Movie Making/Special Effects Thread

I don't even know where to start after reading this entire thread. So I decided to make my points as simple as possible.

1) Everyone here is way too ambitious. Seriously, explosions? What were you thinking?
2) Film is not great. Far less in fact.
3) Ketchup does not work (I know).
4) CGI?! What where you thinking!? He's a kid!
5) Everyone solve their own problems because no one is helping anyone here.
6) Stay away from amateur assassin movies.
7) I am not Dan. Just another person annoyed by stupid people.

p.s. What the hell was everyone thinking?!

p.p.s. I want any movie or script anyone has made. Several offered to ANYONE, so I'm requesting.

i love this thread. it makes me giggle

Hello everyone! I'll just cut to my point. I'm filming an action movie, almost like the exact opposite of Charlie's Angels, called 'School of Assassins' There will definately be gunfight scenes (need some effects for those) a knife throw scene, and like.. climbing up the outside wall of a building. There will also be a scene somewhat similar to the one in Mission: Impossible where the agent is lowered down into a room from a wire.. and also breaking into an armed building where there are security lasers.. does anyone know how to do any of that? I'd also like to do some cool flips and stuff in a fighting scene.. I have a 12 foot trampoline which the actor could flip on, I just don't know how to put it into the scene and make it look like the actor is in the SCENE and not my backyard.. haha.. This is going to be so fun to film because I'm getting some blackbelt karate teacher people to do some of the fight scenes which is going to be totally sweet, and my dad knows someone who works for an electric company so we might be able to use a cherry picker thing to get overhead shots.. We're filming a boat-chase scene and eventually one of the boats has to blow up.. does anyone know if buying a small model boat and then blowing it up and recording with highspeed film would work? I don't wanna waste money on that if its gonna look stupid... I know I have more special effects I'd like to put in it, just can't think of any more at the moment. Well, if anyone has any ideas, please tell me!

Thanks,
Brianna
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hm... I think ure way over ur head, Im sorry but seeing a ur an amateur maybe u should start with a simpler movie... and unless the movie makes a profit you shouldnt waste money on it.

Like Ice said, you need to start with something alot more simple.

May I ask how old you are Ellewoods2001?

I agree. I would suggest doing a remake of Night, Mother to begin with.

This entire movie consists of 2 women sitting in one house.

Originally posted by TheFilmProphet
Like Ice said, you need to start with something alot more simple.

May I ask how old you are Ellewoods2001?

I was wondering the same thing

Wow so many replies. I'm 16 and it's for a film study class I'm taking. I know it does seem a little over the top but it's not really going to cost me anything except for the editing software. My friend has a cottage on a lake and a speed boat, so yeah theres the boat scene right there, and I'm sure some karate people would be willing to do a fight scene... My dad works at comcast sometimes where he speaks on a talk show for Kiwanis, and he and his buddies used to film movies in their spare time, so they can lend us some expertise.. anyways... yeah it does seem over the top, but I'm only gonna do it if I can get people to compromise, otherwise I won't.

Originally posted by Ellewoods2001
We're filming a boat-chase scene and eventually one of the boats has to blow up.. does anyone know if buying a small model boat and then blowing it up and recording with highspeed film would work? I don't wanna waste money on that if its gonna look stupid

No, do not waste money on blowing up a small model boat.
Use a real one. Trust me, you'll appreciate the quality later.

Haha, blow up a real boat? This is for a highschool class, and as much as I'd like to make it look better, I don't think I could afford buying a boat and then blowing it up! Are there any computer programs that could simulate that?

you should find some old abandoned warehouse and build a set in there. If thats not at hand try some place with a high roof.

for the laser scenes you could buy some laser pointers and include them in the walls of your set. during the editing, if you have a graphic programme at hand and a good operator, you may change the colors.

that's a good idea, i live in detroit so there are plenty of abandoned warehouses.. and about the laser pointers.. do they show beams all the way through though? or do they only make light when it touches something? thanks!

Oh, I just thought of a great idea to help with your blowing up special effects: Hold your camcorder up to the TV during some game like Doom or Ghost Recon. All the explosions and killings are right in front of you and your $$$$ is saved.

Originally posted by Ellewoods2001
that's a good idea, i live in detroit so there are plenty of abandoned warehouses.. and about the laser pointers.. do they show beams all the way through though? or do they only make light when it touches something? thanks!

The thing is that security beams are not meant to show up in a normal atmosphere.

But you will be needing to film this on camera so its a different story.

Dont take my word for this; i think to capture those lasers you will need to synchronize the camera to the laser beam by calibration.

What I know for sure is that:

You know when you are watching the news on TV and you see, that in an office a monitor seems to have horizontal lines fuzzing up the screen. You may think that that monitor is f*cked up, but its not. When they want to specifically film that monitor and whats displayed on it, the camera is calibrated with the pulses that monitor is generating every second.

I think its the same with lasers.

Altough it could also be a question of applying different lenses to the scope. Read Here

Thanks a lot to both of you! One thing... how do I synchronize the camera to the laser beam by calibration, and also.. okay when you see the monitors on the news or whatever and they have the lines, isn't that be cause they're CRT monitors (cathode ray tubes) so... if you use like a plasma screen thing, would it work? Because botankus said that you can film like a video game for explosions, but if you use a regular tv, it'd be screwy.. so what if you use a plasma screen tv to shoot it? do you think that'd work? Thanks very much to both of you! 😄

Ohh I just thought of something else.. there was this commercial on tv for one of those level things (you know.. to make sure something isn't crooked? i hope you know what im talking about...) anyways its a laser kind... and I think my dad has one of those.. so do you think that'd work? because i think it needs to have a background behind it to show up and if it's gonna be in the middle of a set with people jumping over it.. hmm.. well if anyone knows what im talking about then please help haha

Originally posted by botankus
Oh, I just thought of a great idea to help with your blowing up special effects: Hold your camcorder up to the TV during some game like Doom or Ghost Recon. All the explosions and killings are right in front of you and your $$$$ is saved.

Hey, that's a pretty good idea. 🙂

Oh yeah, and about this thread...

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Hello everyone! I'll just cut to my point. I'm filming an action movie, almost like the exact opposite of Charlie's Angels, called 'School of Assassins'

There will definately be gunfight scenes (need some effects for those) a knife throw scene, and like.. climbing up the outside wall of a building. There will also be a scene somewhat similar to the one in Mission: Impossible where the agent is lowered down into a room from a wire.. and also breaking into an armed building where there are security lasers.. does anyone know how to do any of that?

i think i know what you can do for explosions you can buy fireworks and use them as bombs or something or if you need a missle you can buy bottle rockets.

If you like what i wrote please send me a copy of the movie i am tryin to make one of my own.

Well, this is a disturbing thread.