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- Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:27 pm
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: Macbeth, Act 2
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7626
Like I said, the boom mike was plugged into a laptop with no mic boost coz the one with a boost was exploding due to Windows Vista being hopeless. Where can you hear the camera move? I must have missed that coz I wouldn't have let that get into my film if I'd caught it, even a pointless fun one like...
- Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:32 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: Macbeth, Act 2
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7626
Yeah, this whole thing was done in about two weeks of planning and 4 days of shooting. Again, I stress, I was not attempting to win Sundance. I just wanted to have a little fun. Sorry if you don't get the joke or whatever, but I put this together, with a lot of effort on some of the scenes (It's obv...
- Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:41 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: Macbeth, Act 2
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7626
Hahaha, yeah. Funny thing is, I WAS using a boom! The only problem is, no amplifier, not even a mic boost on the laptop we were using (the one with is on the fritz. Stupid Vista.) So then I had to amplify stuff and use noise reduction and you know what happens then. Glad you liked the car chase. It'...
- Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:00 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Pistol Recoil After Effect
- Replies: 44
- Views: 61049
RE: Probably Easiest
I typically use muzzle flash stock footage instead of painting in a flash. There are some cool ones with smoke and everything on detonationfilms.com that I use whenever I need to do something like this. I've always found slide movement to be irritating and time consuming however...
- Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:46 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: Macbeth, Act 2
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7626
Macbeth, Act 2
My latest film is a school project based on the Second Act of Macbeth, modernized. Basically, Macbeth realizes he could become king if he murders the current King, Duncan, who is spending the night in Macbeth's castle. He daydreams about what life would be like as king. He then sets out to do the de...
- Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:37 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Special Effects Software
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3146
For special effects I use After Effects - but only for visual effects, not sound. You can pick up a legal copy off Ebay like I did and there are plenty of tutorials online (plus people here who can help) to get you started. It's good that you have a really powerful machine for doing things on, means...
- Thu May 17, 2007 4:18 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Hand passes through object
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4004
Hand passes through object
What is the best way to make someone's hand pass through an object? I'm doing a modern adaptation of act 2 of Macbeth (remember where he is halucinating and sees a dagger? Well, I want Macbeth's hand to go through a gun) The curret thing I am trying is either masking or blue-screening the gun into t...
- Fri May 26, 2006 11:45 pm
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Now Avaliable
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2804
- Thu May 25, 2006 11:41 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Wall Braking
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3136
Wow, it is amazing how many people have randomly punched through walls here...I especially like your attitude towards it here: I have punched two holes in the walls at my house and I have to (i havent got around to it yet) fill them in. I would go with a small prop and a close up, so you can't see t...
- Thu May 25, 2006 11:36 pm
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Now Avaliable
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2804
- Wed May 24, 2006 10:56 pm
- Forum: Video Editing
- Topic: free video editing software
- Replies: 29
- Views: 16401
- Wed May 24, 2006 10:50 pm
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Now Avaliable
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2804
In case I'm scaring people away by using history words, this is not a documentary...It's a comedy. In real life, Lincoln's guard went to get drunk, allowing the assassin, John Wilkes Booth to get in...So we make fun of his guards for letting an inept Booth succeed. Please let me know what you think ...
- Tue May 23, 2006 3:42 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Moving Gun Slides in After Effects
- Replies: 31
- Views: 29700
UFP: What I did for the cartridge was to find a picture of one online and take it in photoshop. Then I erased the background, and brought just the shell into AE. Then I put it behind the layer of the slide so it appears for the first frame to be exiting from inside the weapon. I added a motion path ...
- Tue May 23, 2006 2:21 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Moving Gun Slides in After Effects
- Replies: 31
- Views: 29700
Yeah, that's pretty much what I did, but three times for each shot, masked over the film in AE. Then I added the cartridges with backspin and the muzzle flashes from detonationfilms
Please take a look at my Abe Lincoln film while you are here, I'd like to get some feedback! Thanks.
Please take a look at my Abe Lincoln film while you are here, I'd like to get some feedback! Thanks.
- Tue May 23, 2006 1:50 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Moving Gun Slides in After Effects
- Replies: 31
- Views: 29700
Hmm, I could give it a try like that, but the problem would be the gun in the layer beneath would have a non-moved slide. In my animated version i was able to make the slide move around the barrel and the guiderod so they stuck out. Of course, it's over so quickly that it may well be worth an attemp...
- Tue May 23, 2006 1:37 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Blood Splatter
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4221
- Tue May 23, 2006 1:17 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Now Avaliable
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2804
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Now Avaliable
Hey, thanks to all who helped me get the movie up and running! I'm happy to announce that it is now up on google movies. I reccomend watching it in original size for best quality by clicking the bottom right corner arrow button and selecting 'original size' from the menu. Please feel free to add any...
- Tue May 23, 2006 1:01 am
- Forum: Media Creation
- Topic: EFFECTIVE VIDEO COMPRESSOR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11324
I use DV/DVCPRO-NTSC .avi It will still be large, but it typically will be less than half the size of uncompressed and I've never noticed any introduced factors into the film. It seems lossless, though something must be getting chopped off I suppose. An example of the power of this compression is I ...
- Tue May 23, 2006 12:22 am
- Forum: Members Films
- Topic: "1812" Now Online! Download it now!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 16700
- Mon May 22, 2006 11:10 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Moving Gun Slides in After Effects
- Replies: 31
- Views: 29700
*to wildstorm* Um, that wasn't a blank firing gun...you DID get that, right? everyone else: I suppose if it won't be that visible in real life then it isn't neccesary. I used three slides for each shot, one half back, one all back, one half forward, perhaps I should have had more blur and less physi...
- Sun May 21, 2006 4:41 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Moving Gun Slides in After Effects
- Replies: 31
- Views: 29700
Yes, but nowhere near as much fun. Plus, I've used one that has a slide, the response time wasn't as fast as it should be and the slide doesn't move enough...however, that clip was enough work that I don't want to do it for a full movie...So you're probably right. What did you think of the effect, f...
- Sat May 20, 2006 7:57 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Moving Gun Slides in After Effects
- Replies: 31
- Views: 29700
Ok, well, this took me forever to respond to, but I now have my own webspace so I can show you all the results:
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I did a cartridge ejection in my latest Abraham Lincoln Film, but there's no obvious slide on an m4, so no slide motion
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I did a cartridge ejection in my latest Abraham Lincoln Film, but there's no obvious slide on an m4, so no slide motion
- Sat May 20, 2006 7:02 pm
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: My dusting/ashing test - Updated
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10902
Re: RE: My dusting/ashing effect test
you mean like a lens flare? There is the "Blade" kind of dusting, which is fire, bones and dust. Or the "Buffy" Way (My way) which is only dust and bones. :) Ok, here's a rule...NEVER do a canned photoshop/after effects flare. Those are cheap, and pretty obvious. I liked the eff...
- Sat May 20, 2006 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Film Making Stuff
- Topic: Lighting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5261
- Sat May 20, 2006 6:10 am
- Forum: Special Effects
- Topic: Possession
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4213