror movies so this will be sweet. We've already made a few and one of them is around 5-6 min...if u want documentary style we could re-do it/make a new one that would be really sweet or if ur just looking for an edited thing i can just se...

I'm currently in a class that is requiring me to invent something and carry it through the complete " design process". I was thinking about making some sort of new software now it wont be like crazy insane adobe type stuff lol but does anyone have a problem they have that could be solved w...

When i try to send a video file back to the camcorder using firewire the whole thing goes in like slo-mo type thing and a 10 second clip will play in like 30 seconds and will have no volume. Anyone know why this is

I made a documentary about me and my friends kidnapping our other friend...it rocked cuz we help him ransom for a bacon pizza...his rents were pretty scared at first but soon realized it was us once we told them the ransom. (it was a success)

Im looking for a sound effect for an axe chopping into a body...all i can find are axes chopping into wood...any help?

Keep on rocking in the free world dude...i think that u should def make it available for video and ill dl it. Cuz the chroma keyer i have isnt all that great...plus not all of us can afford premier or after effects like spielberg over there. (lol dude)

Thanks guys...i showed the actor the clip from ur movie and he loved it so much that he went home and practiced rolling on the hood of his car and pretednging to get hit lol

Wow, thats almost exactly what i need to happen. I would love to learn how you did that.

Ok in my next movie (which is a big school project feature lenght dealy) I have someone getting hit by a car...any ideas on how i could shoot that so that it will look real and no one will get hurt. One idea i had would be shoot from inside the car and put green screen behind the actors and just hav...

ohh hahah yeah i know what that is. Just the wording made me think it was something else. Thanks!

I have several films that i could enter but i dont know how to compress them small enough to put them online. Can anyone help me?

THANKS A LOT! There is a costume shop right near me that should have the hair spray and i may also try the cling film stuff...if i can figure out what that is lol.

I was wondering if anyone knew of anything that would look like spraypaint or any other kind of paint type stuff that could be used to put on a car but wouldnt be perminatnely there...in my next project there is a hoodlum who vadalizes someones car and i really want someone to have their car written...

this may look crappy but i was thinking about trying it anyway. What if u got a flat board or stick or whatever and put a round stick or dowel under it to make a lever type dealy. Then cover it all with dirt but put tons of dirt on one end so when u run by u stomp on the stick and dirt flies everywh...

For all my zombie movies and/or attempts we've made batches and batches of blood. The best way to do it I think is to make different kinds for different purposes. I have some names for the different types I make. Mouth blood (obviously goes in the actors mouth) is made from Kayro syrup and food colo...