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rjschwarz
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Joined: Feb 22, 2005
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RE: how to make fake crowds

I saw a special on the Phantom Menace and they used colored cotton ear-swabs for some crowd scenes. It didn't sound like they changed it in post and I...

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RE: When filming a mirror...

Most commonly the mirror is slightly angled so that the camera is just out of view. If you notice an actor in the mirror, in order to see their face y...

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RE: has Hollwood come knockin'?

quote:Originally posted by Zack Zrull by the way, i'm broke haha, I can't go out and buy all the books and movies i'd like to. For $20 a month you...

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RE: Zombie Movie Techniques

I enjoyed 28 Days Later until the end when they found the soldiers and it devolved into the same old thing. The spread of the virus, the emptiness of ...

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RE: Zombie Movie Techniques

The humor in the Buffy movie feels different. I think the writer/creator wasn't happy with it and the series is closer to his original vision. Having ...

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RE: has Hollwood come knockin'?

I am also not from Asia but found Seven Samurai to be one of the best movies I've ever seen (no wonder its been copied so many times) and it sent me o...

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RE: Zombie Movie Techniques

Trying to say something doesn't mean the movie isn't cheezy but it does mean I'll give the movie the benefit of the doubt. I think of cheezy as embara...

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RE: Zombie Movie Techniques

Full disclosure the movie I'm working on is a zombie movie (horror comedyand if you think zombie movies are easy or cheap I would instead suggest thin...

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RE: Zombie Movie Techniques

Thanks Instigator, I also don't consider this a spat but more of a disagreement on what cheezy means. I would consider all of Sci Fi somewhat cheezy b...

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RE: three-act structure and the antagonist

Star Wars had Vader before Leia and then Luke a half hour later. Empire Strikes back started with the Imperial fleet then down to Luke. Return of th...

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RE: Zombie Movie Techniques

When done properly the zombies are a metaphor for something else, something that can make you think the way few other movies can or even try to do. Th...

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RE: Zombie Movie Techniques

Define cheezy. Was Shaun of the Dead cheezy in your opinion? What about the remake of Dawn of the Dead? If zombie movies tend to be cheezy it is not b...

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RE: Script Writing

The oscars website has some nice stuff on screenwriting formats The site includes an example that teaches as it goes and covers most odd scenerios ...

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RE: Screenwriting questions

Your sample from the first question is how I would do it. Your second question leads a couple more questions. Do you want anything else in the shot...

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RE: Black and White Delimma

You could always do subtitles, or you could redub the actors (or one) with a new voice for the entire movie. The lips won't sync in the section in que...

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