Tag Archives: movies
The Frankensteins
My entry in the Gong Show got the best response since A Busy Day. It was based on an old skit my brother and I did when we were kids.
A couple more Film Geek videos
I made a couple more videos about things that probably only interest me.
How to be villainous:
And a thing on characters in movies that notice things:
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Jethro Atom
I finally got around to sticking Jethro Atom up on the web:
My first special-effects extravaganza. Continue reading
Film geek
Here’s a couple videos I put up on Youtube lately, where I show clips from movies because I found something in how they were shot interesting.
3D cameras
There’s a thing on instructables.com about how to make a 3D camera.
It’s a cheap solution, but I see one problem.
Note here, because the red eye has the extra reflections, it will be as though that eye is a few inches further back than the blue eye. (Imagine taking the path the light follows, and straightening it out.)
What I need to learn about directing actors
The 1000 Dollar Film guy posted about directing actors, and the common failings of indie film directors, with some ideas I will try to take to heart.
Second, my stuff is usually very precisely scripted, with very short shots, which doesn’t lend itself well to improv. I’ve been working with some fellows that do more improv, so I’ve been hoping to pick up on how that works.
Script Secrets
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I made this random link as a writing tool. If I’m stuck on what to fix on my script, I can read a random tip, and then think of how I would write my script if I made that tip my highest priority. I think it could help force me to approach the script in a new way that will get me unstuck.
I put it on my blog, so you can use it, too, if you want.
Standard 8mm
I have had to explain this to lots of people, even people I would have expected to know more about this than me. (Especially them, because I seek them out to ask questions, and then end up explaining it to them.) But here goes:
Here are some common low-budget film formats. I will be focusing on Standard 8mm, which is different from Super 8mm.
8mm stock is 16mm wide, but has twice as many sprocket holes.
How to do time-lapse
This is how I made a simple time-lapse of clouds using a camera and Lego Mindstorms.
Worst script excerpt ever
This amused the hell out of me. Continue reading