MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

I did all the backgrounds blue screen, which was not a good idea, since it does not work the best with clay. Also I did a lot of dialogue which really sucked. It's done right now, so I could possibly get it online sometime soon.

I just finished an 8 miniute clay animation about a hitman, and needless to say It sucked. I used a lot of blue screen for the backgrounds, and it looked pretty ty. Editing sucked, because there was a lot wrong with it. Overall the film looks alright, but there were long hours of editing to fix stup...

I was watching it on a pretty dark screen so I didn't see any . It looked alright though.

Evil deas was not there, so I got scarface, and night shift from the bin

The only problem is inexpensive mics = unimpressive sound. Mine is alright, but the overall quality is not that great, but that's good enough for me right now since my movies all end up on a shelf

Im going tonight to scavange in the Walmart bins, as well as get The Evil Dead

I know the new stuff is overcharged, but not the used stuff. Really I will only buy the used stuff there if I want two movies, since you get half off if you buy one.

Ive been using songs. But I don't sell or give away copies. Im starting to get into making my own music, so I don't have to worry about all this s***. But for little projects and stuff, that hardly anyone sees, I use songs. I hardly have anything on the internet right now. If I were ever to put them...

I had to mess around with removal yesterday, but it was a bit different. I did a claymation and I accidentaly got some fingers in the frame on a few shots. All my backgrounds were bluescreen luckily. So in premiere I got the selection I wanted,(where the fingers got in the way), exported as a filmst...

I would like to have credits, but I usually don't since I usually do everything. I may but my name once for all the things I did, like writer/director/editor, but thats it. I really don't need to use a name for every single detail.

Yeaah that's my cover too. Anyways when I get some more money, I may head down to scavenge around in wal mart. But blockbuster will have some good used stuff soon, kill bill, lat samurai, elephant

Depends on what your looking for. Uni-Directional, Directional, or like a shotgun. I have a $50 uni-directional which is pretty good, but my no means proffesional standard. If you are looking for proffesional it would probably be at least a couple hundred. If your looking for just something decent, ...

Picked up Donnie Darko and PI today. I was going to get requiem but it was the edited version.

Pretty cool site, saw both the movies. Pretty funny, but the "it came" one was rather disturbing.

It sounds like something after effects could do good. Im just learning it now, but I searched for tutorials and found quite a few text tutorials, like the swarm of bees effect, and exploding text. Im sure if you search for afx tutorials on google you'll find something. Try http://www.creativecow.net...

I was really looking because once I finish my script if it's any good Ill send it places. But if there is no feedback, or it's not really good. Then I would like to do it myself, and I really wouldn't want to do it on a 1 ccd camera. I would at least do it on the xl1.

I would definatley try it out, even if it was just for a miniute or two. Personally I don't have enough money for it. I would rather gain tons of experience on dv.

The lighting doesn't look that bad to me, but then again Ive never used 3 ccd before.

Looks more proffesional then guts and mtl. The lighting looks really good in the hideout scene.

Yes I know those. When I went to Flordia I bought a couple, and I was looking for Hitchcock, but I couldn't find any. The cases are as good as those free aol cases. I think I might get one of those monster collecters dvds, either dracula, the wolf man, or frankenstein

Yeah I know, I think I''d rather just own an xl-1 or something. I don't even think I could afford film at the moment.

Okay Ive been looking at 16 mm stuff for a little bit right now. I have been using dv, and I like it and will probably continue using it. But, Ive found lots of cheap 16 mm stuff, and was wondering if I should do it. I know about all the costs, but is there anything else I should really know. I mean...

It could be one of those movie classics you get at the dollar store

It does not need to be external, but that sony one sounds nice but I still have room for another drive, so it could be internal. Price wise how much more would an extenal be?

If your doing this in the city I would try and find a smaller part or an alley. If someone sees blood squirting out of a guy, they are going to go crazy.