Posted on January 13, 2012 in Digital Effects | No Comments
Don’t have this amazing funny talent to make your eyebrows dance?
Worry not. The folks at VFXbro and Final Cut Kings show you how a little bit of After Effects Trickery can have your eyebrows Dubstepping in no time. (Getting 22 million YouTube hits not included in the tutorial).
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Posted on January 4, 2012 in Digital Effects | No Comments
We’ll save the quantum tunneling lecture for another time – here’s a way to fake the a Space-Time Vortex a al Dr. Who using After Effects, Red Giant’s Trapcode Particular and Shine.
Via VideoCreative.org
Posted on October 12, 2011 in Makeup | No Comments
In this tutorial Angie shows you an easy and affordable way to make a facial prosthetic with liquid latex. This is really simple and fun so give it a try.
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Posted on October 11, 2011 in Makeup | No Comments
In this tutorial Gil Romero, professional special effects makeup artist and Make-Up Designory faculty member, demonstrates how to apply a foam latex prosthetic appliance.
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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 June 2, 2011 in Featured, Filmmaking 360 | 8 Comments
We’ve scoured the corners of internets and came up with an informative and entertaining list of podcasts covering all aspects filmmaking: from scriptwriting to special effects, producing to directing, and just plain ol’ yak about our favorite (and least favorite) films.
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Posted on June 1, 2011 in Digital Effects | 1 Comment
HDSLR Shooter Clint Milby demonstrates how to use Twixtor Pro inside Adobe Premiere to perfectly create smooth slow motion footage.
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Posted on November 12, 2010 in Outtakes | 1 Comment
In celebration of 10 years of digital innovation, RalphLauren.com presents the ultimate fusion of art, fashion & technology in a visual feast for the 5 senses. Watch as the New York women’s flagship at 888 Madison Avenue disappears before your eyes and is then transformed into a series of objects and images rendered in 3-dimensional [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2010 in 3D Graphics | 3 Comments
Need to be 10 lbs skinnier and at least 5 inches taller? On the cutting edge of video effects, a team of researchers is tackling your problem head on. Their approach – take a video of a human and remap the body to a morphable 3d model. Then it’s just a matter of adjusting the proportions of the model to suit your needs.
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Posted on October 30, 2009 in Costume Design, Digital Effects, Effects and Stunts, Featured, Makeup | 10 Comments
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 help you slash the budget [...]
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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Posted on October 30, 2008 in Featured | 13 Comments
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 dark art of Horror Filmmaking [...]
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Posted on September 5, 2008 in Outtakes | 1 Comment
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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WHAT IS IT?
In the middle of the movie Gremlins 2, there is a sequence [...]
Posted on May 29, 2008 in General Screenwriting | 1 Comment
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 any.
You will doubtless want to [...]
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Need your next movie to start with a bang? Eejit’s Guide has full instructions for compressed gas bullet hits.
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