MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

He he he. Filming in the side of a rock cliff once, which was very (emphasize very) steep! A friend wanted to climb up the top of it to look at some caves. He slipped and slid past the crew and myslef screaming. After a 15 metre, nearly sheer drop he was stopped luckily by a large "Do not climb...

I am with padawanNick here. Are you talking in software terms or physical terms?

While filming "Dangerous Dan Jones" one scene was set on a real slope done a mountain side. Very steep and dirty. The actor had to slide 10 metres down the slope and then stop before the next ledge. I told him I would show him how do it first. I jumped, slid and nearly went over the next l...

I also use PAL, very easy and effective. Our video system over here is PAL also.

Experimenting one day my brother dowsed myself (wearing an old arny coat) in petrol and threw a match. Results were not too bad, a little hair lost and a new hair cut for the rest of my life. My hair never grew back the same!

The other day getting tied up, beaten with bamboo sticks, tied to a tree and whipped and finally tied between 2 trees and stretched. What you will see is what happened, no camera tricks.
Do you know how painful suspension between trees actually is!

Just wanting to know what the most extreme things people have done for their movies.

The other day for a scene I ate a handfull of live crickets!

Some other thoughts and experiences please

That's true, a direct line in to your capture device works wonders!

So now you know how to make a film cannister charge, now you must contain its behavior. The charge must be directed and contained for safety, although little direct shrapnel will be produced. One way in the outdoors is to simply dig a small hole and drop the active charge in that. My personal way is...

Just remember the trials and heart ache of the famous monster animator Ray Harryhausen as he animated his multi-headed Hydra for a movie. Sometimes the phone would ring and he would answer it. Upon return he would sometimes have forgotten where he was up to and what had to be moved next!

Yeah it can be a very time consuming job! I had to edit out a smoke whisper from a burning fuse onse in a shot and that was done frame by frame, pixle by pixel!

The proof of the power and ease of use of a film cannister charge is here at this link to my webpage and then proceed to the tips page. Down at the bottom there are some nice pics.

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Enjoy!

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The force.net has some handy stuff. I will have a look on my home PC I am sure there is some Premiere light sabre effects stuff there somewhere. I will serach and get back to you. I do have heaps of lightsabre sound FX if you need them

Thanks Nick and Matt. I am doing some experimenting and have found so far the DivX option very good. I will keep experimenting.

I have a quick question. What us the best way and format for exporting video from Premiere to add to a website for download purposes? I export as a MJPEG through my Matrox card but the file sizes (even with view image scaled down) are huge. I am also considering Quicktime. Please help! [Edited on 17...

Yes Ornsack if using a real gun it would be safe. Just don't look down the barrel after the charge is lit. I have done the same with sparkly like crackers in gun toy gun barrels. They go off a little like an auto. Not always consistent though.

Make sure you fill up the screw holes and remove the clickers (if they have one), it sounds and looks very cheap if not.

Hey not bad NIck. I just checked it out and grabbed some stuff to listen to!

A versatile capture card will enable you to also input A/V plug sources. My main camera at the moment is not digital and I ues those ports very effectively. The same can be done by a VCR.
Just check what capture cards can capture what

The editing should be all the same

I use a G400TV capture card. Very reliable. Maybe a little expensive but. I have had it for nearly 3 years though.

"That's no ordinary rabbit!"

Yeah I use all original music now. Permission is a big chance also I filmed in a Safeway lift once without permission. One easy shot of 3 guys walking in the door and it shuts. 3 soldiers! The lift was scoped out and tested. We alked in the lift, the camera was on a tripod . All of a sudden the lift...

Guys also if you have anything of the slightly illegal nature in your movie then be very careful who sees it, when and where.
I have hidden many nights under my bed straight after a shoot just incase the boys in blue rock up!
Then again.

FREEDOM TO THE PEOPLE!

A nice site for sound file packages I have found in the past is

www.meanrabbit.com

Lots of zipped up sample packages in various themes

Also if anybody is after anything hard to find i have a lot of sound files here at home (2000+)

email me if you want some help

si_productions@yahoo.com.au

Even may I suggest a condom instead of a balloon. Expell as much air out as possible.