Old special effect movie i made

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:31 am

Hey, a couple of years ago when i first started makin movies i made this movie. It was all filmed from 2004 to early 2005. I cant believe how much i, and the movies have changed. I agree that half of these effects are pretty lame, but watch it to see how far i have come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g1iPq1jNbc

Zac · Post by **Zac** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:40 am

lol, yeh...GOD i cant believe back then we thought they were so awesome, geez we sucked.

Save · Post by **Save** » Wed May 17, 2006 12:47 pm

Some of this are really cool. you work with a blue screen?

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:15 pm

I have a green screen but its a little too dark so i dont use it much, but when i do i give it a try. I didnt use any screening in that movie, exept for the stock footage.

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:40 pm

thats was a good completation of effects, enjoyed watching it

Zacatac927 · Post by **Zacatac927** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:37 pm

sorry to say but thats the best of what ive seen from you it may be your "old" stuff but its really god.... some of it exspecially when you froze stuff in midair.....how do you do that..... and what programs do you need and what do you have?

zacatac

aaronv2 · Post by **aaronv2** » Thu May 18, 2006 4:56 am

sad but true.... even tho it was still very very lame

Firestorm · Post by **Firestorm** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:40 am

Actually the idea of duplicating the same footage, masking it, and then freezing one, is kind of a cool idea I'd never thought of. Actually I'm not sure if you do that exact thing in the video (I watched it earlier) but I think that'd be cool. You could toss a ball up and freeze it there. Or several things. Hmmmmm...

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:40 am

Uh thanks and oh god. I used adobe premiere pro 7.0 to make the effects. Considering the fact that most of you thought that was good, i may someday make a new one, with added effects (and new footage).

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:12 am

do tell of how you did the freeze frame, i'd only be able to do it in filmstrip....

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:59 am

It was actually really really easy doing the freeze frame. All you do is cut where u want the clip frozen and cut where u want it to stop then u right click on the clip and then frame hold. But what i did was cut where i wanted the freeze frame, make it deinterlace (field options>deinterlace) then export the frame. Press control z because u would have to rerender the clip otherwise. Put the frame inbetween the two parts of the clip and cut it down to how long u want it. Easy! It probably doesnt sound easy, but, Easy!

Zacatac927 · Post by **Zacatac927** » Fri May 19, 2006 7:14 pm

but how did you keep moving? ahh... i understood that part but idk

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:58 am

U make a single cut in your footage where u want it, then u move one of the clips over, then put the exported frame at the last of the first clip. That sounds difficult, although i made it.
Its not too hard, but heres a pic for you:

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:59 am

Ok then, sorry abotu the double post but you cant see that pic, heres the link to the pic:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/ ... ternet.jpg

Zacatac927 · Post by **Zacatac927** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:49 am

you still can't see it... i think what your explaining is not what im thinking about.... when you drop the blue teddy bear and it freezes ... are you masking the teddy bear? idk

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Sat May 20, 2006 2:55 am

Oh yeah, yeh i am using a track matte you can find the video tutorial for maskin on wrigleyvideo.com but its not explaining how to do clones, i had to figure that out myself, but it does help. Does anyone know how to do screencapturing (video) for free?

film fanatic · Post by **film fanatic** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:24 am

Windows Movie Maker?
lol

PapaMurf · Post by **PapaMurf** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:17 pm

To screen capture for free, click PRINT SCREEN (it's PRT SCR for me but may be diff. for you) and then go in MS PAINT and right click and paste (or Ctrl+V) If you want, you can open up another window of MS Paint, go into the first MS PAINT, select the desired area, copy, and then paste in the second. At least that's how I do it. Hope that helps.

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:35 pm

I like your old stuff better, even though it was a demo real it was good for a beginner. Maybe put all your ideas into a movie...?

JackBauerII · Post by **JackBauerII** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:02 am

" cant believe how much i, and the movies have changed."

No offense, but I don't really see much of a change in the effects and your more current "training films."

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:10 am

Cos i use fight moves in the training ones. Hehehehe, the training films suck a** so i dont really care. Im clearly not going to add anymore s**t to the training saga, cos no one likes them, not even me. I needa lay down soon cos i feel like im tired, but its not because of no sleep that im tired, hehehheheehe. Im bored. Can some one tell me how i can improve my modern little cr**py movies?

OutcastJiob · Post by **OutcastJiob** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:33 am

Having watched your training films, I'd have to say your effects are better than a lot of cr** I've seen. They're not great, certainly, but they're not really gosh-awful either. What I'd recommend doing is shooting a couple NON-ACTION pieces. Just getting to know your camera, lighting, how to frame shots, angles to use, how to employ camera movement, all that sort of thing. Also, write a few pieces of script, even some short stuff, and just film them. Limit yourself to not using ANY special effects for, say, two or three videos.

Don't take this as me preaching, 'cause I'm certainly no expert. I think a lot of my work absolutely sucks. But I'm learning. That's just stuff I've found helpful.

JackBauerII · Post by **JackBauerII** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:35 pm

I agree with OutcastJiob. Try working with lighting and other stuff. Also, try writing an actual movie, preferably one that does not include zombies, staffs or muzzle flashes.

Zacatac927 · Post by **Zacatac927** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:28 pm

ok well you have still yet to explain how that effect was acheived..... Ok you what program did you use....

then explain....
i know you masked it

and you can use technical terms i noticed a slight talk in the posts above that you thought i was a first time filmmaker.... im not

Save · Post by **Save** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:30 am

OutcastJiob wrote:Having watched your training films, I'd have to say your effects are better than a lot of cr** I've seen. They're not great, certainly, but they're not really gosh-awful either. What I'd recommend doing is shooting a couple NON-ACTION pieces. Just getting to know your camera, lighting, how to frame shots, angles to use, how to employ camera movement, all that sort of thing. Also, write a few pieces of script, even some short stuff, and just film them. Limit yourself to not using ANY special effects for, say, two or three videos.

Don't take this as me preaching, 'cause I'm certainly no expert. I think a lot of my work absolutely sucks. But I'm learning. That's just stuff I've found helpful.

I agree. A Special effects based movie is gonne be boaring...
Filming with no special effects for a while might improve you as a movie maker... Who knows.. I'l try that myself..

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