Posted on October 26, 2011 in Production Design | No Comments
Just in time for Halloween… well not quite. Volpin Productions, a freelance prop and replica master in Atlanta GA, shows the process of making a Daft Punk Helmet complete with programmable lighting visor over a course of 3 months in this build video
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Posted on October 13, 2011 in Outtakes, Production Design | 1 Comment
We’ve all been there… it’s late at night and you’re watching a promising “Hot for Teacher” video only to be spoiled the pathetic scribbling on the blackboard that’s suppose to pass for advanced mathematics.
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Posted on October 11, 2011 in Directing, Production Design | No Comments
Food shots look simple. Plate a scrumptious dish and shoot away right? Not so fast. It takes lots of hard work, dedication, and perfect timing to bring out that perfect wipe-the-drool-off-the-screen shot. Michael Schrom is one of those few “table top directors” who has been able to stand the heat of the kitchen and make a living shooting food.
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Posted on October 10, 2011 in Production Design | No Comments
This easy trick demonstrated by starshipminivan on Instructables, shows you how to create creepy pictures where the eyes seem to follow you.
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Posted on September 1, 2011 in Effects and Stunts, Production Design | No Comments
Harrison Krix of Volpin Props goes through the painstaking step-by-step process he used to create the N7 Rifle for video game producer Bioware for the next installment of their popular franchise: Mass Effect 3.
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Posted on August 16, 2011 in Production Design | No Comments
Do you need some money? Do you need A LOT of money? How about a briefcase FULL of prop movie cash to enhance your crime film or action-thriller? Indy Mogul is here to show you how to make some amazing looking screen ready movie cash.
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Posted on August 8, 2011 in Effects and Stunts, Production Design | No Comments
I must admit “corpsing” was not a term I was familiar with until I stumbled across this video, but thank god there is now a easier cheaper way of doing it.
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Posted on July 20, 2011 in Production Design | 2 Comments
How Stanley Kubrick used Escher-styled spacial awareness & set design anomalies to disorientate viewers of his horror classic.
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Posted on July 8, 2011 in General Production, Production Design | 7 Comments
John Hess gives us a timelapse behind the scenes look at “Treachery in Three Dimensions” shot mostly in his garage studio.
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Posted on July 1, 2011 in Production Design | 3 Comments
Shooting a real live prison may be a little hard to pull off with no budget, but with a bit of movie magic and some elbow grease, you can build you very own prison site right in your garage. French filmmaker and Vimeo user eric bernaud systems demonstrates how resulting in some very outstanding results.
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Posted on March 16, 2011 in Production Design | No Comments
In the pub after Day 1 of the 2011 Maker Faire UK, Tom Wyatt and the London Hackspace team came up with an idea — Kinect-controlled Tesla coils, or the “Evil Genius Simulator”.
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Posted on February 16, 2011 in Production Design | 3 Comments
Production Designer William Sandell has worked in the industry for more then 25 years on such films as “Robocop,” “Air Force One,” “The Perfect Storm” and “Poseidon.” Sandell explains the role of the production designer.
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Posted on January 31, 2011 in Production Design | No Comments
Filmed for the V&A, a profile of the veteran Art Director Ken Adam, the man who invented the War Room as we know it and created the original Bond aesthetic. A fascinating, inspiring man, who’s lived a rich and varied life.
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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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Posted on July 12, 2010 in Effects and Stunts, Production Design | 17 Comments
How to create the future using the real word, sound and picture editing and zero cgi.
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