Bullet Hits on Metal

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Fri May 26, 2006 7:01 pm

i'm trying to get a bullet hit metal effect and its just not happening

i've tried importing a picture and putting it on one frame but it doesn't look right, i know people have done it in the past but does anyone have any descent stock footage or images or techniques in which they are willing to share

thanks
Ctbullet

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Fri May 26, 2006 7:44 pm

quick tutorial by me:

get a paintball,
make small slash and empty out all the paint,
put in the "rocks" of noise makers (snaps, popper, little white papers that make a noise when you throw them)
seal with small bit of hot glue.

it prob will make a noise when it hits something but just edit it out.

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Fri May 26, 2006 7:47 pm

thats a point actually, i have loads of them, throwing the on the floor when its picth black creates a wicked spark, cheers, going to have ago tonight

maj_barnes · Post by **maj_barnes** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:29 pm

Here check this out. Very nicely done!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8M47LaaUArM& ... gun%20test

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:34 pm

that was sweet, can anyone explain

youngfilmmaker · Post by **youngfilmmaker** » Sat May 27, 2006 2:55 am

REALLY NICE!

ALove · Post by **ALove** » Sat May 27, 2006 5:37 am

My guess is they painted the bullet holes and tracked the camera shot.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sat May 27, 2006 6:01 am

The frames were so brief, you don't even really need to do any tracking. In reality there wouldn't be a ton of sparks. It's more of a Hollywood concept, probably originating from using squibs, which naturally would spark. The spark are just visuals to show the viewer something's getting hit. Anyway, a spark wouldn't result from going through metal. It would be causing by the deflection (metal against metal) the same effect when you whack a shovel against rock.

jackbauer24 · Post by **jackbauer24** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:35 am

CTBullet:
Do you know what Sprite Bombs are? They are like those Pop Pop snap things but they spark (just like in the video that was posted). They would look great. But I dont know if you have them in england.

I just found a site that sells them.
http://www.sillyasstoys.com/index.asp?P ... ProdID=424
What I did once for a great muzzle flash was I put one down the barrel of my airsoft gun (it didnt fit down the barrel but it stayed in the place where the bb leaves. Anyways I loaded the gun and shot and the bb exploded the sprite bomb right out of the muzzle. it looked sweet.

But it would look great throwing them against a wall and it would get the effect you want
I can try to make a movie and send it to you if you would like

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:28 am

i've looked at the link, and i've never seen sprite bombs before, they just look like small rocks, i'm going to look around joke shops to see if they are sold in england

if you are willing to make a movie to show me your technique it would be appreciated

oh and you generally never get sparks in reality because a bullet head is copper, like epsilon said, its all for hollywood

thanks

jackbauer24 · Post by **jackbauer24** » Sat May 27, 2006 6:23 pm

Here is the link for the sprite bomb hitting metal. It was my last sprite bomb, but i will try to make one of it shooting from the gun when I get more. Tell me what you think:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1399200549

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Sat May 27, 2006 6:39 pm

that was cool, to be honest it looked like a special effect rather than an actual visual effect, strange that...anyway cheers, thats exactly the kind of thing i want, just need to get hold of some

Headless_Duck_Productions · Mon May 29, 2006 4:53 pm

The bullet holes in the car looked really good! I was wondering if there were any other way then painting black circles on the car that would look just as good?

Bocca · Post by **Bocca** » Mon May 29, 2006 6:07 pm

black stickers...black inked paper stuck down with a bit of classroom glue.

The shot was really short, audiences wouldnt be able to distinguish the difference between real holes or black areas in that amount of time.

Magic-Man · Post by **Magic-Man** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:55 pm

Use spark, smoke stock footage....

Headless_Duck_Productions · Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:01 am

I have a lot of sprite bombs and the work really well for making smoke and a spark (very big sparks too).

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:08 am

Here's what i ened up with if anyones interested

http://wolfvisionp.tripod.com/id28.html

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:21 pm

Or perhaps it is stock footage due to the fact that it did have quick changes and the screening on one of the circles was very slightly pixelated. Could be something else but thats my guess.

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:09 pm

up yours mate, original material!! soi yes you are wrong, it was done once and i simply looped it so you could see what happened