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Romero needs to hold a zombie convention or a DVD commentary to explain this all! Lol

puje's right with his original TCM reference.. there's a really good semi trailor scene in the last moments of the film.

Hmm so why did he initially inject intelligence and reaction into his Day 'zombies' only to then take it away in Dawn? Personally, Dawn is my favourite because it really set the benchmark for the genre and the FX for a 70s flick was out of this world! Back to my question… why did he 'dumb down...

Speaking of Land...i watched it the other day and I still don't understand why the black zombie was the 'leader' of the pack? Why did he have the 'brains' to problem solve situations? btw- its a fantastic movie- are there any more in the series? He seemed to have left it open for another..? Thoughts?

Well said. I watched the original piece you made available months back and enjoyed it. Interesting new version, much tighter than the original yet you still kept what was good about the first piece. I like Dracula too, you guys are a little diffrent which makes watching fun.

Dont use a lighter...a safer tool would be the BBQ clicker- you know the one you use to light up gas top stoves etc

Sorry son but thats too much light...

Fair point...sometimes if you're lucky, you can get a darker sky. Try avoid directly filming the sky. I love the old Bond movies where it’s blatantly obvious they used this technique!

Epsilon wrote:... for one you cannot get rid of a bright sky!

Film when there's an overcast then

If no-one replies then try recording it yourself. Record a 'dead lock' being slammed shut- add in an echo-lower the pitch-experiment

good luck

stuff the promos give us the short!!

Can't wait mate

Huge problem. I’ve created a 60 minute DVD in Ulead’s DVD WORKSHOP 2 and both times the discs have come out wrong. On the first one (Which was field based) the footage was choppy and had lines through it. The second disc (which I re-exported as Lower Field) did the same thing but this ...

Ulead's Media Studio Pro has a HD plug in available- i have spoken to people who have uploaded HD footage onto their comps.

www.ulead.com

ok- you're not gonna get your answer here.. Come to this other forum that will help- www.creativecow.net . On the left hand side you will see a list of forums. Find the program you use, go to that forum page and ask your question. Industry professionals are there who know the answers.

good luck!

I just bought a great wireless mic on ebay.. sure it was only $50 but, it does the job for when i do Vox Pops

More than happy to help. Keep posting as you progress

Best of luck

All the things you said are worth trying! You're on to something now...I'm glad you didn't go into a huff about my comments as some do on here. I just want to help you mate. Now, I too liked the 'Darf Vader' reference. Sounds like the direction you want to take this in is a cross between real life a...

Ok cool-very cool now you have recaptured my attention! Don't be sorry, it's just you didn't build that momentum in the video. The first few mins are intriguing-then it just drags on. Is this serious? Is this a joke? If you want to add a funny edge, have a distorted face and voice explaining that he...

hmmm...didn't really have a story there. What was it meant to be? Looked like a bit of stuffing around on a friday night. I was looking forward to it...was a little let down there

Very slick camera work there. Looking forward to its full release. The girls cute too

Pubicface wrote:behind every great man, is a great schlong.

Does this mean someone's schlong is in your...never mind.

Set up your monitor for video editing correctly. I've found the 'Monitors Matter CheckScreen' program useful-someone else might find use of it too!

http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html

Fun to watch. Came together in the end. Definitely opened to a second part...

Well done Matt Hawkins and co.

I always wondered if this idea would work: attach red/white/yellow cables to VCR and run them through the digital video camera (attached to comp). Press play on the VCR. The video cam would act as a 'messenger' between the VCR and comp? I should try it…

I think enhancing wouldn't be bad, but I wouldn't loop that stuff, I think it would add to the fake look. Either get a long shot of it for the entire clip or scene, or don't do it. Looped rain would just look dumb. True that looping ONE clip would look fake..what i did was download all the short fr...