DIY: How To Make The Best Helmetcam Ever
Posted on May 15, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
The DakaKin team shows you how to create the best Helmetcam ever.
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Blade Runner opening sequence FX Storyboards
Posted on April 9, 2012 in Effects and Stunts, Storyboarding | No Comments
Below are the FX Storyboards for Blade Runner’s opening sequence referred to as the “Hades Landscape.”
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What the World’s Biggest Cities Would Look Like with No People
Posted on April 6, 2012 in Effects and Stunts, Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
What would New York’s Union Station look like with no people? Lucie & Simon endeavor to photograph great cities and optically remove all but a few traces of live human activity.
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Puppeteering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 1992
Posted on April 4, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
The third installment of the 90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise saw All Effects Company taking over special effects duties from Jim Henson’s Creature shop. In this rare behind the scenes footage, a puppeteer demonstrates the complex hand controls for operating the facial expressions.
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Canon 5d Crash Cam Reel
Posted on April 4, 2012 in Cinematography, Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Vashi Nedomansky put together a sizzle reel of Canon 5d MkII cameras being used as Crash Cam in various productions as shot by Shane Hurlbut.
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Quentin Tarantino pitching a Muppet fight scene to Kermit the Frog
Posted on February 26, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Oh, you know. It’s just Quentin Tarantino pitching a Muppet fight scene to Kermit the Frog.
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OMG AR-15 Unicorn: A Zombie Killing Gun for Girls
Posted on February 8, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
A couple weeks ago we showed you the Zombie AK-47 with Chainsaw Attachment, but if that is a little too macho for you, here is the OMG AR-15 Unicorn. A Zombie Killing Gun for Girls that looks like My Little Pony just barfed all over it. And we all know how girls like to accessorize so this one comes with a matching Chainsaw Bayonet.
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Zombie AK-47 with Chainsaw Attachment
Posted on January 26, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | 1 Comment
Yes this is a real gun. It’s the ultimate AK Zombie gun made by DoubleStar Corp with a chainsaw, drum mag and aimpoint red dot. I’m not sure how well it would work against zombies, but I hear it is the current frontrunner in the Republican Presidential Primary.
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33 Jaw-Dropping VFX Breakdowns from Television
Posted on January 25, 2012 in Digital Effects, Effects and Stunts, Featured | 1 Comment
Television Programs have grown to become major cultural events in our culture. And with the availability of technological magic, visual effects for the original “boob-tube” can now match almost anything being seen on the silver screen.
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DIY Shower Head Cam
Posted on January 17, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Adam Everett Miller demonstrates how to get that “Shower head” perspective for about $5 and a garden hose pick-up. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking… and no, there’s no hot girl in the demonstration.
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How to Make it Rain…
Posted on December 22, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Short of acquiring God-like powers over the weather, Film Riot demonstrates how you can create a “rain wand” with a quick trip to the hardware store.
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Using Airsoft Gun Props
Posted on December 20, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | 1 Comment
In this video “The Frugal Filmmaker” Scott Eggleston shows you how to use cheap, realistic looking Airsoft Guns as firearm props in your low budget movie.
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Rambo “First Blood” DIY Special Effects
Posted on December 12, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Erik Beck from Indy Mogul shows you how to recreate some of the classic practical special effect from “First Blood,” where Rambo sews up his own arm wound.
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Get Slimed!: The Making of the Ghostbusters Classic Animatronic Character
Posted on November 22, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Did you know that Slimer from Ghostbusters was an homage to John Belushi, based on his character “Bluto” from Animal House? That is one of the cool pieces of trivia FX artist Steve Johnson shares in this video about the making of the of the classic animatronic character.
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Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDB)
Posted on November 18, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDB), was started by user Bunni in 2007. It is a website that allows users to find which guns were featured in certain movies, television series, video games, and anime, as well as contribute to the site in a wiki format.
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