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rjschwarz
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RE: Sinking a Ferry for film

Three thoughts: 1) The standard way, make the model really large so the water doesn't give things away. 2) Make the model small but use software t...

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RE: Comic Book Properties Going To Film

A properly done comic strip can act as a storyboard cutting a lot of the visualization out of the process. This is good. Some directors don't care ...

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RE: Destroying a House for a film

Three ideas: (1) Contact the city/state government and find out if there are any demolitions planned. In California CALTRANS handles most of these....

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RE: Invisible Skateboards?

I think to do it properly you often need mechanical hardware designed to be moved by the software. Industry Lights and Magic created that kind of toys...

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RE: Need Help With Creating Things

It is common to light from beneath the dash. Often using a greenish or bluish light. As if the dashboard has really bright lights. Another way to do i...

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RE: Guillotine Effect

Example 4: Jabborwocky way. Show the guillitine and actor, then show the faces of the crowd watching in horror or anticipation. Have them react as a g...

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RE: is it a montage??

Whenever you have scriptwriting questions it is often useful to go to Drews Script O-rama, find a screenplay that has a similar effect to what your ar...

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RE: Need Help With Creating Things

Renting a uniform would probably be cheaper than renting the car. Since the car can be faked with lights (bright headlights and flashing LEDs as descr...

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RE: Guillotine Effect

I have noticed in several movies that they can pull off really interesting stuff by changing the perspective. Example 1: You manage to get a guilli...

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RE: Invisible Skateboards?

If the camera doesn't move at all the shot is very simple. Just shoot the background without the people, layer it behind the footage, and when you Kro...

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RE: director

Another thing to do is find a partner. Someone you get along with whos skillset compliments yours. You want to direct, do you write? You might find so...

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RE: director

If you are going to film school my suggestion would be to absolutely make the most of everything. No coasting or ignoring something because its old te...

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RE: Need Help With Creating Things

Regarding shooting this in your garage or something, remember that the lights may light up the walls of the garage if not carefully shuttered. Wouldn'...

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RE: ?video? STORYBOARDS

Certified Instigator, I suggest you download Flip4Mac. Basically Microsoft gave up on the Mac program because they knew their Windows Media Player was...

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RE: SAG actors

Judging from Loyd Kauffman, one reason independents don't use SAG contracts a lot is because the contract specifies that pretty much every job on set ...

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