This guy made a compilation of all the stuff he's been in, working as a background extra in LA. For no reason except it's funny set to a very serious soundtrack :)
This video does a really neat job pointing out bad editing decisions, and shows how to fix it using 3 guidelines for how to have good editing cutting from one shot to another in a scene. Behind the scenes video of one of the biggest, most epic TV productions, Game of Thrones. Celtx, the program we use for scriptwriting, analyzed some of the scripts of the Oscar-nominated films. If you're curious, here's the link and an example below.
Full article and video here DELTA, B.C. — As Godzilla rises from the ocean depths and attacks the Golden Gate Bridge, movie audiences suspend disbelief at the captivating on-screen spectacle. But strip out the immense monster that’s clawing apart cables and what’s left is a corps of actors in military fatigues and one gargantuan, inflatable green screen. The unique screen, stretching more than 200 metres for the 2013 “Godzilla” film shoot, has garnered its Vancouver-area inventors Hollywood’s highest honour — an Academy Award. Four partners — David McIntosh, Steve Smith, Mike Branham and Mike Kirilenko — have been named Oscar winners for engineering and developing the cutting-edge green screen, called the Aircover Inflatables Airwall... “We took a huge risk. We built these units without knowing if they’d ever work. We all believed it was a good idea, but we didn’t know,” said Smith, CEO of Aircover Inflatables, based in the Vancouver suburb of Delta. ... A green screen is a backdrop made entirely of one distinct colour — often green, but sometimes blue — that is mounted behind a scene during the filming of a movie. In post-production, the single hue is replaced by video footage or computer generated graphics, such as the enraged Godzilla. The airwall has quickly amassed a roll of credits since its debut. Some other major motion pictures that used the visual effects tool include “Tomorrowland,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “X-Men Apocalypse” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”... "Game of Thrones" ... A movie just came out, "Boyhood", that took 12 years to make. They started filming in 2002. That's never been done before, it's really intriguing. In a related vein, a father has been filming his daughter 15 seconds a week for her entire life, and sped it up into a 4 min video from 0-14 years. Both are below. Part of the reason I imagine this is so intriguing (like OKGO music videos) is that so much can be faked and photoshopped that we don't trust what we see anymore... but you can't fake this stuff. It takes a lot of time and effort and creativity and planning and foresight. And those can be in short supply around us. Halloween's coming up, and it's a good time to point out that in the film industry someone can have a job where all they do is makeup or effects like this. And if you're interested in trying it out - see Mr. Maller, he's looking for some students who want to help doing zombie style makeup for the fall plays. |
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