Filmmaking Tips and Tricks

Help finding a sound

feeds@yuku.com (slinky) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:26:54 GMT

The sound that a mushroom makes when it plops up from underneath the earth. I know it sounds funny but... I am looking for this sound.

It is also the sound a tree coming out of the ground in a cartoon makes, i think.

Update i found it: you can delete this post. Although i could use a vehicle going through mud sound also, i will probably find it though.

Not sure anything of interest...

feeds@yuku.com (slinky) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:53:41 GMT

But thought i would post it, came up on website i was looking at.
http://fxhome.com/effectslab/pro

Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and After Effects CS3

feeds@yuku.com (Rowen Moonblade) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:47:28 GMT

I just got these two programs today and I'm wondering what you guys think about them.

Bad Deal

feeds@yuku.com (DevinWho) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:05:58 GMT

Im praying someones on right now. I found a HV20
Its $500 with no accessories. The reason I'm still even considering it is because I have $310 store credit. So I'd really only be paying under $200 and could just buy the accessories I need later on. I don't like the fact that I have to buy
-A battery
-A Charge
-A Tripod
-A Firewire

When originally I just would have had to invest in the tripod and firewire.

So the battery and charger...

Need Help from Fight choreographers!! The more, the better!

feeds@yuku.com (songchao) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:00:23 GMT

Hey guys! how are you all? I've choreographed a few fight scenes and find it to be very fun. I run into a problem, however, when it comes to organization!

I need help! I'd appreciate different advice from as many people (that know what they are talking about) as possible!

When choreographing a fight in a note book, how do you organize it?

I use the left side for pictures of the actions, and describe action + reaction on the right. For the graphics i use...

Need help with Kung fu music...

feeds@yuku.com (Christoffer Frank) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:27:40 GMT

I'm making a Kung fu movie and so far I've shot a couple of scenes. My hands were literally bleeding when we stopped shooting because I accidentally hit a stone and a tree. But my question is where can I find music to use when the shooting is done? I want it to feel like a 1970's or 80's Kung fu film. I'm even going to remove the sound and dub the movie so it feels completely genuine.

Programs for 3-D Animation

feeds@yuku.com (paul51484) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:35:06 GMT

Anyone know any good programs for 3-D Animation? I'm talking relatively crazy CGI-type stuff, not something simple like Flash. Thanks.

Guns

feeds@yuku.com (Graeme Noble) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:29:59 GMT

Where is the best place to buy realistic looking guns at a low price?

Don't think toy guns work very well...

Need help with hammerhead techno maker!

feeds@yuku.com (TKDJeff) — Sat, 08 Jul 1911 12:13:46 GMT

I just got a free techno program called''hemmerhead''but I cant figure out how to do some of the thing it can do,hear are some of the thing I would like to know.....

1.Can you get more SX for it
2.When you are finish how do you make it into a MP3 file.
3.Can you make the songs longer than 8 measures.

If any one can help I would be very thankful.

Wind Noises

feeds@yuku.com (Graeme Noble) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:55:33 GMT

Do anybody else have problems with the noise the wind makes? Any way of avoiding this?

Poser

feeds@yuku.com (paul51484) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:18:39 GMT

Anyone have any familiarity with Poser? I need help with my skeleton animating & could really use someone to walk me through things. Thanks.

Sound resources/info

feeds@yuku.com (paul51484) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:04:46 GMT

Anyone know any good books/websites with info/tips on recording sound (primarily for the DVX100B, but any help will do)?

Thanks.

Re-using locations

feeds@yuku.com (paul51484) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:24:55 GMT

What are people's thoughts on re-using locations in multiple projects? Sometimes I feel as though it's a sign of a low-budget production, but I realize it has been done in a number of higher budgeted films (like the coast restaurant used in Dragons Forever & Touch and Go). What are people's reactions to when you see a location that was used in another un-related movie?

converting sony vegas to youtube

feeds@yuku.com (masterintraining) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:10:32 GMT

hi i was having trouble and wanted to know how you convert a sony vegas movie to a youtube video?

Good & Free-to-use Music

feeds@yuku.com (Graeme Noble) — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:34:29 GMT

As long as you click 'advanced search' and make sure your search only includes artists that you can use for commercial purposes only (there are still a lot out there on this site that allow usage)

All you need to do is credit the artist and put the licence address in your movie/short too.

Quite simple - http://www.jamendo.com

a lot of the music is average, but there is a large selection and some of it...

win ps3 in Steven Segal film tribute contest

feeds@yuku.com (micah9) — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:08:56 GMT

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36862

cheap adobe after effects

feeds@yuku.com (masterintraining) — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:14:35 GMT

for those of you who hav read my previous posts i have been trying to get good editing software. for some of the stuff i want to do it seems like adobe after effects is the way to go, only problem is its hefty little price tag.( $950.00 on amazon) does anyone know where i can get it cheap. as long as i can still make fire balls and duplicate myself and stuff like that im cool, i dont need everything under the sun.
Oh and can i use footage from miniDV disks to put on after effects cus...

Website (for web designers or people who know them)

feeds@yuku.com (Leo) — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:44:47 GMT

I notice some people on here have nice websites for themselves. Do you guys build them yourself, or have people who build them for you? I tried my hand at it, but coding just makes me really angry and explode all over the place.

I'm in need of a website or two, though. I have a pretty high quality standards, big expectations, looking for connections to web designers. Anyone know of any or would be willing to help? (of course if it's a professional web designer we could...

Padding/Letterbox with Premiere Pro

feeds@yuku.com (RobP) — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:04:10 GMT

Hey guys, provide me a little help if possible.

I've looked through the help manual for Premiere Pro but can't find how to (or if it's even possible) to add padding to a video of mine. Now, what I'm trying to do is to take a 720x576 video which plays in 16:9 and to pad it at the top and bottom so it's in Letterbox 4:3. Anyone know how I can do that using this program? I have another program which can do it for me after I export the video but unfortunately...

4:3 or 16:9?

feeds@yuku.com (paul51484) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:15:28 GMT

What format is better to shoot in?