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666 DIY Horror Filmmaking Tutorials

It’s that time of year again, so we thought it was time to update last years killer feature “Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream.” That’s right a sequel!
This time we are narrowing the focus a bit and concentrating on the DIY (Do It Yourself) elements. Hopefully this will […]

The Handmade Tale: Coraline’s Inventive DIY Effects

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 […]

Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream

It’s that time of year, but this article is for all those filmmakers that believe Halloween lasts all year long. In past features we brought you “202 DIY Filmmaking Tutorials,” “202 Final Cut Pro Tutorials,” “202 Sony Vegas Tutorials,” among others. We now turn our attention to the […]

Gremlins 2 ‘film break’ sequence updated to DVR by fan

Video & descriptions by Sacha Feiner:
This is the alternate fan sequence I made for the DVD version of the Gremlins 2 “film break” scene. I made it alone, in a two months period, with (computer-enhanced) puppets I re-created for this project.

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In the middle of the movie Gremlins […]

Tip Sheet for Low-Budget Film Scripts

By: Colin Brunton
This tip sheet is intended as a guideline for writing original low-budget scripts. While it would be difficult to write a script that could be produced on a low-budget containing all of the elements on the list, it would be equally difficult to write one that didn’t contain […]

Blood & Bullets for No-Budget movies

Need your next movie to start with a bang? Eejit’s Guide has full instructions for compressed gas bullet hits.