Hello readers!
It's been a while since this site has been updated. This is because it's relatively hard to come by new tutorials, and I've been busy.
We're going to do a little poll as to what you would like to know most about, and we will focus on those areas.
The poll should be found somewhere on our blog pages.
Hey all,
I got an email recently about a competition for filmmakers. It sounds pretty cool, you should check it out, along with the site!Last month, Shooting People pulled out all the stops to encourage their filmmakers to enter Mofilm's Barcelona Ad Competition. It paid off, with eight Shooting People members winning prizes, two coming top and one winning the Grand Prize; this filmmaker is now off to make an ad with ‘Avatar’ producer Jon Landau.
As one competition ends, another opens - this time, winners will be flown to New York for Tribeca Film Festival and pick up a host of cash prizes. To enter, filmmakers must make an ad of less than 90 seconds for one of six brands including Nokia, Nature Valley and Best Buy.
Mofilm have again offered Shooting People members an EXCLUSIVE OFFER - all members who enter go into a draw to win a fabulous Macbook. Not a member? No problem. Claim your free trial membership atshootingpeople.org/mofilm.
DEADLINE: 6 April 2010
We're back! And for our first real post of 2010 we're going to share not one awesome instructables, but two!
The second is a great light for indoor shoots! It combines a regular worklight, with a softbox. This allows a softer, less harsh light, and helps minimize hard shadows, especially important for green screens. Remember kids, lights can be BIG fire hazards, especially when used indoors. As always, we take no responsibility for any damages, injury or death caused by anything here on the site. Just remember to be careful where you put your lights, as they get VERY hot and can cause fires and burn skin.Just wishing everyone a Happy and Successful 2010! Let's see what the new decade has in store for us Indy Filmmakers. Obviously, 2009 was a big year, with Indy movies like Paranormal Activity making huge money in the box office, and Paramount starting it's own Low to No Budget division. And the last 10 years have been great, with the success of HD and Digital, now Indy producers film in similar qualities to our rich film counterparts! 3 cheers for Digital Video!
Well, I learned a few things from the filming way back in September, and they seem so dire that I am going to share them with everyone.
This is hopefully useful information, so what happened to me won't happen to you.
I have been planning, writing, and tweaking this film idea for over a year now. It's got a great, solid script, that has gotten good review from everyone who has read it.
I finally got all the supplies I needed for shooting, and organized a day to film it all.
It went horribly wrong, the actor's didn't want to act, stuff was broken, and the whole thing was taken very unseriously (not a word).
We hardly got anything done, and all the shots we got where hardly usable.
And I can now recognize what the biggest problem was.
The biggest problem I experienced was who i chose to fill the roles, and the way I acted. I chose my closest friends to play the main characters and film. Sadly, only one of them had the actual desire to work on it. The other two messed around most of the time.
So this is what I have to say. If you are going to try to make an indy film, choosing friends is often a great and easy option, but may not always be your best. If your friends don't share the same passion as you do, it is generally unwise to choose them. Unless you have some really great friends who are into whatever you need them for, I would highly recommend choosing someone who may not be so close. Choose the person you know is best for the job, not the easiest.
The most important thing to remember when filming is that everyone has to WANT to be there. They want to make this movie nearly as much as you do, or at least understand your passion about it and want to help you. Especially when the people you're working with don't have the motivation of being payed (or the fear of being fired). They have to want to do this, but not just as a favor. Otherwise your filming will be filled with issue and problem.
I hope you can learn from this, as I now have.
Tomorrow, we are hopefully going to be shooting a short test of concept film. We'd like to apologize for the recent lack of posts, I have been rather busy recently. Soon, we will start posting more regular stuff again. We're currently in construction of a low budget greenscreen room, and will have some tutorials and info on that shortly.
Thanks for your patience!
Ok, we're finally ready to announce the project we're working on. It's still in early stages, so if it never comes to be, don't get mad. Presenting The Indy Burst Pistol Muzzle Flash Collection.
The collection features over 50 Royalty Free muzzle flashes from 5 weapons for use in your film projects.
All you need is some video effects software that can key black backgrounds, and voila! your ready to go!
We've spent hours recreating the muzzle flashes from 5 pistols, from tons of real videos and pictures. We've tried to make them as accurate and real as possible.
The weapons:
.38 Special
.44 Magnum
Desert Eagle
Glock
M9
And if you don't care for accuracy, you can use these flashes with just about any gun in almost any action movie!
Every different flash style has 3 angles, so you can tweak it to fit virtually any scene. There are 19 flash styles, each with 3 angles, totaling 57 flashes.
This great collection will be available on CD in HD (1280x720 Progressive), SD (640x480) and both (in one package).
For more information, watch the promo ad here or view the info sheets bellow (click to enlarge).
Prices and details are subject to change without notice.
Hey everyone! I just found an amazing site for independent filmmakers called Film Riot! Seriously, this site is absolutely amazing! It's like an awesome mix between Indy Mogul and Video Copilot!
It's a series of free online video tutorials and short films designed to show you how to reproduce Hollywood effects and inspire. They show you how to do everything from bullet wounds to giants, all in an entertaining and humorous way! I highly recommend you check them out!
http://revision3.com/filmriot
A Blogged.com Editor has reviewed our site and gave us an 8/10 or Great! That's fantastic news! The rating will now be displayed to the right of the main column for all to see!
Part 1 of the new project is nearly complete. Arrangements for distribution when complete are being researched, and future parts are in the design stage. We still can't make any official announcements though. We should be ready to formally announce it soon.
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