MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

Server and workstation boards are usually more stable then your regular enthusiast board. Sometimes such boards require special registered ECC ram in the case of Opteron processors (this is due to the onboard memory controller). Some server/workstation boards come with support for dual processors (i...

The 9800 pro is a great card and I am running a Sapphire myself (its a black pcb version to which I put an aftermarket Zalman heatpipe on). If you really wanted to its possible to flash the 9800pro to an XT and pick up a few extra FPS. Half-life 2 is a great game, so is CS-S, Halo is addicting, and ...

Well on the pc I pieced together I got 1gb of ram( really 2gb probably wouldn't make to much of a difference unless your doing CGI and CAD), NCCH-DL mobo, 2x 3.4ghz Nocona xeons, Windows XP pro, firewire card, 16x dvd-rw(burns with +/-) dvd-rom drive( for duplication purposes), 550w fortron psu, MSI...

Ok well I came up with a solution. I'd like to talk on aim or something just incase you have any other questions. My aim name is sephiroth2029, and I will be on for a while yet. I can email you this list from newegg (minus vegas since they don't carry it on here).

Ya I seen that there is a version with the DVD software and a version without ( found the vegas 5 without dvd for 189.99). So then I will leave you atleast 300 dollars of the budget for that. Well back to work(should have an idea of what you will need in about 15-30 minutes).

Also when you meant your budget is sub 3000 did this include moniter,keyboard, and software. Just need to know before I go all out with 3.4gz xeons and 2gb of ram lol.

Vegas 4 and 5 are really great programs and I kinda prefer it over Adobe plus the fact is you can get the student version of Vegas for 180.

Oh and another thing other the a firewire card( I am assuming you will be using dv) will you be requiring an video capture card (either external or internal solution)?

Do you plan to do any gaming on this system(graphics related). Also I am assuming you want a good amount of storage ie atleast 500gb(more or less), Probably 1gb of ram is sufficient for most applications(unless your doing alot of CGI then ram gets eaten up rather quickly).

Since your going to be doing lots of rendering with this pc might want to step up to a dual processor xeon system with XP pro. I am currently running an opteron system, and most highend editing programs I have used take full advantage of the dual processors. A basic setup will probably cost around 2...

Names that come to me off the top of my head include: The Infection, Life After Death, The Zombie Movement, The New Halocaust, The Undead Outbreak, Wildfire of the Dead. Just some knic knacks floating in my head at late night lol. The more I think about it though it seems since this isa correlation ...

Doing something like nemesis project for a movie wouldn't be to easy. The makeup would be rather extensive but not impossible with latex.

Because of the nature of our script we will mainly be using Mp5's, m16's, and sidearms(maybe tactical knives). Get out the magnum and aim for the head(best weapon in the resident evil 3.

I got the brainstorming done in about 15 minutes today and lethel will be writing it into a script. Our contribution to the project should be done by the end of March at latest. We just need to gather some cast and work on costumes and sets.

Your props will most likely be fragile unless you used cheap replaceable display swords(these will break after a few takes) and no matter how good a job you think you have done you will probably never impress a real fan of the FF series.

Currently I am rerigging my compressed air tank with a solenoid valve so the actor can trigger the hit rather then a man operating a valve(like we I used to do). Compressed air blood shots are good for single head shots or if you want to do one large shotgun effect. For multiple shots in one scene o...

Another thing is those rocket controllers suck. I would use a much hotter power source for more instant ignition such as 3 9volts in series or a car battery or something like that. 4AA's take to long to ingite powder IMO.

the funny thing is if you seen Pbk's dad you would think PBK looks just like him when he is the boss.

Did you see if the cooling fan is still working? Its possible the fan died and the card is overheats after a while and shuts down from a thermal. Same thing with the CPU fan. Did you happen to buy the computer or build it? If so check your temps on the CPU (if you had a 9800XT with a R360 core you c...

Ya his server is going pretty slow so go ahead and flood it all at once non stop so he can't play halo lol. Anyhow I didn't think it was really all that funny but its okay.



P.S. HE DIDN'T WRITE THE SCRIPT!

Well I went over to his house today(I built the pc) and I just upped the vcore to 1.7(the mobo actually overvotls to 1.73ish), locked in the agp and pci bus to about 50mhz and so far it seems to be working. I was able to run madden 2k4, halo, Vegas 4, and encode using TMPGEnc. I have a feeling its p...

To me there is nothing there that grasps my attention as a trailer should. Also the titles need some work and maybe use higher quality compression for better video quality.

You can also use a body filler to smooth out the surface if that part doesn't have to be super durable. I have used bondo and its pretty good stuff, and has decent durability. Once you use body filler to fill in the surface, you sand it all down smooth, prime, and paint. Also you need to use a ureth...

fiberglass cloth/ mat isn't dangerous at all. The only thing is dangerous is the fumes from the epoxy and probably the mess it makes. You can can't fiberglass materials at your local walmart or auto store if you just want to dabble with it.

This isn't the final trailer. This is just like a kinda sorta teaser thing. The part where Mr. McCulty was spinning comes into the story later after a "tragic event". I told him myself that the spinning scene was a little to long and could have used some kinda of narration or wording. Hope...