DIY Cryogenically Frozen Tank
Posted on August 5, 2010 in Production Design | No Comments
Tony Reale from NextWaveDV.com hosts this video tutorial on how to build a DIY cryogenic tank for an action film.
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THX 1138: Low Budget Eye Candy
Posted on July 12, 2010 in Effects and Stunts, Production Design | 16 Comments
How to create the future using the real word, sound and picture editing and zero cgi.
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Artifice and Truth with Martin Scorsese
Posted on July 10, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews, Production Design | 1 Comment
Scorsese talks about his use of classic Hollywood studio techniques — mostly in “New York, New York,” but his love of movie artifice extends through “Shutter Island.”
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$50 DIY Rain Machine
Posted on May 5, 2010 in Effects and Stunts, Production Design | No Comments
How do you add instant drama to your scenes? Rain and sappy music of course. Using some wood, rope and a garden hose Erik from IndyMogal shows you how to make a “Hollywood rain machine” for less then $50 bucks.
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DIY Snow Maker Machine
Posted on May 5, 2010 in Effects and Stunts, Production Design | No Comments
This do it yourself snow maker uses compressed air and water. It is mixed internally and then comes out a small hole in the nozzle. The temperature needs to be below freezing to work, but it could be useful on those cold locations where Mother Nature doesn’t want to cooperate with your winter scene.
Demo:
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The Case of the Bad Production Designer
Posted on February 17, 2010 in Production Design | No Comments
At the start of the Art Directors Guild awards, this short film by Cindy Peters titled The Case of the Bad Production Designer debuted:
Each year the ADG celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of Production Designers and Art Directors in film and television at this prestigious event. Awards are given for Excellence in Production Design in several [...]
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Robert Rodriguez on Hitchcock
Posted on September 16, 2009 in Interviews, Production Design | No Comments
Robert Rodriguez talks about his favorite scene from the Alfred Hitchcock film “Spellbound”. Part of the 1999 BBC2 Hitchcock Season.
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DIY: Prop Rocket Launcher
Posted on September 9, 2009 in Production Design | No Comments
Seth Shaw from Indymogul shows you how to build this DIY prop rocket launcher for cheap.
VIA: http://www.youtube.com/user/indymogul
Apocalypse How – Martin Laing discusses production paintings for Terminator 4
Posted on August 14, 2009 in Production Design | No Comments
Production Designer Martin Laing sits down with the New York Times and discusses his paintings for Terminator in this article and it’s corresponding interactive Flash feature (link at the bottom on the article).
…To sketch out the details of the landscape and solidify the film’s look, McG hired the production designer Martin Laing. A longtime collaborator [...]
Samurai’s: DIY Science Fiction Props
Posted on July 6, 2009 in Production Design | No Comments
By IQ Member: 8thSamurai
Greetings, Grasshoppers! The Samurai was meditating on one of the most overlooked aspects of the low/no budget short film world – props! Perusing the already available information revealed a plethora of discussions and how to videos about horror and blood effects – which is great, but where does that leave the new [...]
The Handmade Tale: Coraline’s Inventive DIY Effects
Posted on February 18, 2009 in Production Design | No Comments
Wired has a nice little article on the DIY effects used in the making of Coraline. You may want to also check out a longer interview at shocktillyoudrop.com.
…Like most Hollywood kid flicks, the big-screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline boasts a big star (the voice of Dakota Fanning), an armada of digital tools, and [...]
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How to Be a Production Designer
Posted on August 5, 2008 in Production Design | No Comments
Indie Production Designer Erin Muldoon Stetson informs readers of the job — from the first artistic visualizations to the imaginative use of color and composition in each scene helping to create the overall look and emotion of a film.
…Whether replicating every last detail of the ocean liner in “Titanic”; bringing a fantasy world to life [...]
Sweeney Todd Production Design
Posted on August 5, 2008 in Production Design | No Comments
Dante Ferretti, the legendary production designer superb realization of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
Part 1
Part 2
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Interviewing Syd Mead
Posted on July 20, 2008 in Production Design | No Comments
Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson meets with his hero, futurist and artist Syd Mead, to discuss the evolution of conceptual design.
Mead is a former designer for Ford Motor Company and US Steel. His designs have appeared in many movies, including Aliens, Tron, and Blade Runner.
