I agree with certified. Careful editing and sound effects. For example have the actor put their head against the counter and then pull it up quickl...
Probably my favorite RomCom is How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days. It doesn't seem to follow the standard RomCom rules, yet it actually does. So it feels fr...
Aspiring Mogul, I was specific about the US in my post. I'm aware of anime but that is niche in the US as far as I can tell. There have been American ...
It depends: Shoot a scene of a guy walking across the room and you've got a days work for film and a week or more for animation. Yet the more compl...
I think he's thinking like Russell Crowe in the insider looked very different than Russell Crowe in Gladiator. Frumpier with a comeover. Or Charlize T...
It is possible the editors themselves didn't really notice and just pulled stock footage of the UN. RJSchwarz
I believe a lot of studios keep their own stock footage libraries and I know you can buy some footage from movies to use. I also find it hard to be...
Realistically besides TVs and Telephones what is the difference between a hotel room in the 60s and now? You could probably get a TV and Telephone at ...
Does Survivorman use a tripod? This site indicates he carries around 80 pounds of filmmaking gear. Ouch. Guess he doesn't carry food and such so it ba...
I agree with the initial statement. Filmmaking is such a broad category as to be mostly worthless for this type of number. I've heard piano (Beethoven...
A lot of television is shot on video (Cheers, most sitcoms). If there are going to be a lot of exteriors film is used (M*A*S*H, Malcom in the MIddle)....
Found a tutorial on the Scott Pilgrim effect: There is a lot of blah, blah and jibber-jabber to sort through to get to what you want, but hopeful...
If there is no movement you could use a still photo. If its onscreen a long time you'll want to plop real sky footage in there to ensure clouds move a...
I haven't seen the movie but I had similar thoughts about the title sequence in zombieland. Seems in that movie the credits were created as 3d figures...
I've heard actors want a bit of personality in there, something for them to get their brain around. That could be almost anything. It really isn't the...