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This category contains articles relating to tutorials and guides showing how to make or create film related items or effects.

Encoding Video For The HTC Desire Phone

The HTC Desire is a Smartphone capable of playing a wide range of multimedia formats. The following guide will explain how to encode video to playback on the HTC Desire.

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The Skypod DIY Camera Boom

The Skypod is a 6 foot camera boom designed by Elliot C Evans that attaches to a standard camera tripod and holds a camera about nine feet in the air, pointing straight down.

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Make A Camera Dolly, Boom Or Stabiliser

There are a number of interesting tutorials out there on making track dollys, stabilizers, jibs, booms and cranes for camcorders and cameras.

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How To Make A Car Camera Mount

The following is a brief guide to how I made the car camera mount which I used to film the external car footage for Hollow Point using my Panasonic GS5 camcorder.

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How To Make Fake Glass

This page describes a recipe for making fake glass (also known as sugar glass) from household ingredients.

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How To Make Fake Blood, Scabs And Flesh

This page describes a few methods for making fake blood, scabs and flesh.

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Matts Recommended PC Software

The following is a list of PC software I recommend. Most of it is free or extremely cheap.

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Create XVID Files For Playback On A PDA

This tutorial shows you how to use AutoGK to create compact XVID versions of your low-budget movies for a PDA with a 320x240 screen. It can easily be modified for other screen resolutions.

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How To Create Gun/Muzzle Flashes

This page describes the techniques we used for creating muzzle flashes. This tutorial assumes the use of Adobe Premiere but the technique can be applied to other video editing packages as required.

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10 Minute Film School

The following text is taken from a short video made by Robert Rodriguez and gives some valuable advice to the amateur film maker. The directors knows what he is talking about.

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