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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Posted on October 28, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | 1 Comment
Need to shroud your production with a bit of smoke effects. You could just set fire to everything… or just employ a couple simple grocery ingredients. Here’s a quick and simple way to make “fog” without having to fill out those pesky police reports afterwards.
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Posted on October 27, 2011 in 3D Graphics, Effects and Stunts | No Comments
In this three part article for Forbes Magazine, Mark Hughes explores the details and challenges of 3d films with Dr Barry Sandrew whose company helped add dimension (at least in a spatial sense) to Alice in Wonderland, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Green Lantern, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Conan the Barbarian, Priest, and The Smurfs.
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Posted on October 25, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Using 3d Studio Max and Adobe After Effects, Jim Le Favre and his team put together an amazingly elaborate Zoetrope (or Phonotrope as he calls it) title sequence as a visual tip of the hat to Terry Gilliam’s iconic Flying Circus animations.
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Posted on October 13, 2011 in Digital Effects, Effects and Stunts, Green Screen | No Comments
Andrew Kramer from Video CoPilot demonstrates a dynamic and interesting production and post techniques for shooting a car interior against a green screen.
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Posted on September 15, 2011 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
On this episode of Film Riot, Ryan Connolly demonstrates how to shoot action driving scenes, using some fancy camera and sound work to add some octane to a car chase scene without breaking any speed limits.
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Posted on September 6, 2011 in Effects and Stunts, Lighting | 1 Comment
This video by TheSlantedLens shows you how to create and light convincing rain special effects using gear from your local hardware store.
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