MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

Go right a head. That would just silitify the quick take over that you seem to be working on.

cool, this sounds like it should be an interesting film.

I've got it.
"We have no life, we have no life etc"

Is their a file format someplace between .wma and .mpg? Because I can't really stand wma's and most people don't have highspeed, so mpg is almost out for an online distrabution.

Well why not guns are fun, hell I was raised with guns, but then arn't most Americans. Could be worse we could be obsesed with insert strange coment here, its to f-ing hot where I'm sitting, got to be near 90 digrees F here.

Ya we could do that. I'm only anti CGI in my films for one resion, I'm to poor and stupid to make them at that point. But when I can then I fear I might turn into Mr. Lucus, CGI everything. WEEEEEEEE!

That I don't know, but just go with the firewire, because it is the best way to go.

Thanks all, got it done, i lifted the chanting orcs from the Morea sceans from Fellowship of the Ring.

Defenetly use a tripod, and get some of the muzzle "Flash" and the kick of the rifles. They looked like some form of bolt action, what type of rifle was that, to fast for me to figure out.

When you find somthing intresting you just have to run with it.

It's also better to do it in post, becuase you might find that you hate the way it looks, and since it is just an effect you can remove it. I do all my black and white shoots this way, incase they end up sucking.

Well use the stock of the bus and cut it with your fake bus, or even have your actor go through the motions of getting hit, then put in your stock behind him with the green screen.

while were CGing the Cenima make sure it has good chairs, because after sitting though Bad Boys2 my a** feilt like it was going to fall off.

probably not, you should go for it.

Yesterday whilist filming I descuvered an interesting way to make blood splater, all that is required is a candle and something that can blow a quick jet of air (I had a CO2 pistol) Take a big red candle, light it and let it burn until you have a nice pool of wax. Then fire at it with the air compre...

Sometimes they are better, because if the script is as cheesy as the effect then it works, but these days we don't write scripts that are as cool as our visual effects.

gotch, must have missed that.

Another way to get good cammera car shoots is to duct tape your cam, and posably the operator to the top of the car. We did this once on a cop film, when we had to look inside the car windows to recored diolage. Dangerus as hell but if you go slow, then speed up in post it can work.

Have you checked ATI's site, as confusing as it is. I have a 9800 but its not an all in wonder, so I can't just check and tell you.

it is your USB, it is to handle the data, so it is droping frames and such, Firewire is fast and stable, probably the best thing ever to come out of Apple.

What if you just made a shallow pool of water, like half and inch deep, shoot your actor walking into the water then just showed his feet on the pool, you will have to darken the water, and posably use blue screans in the back with camera angles, you could get somthing interesting. And A Profound re...

true, but if you are close to the bullet, away from the gun, if the round is close you will hear it. But again the loud bullet is another hollywood folly myth. Still cool as hell though.

hyper link is a no go, doesn't work.

Your not going to get much of a hollywood muzzle flash, because it is usualy just smoke, well with rifles it is, i haven't fired a handgun in ages. But muzzle loading blackpowder rifles do have sparks and stuff come out when fired. Next time my dad goes to the range, I'll try and get some footage as...

Defenetly should get posted as somthing, we need a larger area with detailed tutorals that users make, well those that don't have web sites, to put them on.