Need help with a shot.

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:35 am

We just built a new prop and need halp with how we shoot it, I think it looks ok but from what angle and what FX, to get the best bang for your buck.

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reflexive_cinematics · Sat Mar 05, 2005 6:59 pm

That thing is awesome. Good job on making that! But, what do you mean how to shoot it? Whats happening in the scene? Since it's not moving I'd suppose the shot would be pretty quick... unless the thing is supposed to be a 'stuffed' animal in the movie. I guess it would depend on what your doing and the feel of it to see what you're gonna need to do.

2nd_Recon · Post by **2nd_Recon** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:39 am

it looks like some demonic wall-crawler from hell, so if it's a horror flick, I see a shot from directly behind and a little below it, in semi-low light to hide the fact that is itn't real.

(P.S. just curious, how is it attached to the wall?)

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:44 am

Do you actually make films or do you just build cool things?

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:16 am

Yeah, I think you're going to have to go "happy-go-lucky" with the lighting on this one to make it look less of a cheese.

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:54 pm

reflexive_cinematics wrote:That thing is awesome. Good job on making that! But, what do you mean how to shoot it? Whats happening in the scene? Since it's not moving I'd suppose the shot would be pretty quick... unless the thing is supposed to be a 'stuffed' animal in the movie. I guess it would depend on what your doing and the feel of it to see what you're gonna need to do.

It's just a prop in the film the actor is a writer and has a weird home and they just walk in and she has a young woman with her and she looks around and says wow no one would ever know this is all up here, and at that point they walk into the kitchen that is the room infront of the prop, so what I'm asking is dose any one have ideas about cam angles and lighting and all that good stuff.

I was going to do a close up in the young woman Sara looking around and slow pan out as she walks through that door way, but it never hurts to ask what someone else would do.

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:01 pm

2nd_Recon wrote:it looks like some demonic wall-crawler from hell, so if it's a horror flick, I see a shot from directly behind and a little below it, in semi-low light to hide the fact that is itn't real.

(P.S. just curious, how is it attached to the wall?)

It's not real in the film but I do like how you think, I would love to have done just what you said from above but we have a celling so there is no room to put the cam.

I do agree about the lighting, and I do have some small stage lights that we can put jells over.

He is hung with some small L brackets, he is light as a fether.

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:05 pm

Ornsack wrote:Do you actually make films or do you just build cool things?

I actually paint airplanes, this is a dream I have had all my life.

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:07 pm

Gyro wrote:Yeah, I think you're going to have to go "happy-go-lucky" with the lighting on this one to make it look less of a cheese.

I agree lighting is going to be realy important.

chchaisson1 · Post by **chchaisson1** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:29 pm

Reminds me of TS Production's "Wall Crawler."

Looks really good

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:34 pm

chchaisson1 wrote:Reminds me of TS Production's "Wall Crawler."

Looks really good

OH DAM THATS COOL, I never thought of making one climbing down, I think I will make one like that so I can put him on our building.

chchaisson1 · Post by **chchaisson1** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:40 pm

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:33 pm

How do you plan on animating it?

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:19 pm

chchaisson1 wrote:

I have a friend over and he says it's creepy crawling down to.

chchaisson1 · Post by **chchaisson1** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:40 pm

I3lade203 wrote:How do you plan on animating it?

She said it's not going to be animated in the other post. It's going to be a prop in somebody's home.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:48 am

ohhh..!! It looks really cool then. To tell you how to film it depends though, whats the scene about? The mood? What kind of impression are you going for?

Houdini713 · Post by **Houdini713** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:34 am

2nd_Recon wrote:it looks like some demonic wall-crawler from hell, so if it's a horror flick, I see a shot from directly behind and a little below it, in semi-low light to hide the fact that is itn't real.

(P.S. just curious, how is it attached to the wall?)

I agree, if you're going for a horror/suspense mood, then i suggest a slow camera shot walking through the door and a very, very quick shot of the "wall-crawler" with loud, quick, high-pitched music

chchaisson1 · Post by **chchaisson1** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:23 am

welcome to the forum!

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:49 am

it's a thriller so the music will be a big part.

LizaTrainer · Post by **LizaTrainer** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:52 am

We used all the info you guys gave us and it worked out great, and we will be postind pics soon, and once we get this shoot onto DVDs we will send them to anyone that wants to show of there skills with the raw footage.

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