Smashing Heads and a Little Latin Lovin
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If you have not seen PMS: The Horror movie., check it out here. For the first effect, come see how we crushed Josh’s head with a rusty toolbox. This effect is simple in idea, but difficult in execution.
First, have your actor (who will be killed) lie on the ground and play out the scene. Before you move him out of frame, place a small object, like a penny, under his/ her head and have the other actor kneel next to them. Your actor that has been lying on the ground is now free to go. Then have the murdering actor smash the toolbox down on the penny as if the actor were still there.
Bring your footage into After Effect; putting the clip of the actor lying down, below the one of the actor who slams the toolbox. Now go frame by frame and mask your actress out of her background, which will reveal the actor lying on the ground beneath her. Finally, use the CC Smear effect to distort the actors face as the toolbox makes contact, then add some blood bursting from underneath and you are done! (Don’t forget to smooth your mask to blend it better).
Next up is 3-point lighting, which is so basic that you’d think it wouldn’t get much use in film. But the truth is that the 3-point lighting principle can be found in almost every lighting set up. This technique consists of three lights; the Key Light, Fill Light, and Back Light. These sources are typically controlled lights that you would set up; but they don’t have to be. You could use a lamp that already exists, a window, or anything else that is giving off enough light for your needs. Your Fill light could even be the light that is bouncing off the wall from the Key Light you have on the other side of your actor. So get creative and play with the set-up, there are endless combinations to get a ton of really great lighting set-ups.
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" This episode of -- right is brought to buy Netflix and Squarespace. Well on the film the show the Dixon misread the effects of techniques regardless of your favorite Hollywood films in today's episode we're gonna be showing you another effect from people that's the harmony and getting into some basic likely to."
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" But that go read this but life. We're gonna vote for it felt -- post production. Grab some popcorn and get comfortable that this felt right."
" Yeah let me up."
" yeah."
" Again you know. Yeah well he's --"
" It's just finished. Yeah and it could mean his minions. To send your. An -- and yeah yeah. Many. Guys this. Stimulus stimulus blocked. It. Harry speaking Spanish and ES they knew what molest that. Yeah it looks these objectives with curtains -- me X nine yard punt on anyone's. I don't even know Spanish ET. OK how do you say we are morons in Spanish."
" Obama Sydney -- Not even close. Is very offensive by the way BC's yeah."
" Okay that didn't actually have anything to do with. In my defense I had every intention of doing another last time line and showed some more PMS. Could these. Then a few friends came over there's a lot of caffeine involved I got sidetracked. Are you surprised. I mean really. -- eight episodes and this thing if you don't know we might now. I just don't know this relationship work out. Another effect that's had nonstop request with the toolbox head smash. You guys sick. And I love it. This affected the little one difficult slide but it's billions of all the technique that -- for. To get your act about getting a migraine when the floor and what else. When he acts up the impact of the toolbox Richard of the of his body -- much enlarged motions in -- like -- in post production. Then get your other actor. Or actress. Suited to their equal opportunity. That's -- the right rules. So with you one -- still laying on the floor have the other actor that will be doing the toolbox surgery coming in the accident that took a small object like a penny and put it under the head of the accurately on the floor. Then they're free to go. With there had."
" News once that actors have a picture make sure your actors in the toolbox shuffle doesn't move their legs at all. They need to stay in the exact same position they were in before the other actor got off the ground. That would later on you can blend tea shop seamlessly now that have -- actors smashed that the box down a penny if it was the agent who begin to run the."
" Do not me. --"
" But contaminant that's exactly."
" So now once again bring you footage and after effects the place to put it to your actor playing on the ground below that of the homicidal construction worker. Not of the annoying part just like with the California factor gonna have to the frame by frame to mask actress out of -- background -- missing the other actors. And here's some favorite learn from my mistake if you actress has long hair how to put it up. Masking -- hair it's cracking difficult for final touches -- blood -- coming out from under the toolbox which -- this nation felt dot com. And use it back CC's -- to work -- actors based want to toolbox starts hitting it. Allen isn't a must but adds a lot of realism and that's it. The great toolbox massacre."
" Our best Christmas is sponsoring its its perfect fit while the Rossum were awesome synergy. But we're creative guys I don't think outside the box. Not. We could say Squarespace is a great publishing sites were a lot portfolios or any other website. And that's easy unique to use in the -- underdog and -- professional looking website but we're filmmakers. Connect. We emotional connections when looking for from you guys is ideas just it didn't attack. Mikey Squarespace keeping things -- it's thinking thinking that -- with the Internet was created. No tent -- hit me with the jingle. Live on the Internet -- company's bonds bonds. Space copyright infringement no Josh is great speech that he in fact almost in Paris not at all actual attempt to get a Squarespace. Good -- commerce culture that he probably legal issues tip for rules first baseman talked about Squarespace pathological -- Josh is -- is -- surprise people next five minutes of your marketable dot you spend a little bit tenant goodness this horse race went after the Squarespace stays Squarespace. Pretzel that president give the Josh he turned on her mind you. But morbid tent yeah. Parents -- costs jobs in Squarespace until the second puppy. Now which is the pup tent. You know you could do and the beginning when it. You decode so -- you sign up and you'll receive ten."
" That often like to order."
" To the beginning of theories we've had a had a request after a position of mine that -- their program could you show some lighting thing. See the -- finally time to get into the best place to start frequently. Three point line it was basically you can get but it general principles can be found it pretty much every life. -- What are going to be now for the for all the lights and turn them on one -- one to explain what it was --"
" We do. Don't think again. -- frequent lighting segment."
" OK. Oh okay I just too don't they just don't go in a room and shooting a significant rise. --"
" These together."
" To -- laid off. I'll edit that part --"
" Whoa whoa -- About question. With your question ordering pizza. And creating an alliance. And if not meaning medium. And he's pro life and just to people. If that's. Three. --"
" For the -- a funny now is called healing it's the first -- setup and you me so -- you can see now at very high contrast would be shadows of the -- I think that's why we're gonna bring -- flight. -- Now we've filled in some of the shadows brought to be held back in the silently fix of course we can control the intensity about life and make it higher low contrast with more. But still I'm -- in the background and that's why we need to back. And here is the back."
" What's funny. Your forehead."
" Yeah not."
" Freaking me. Cut it and this is the back like -- sole purpose of the calf might inherent shoulders degree separation between you and your background so now we get all three like scaling. Nine you have a really didn't."
" What -- topping. I don't know whatever you guys wanna carry on into my keys and."
" dollars figures. But."
" Well I guess some other things you can do with a life is -- with the angle. Either raise the light up really high over your actor and then you can have some deep shadows and beyond what could be cool and shooting villains. Or bring him down really low for some other -- facts. And I guess that's. To try before going for yourself and McMaster set up to see what other kind of great results it."
" I know is when you found. Just on the -- You did good. -- think you could."
" If you're gonna -- you're gonna wanna go with Netflix they have over 9000 titles online including a whole lot of -- And with free shipping both ways and forty shipping centers for you get it overnight while hooked up. Out of excuses. Netflix plans started it was 499 and as a new member you go to free two week no risk trial just -- out netflix.com forward slash Phil Bryant and a friend. Don't forget the WWW."
" Speaking of any its if you look -- devices or just the fan of that Revision 3 has so that you're -- hasty nation is your guide to the best and and it's become. Posted by aids and TB expert Robert Harrington fanatic Patrick Norton it's mason will be bringing you inside scoop on all things. To check out every Tuesday revised three dot com forward slash its Phoenix. And that's it for this episode he's flexible film right up. You can head over to -- felt right FaceBook has become a fan always updating cool stuff there like behind the scenes and other acts just like outtakes. If you have an effective technique they like him so he can we get to me. Or email me it felt right at Revision 3 dot. Policy as an expert."
" I -- Yorker people that go."
" I don't know if enough mistakes at all. So it should be doing -- it."
" War."
" This episode of -- right is brought to buy Netflix and Squarespace. Well on the film the show the Dixon misread the effects of techniques regardless of your favorite Hollywood films in today's episode we're gonna be showing you another effect from people that's the harmony and getting into some basic likely to."
" Yeah. -- it's."
" But that go read this but life. We're gonna vote for it felt -- post production. Grab some popcorn and get comfortable that this felt right."
" Yeah let me up."
" yeah."
" Again you know. Yeah well he's --"
" It's just finished. Yeah and it could mean his minions. To send your. An -- and yeah yeah. Many. Guys this. Stimulus stimulus blocked. It. Harry speaking Spanish and ES they knew what molest that. Yeah it looks these objectives with curtains -- me X nine yard punt on anyone's. I don't even know Spanish ET. OK how do you say we are morons in Spanish."
" Obama Sydney -- Not even close. Is very offensive by the way BC's yeah."
" Okay that didn't actually have anything to do with. In my defense I had every intention of doing another last time line and showed some more PMS. Could these. Then a few friends came over there's a lot of caffeine involved I got sidetracked. Are you surprised. I mean really. -- eight episodes and this thing if you don't know we might now. I just don't know this relationship work out. Another effect that's had nonstop request with the toolbox head smash. You guys sick. And I love it. This affected the little one difficult slide but it's billions of all the technique that -- for. To get your act about getting a migraine when the floor and what else. When he acts up the impact of the toolbox Richard of the of his body -- much enlarged motions in -- like -- in post production. Then get your other actor. Or actress. Suited to their equal opportunity. That's -- the right rules. So with you one -- still laying on the floor have the other actor that will be doing the toolbox surgery coming in the accident that took a small object like a penny and put it under the head of the accurately on the floor. Then they're free to go. With there had."
" News once that actors have a picture make sure your actors in the toolbox shuffle doesn't move their legs at all. They need to stay in the exact same position they were in before the other actor got off the ground. That would later on you can blend tea shop seamlessly now that have -- actors smashed that the box down a penny if it was the agent who begin to run the."
" Do not me. --"
" But contaminant that's exactly."
" So now once again bring you footage and after effects the place to put it to your actor playing on the ground below that of the homicidal construction worker. Not of the annoying part just like with the California factor gonna have to the frame by frame to mask actress out of -- background -- missing the other actors. And here's some favorite learn from my mistake if you actress has long hair how to put it up. Masking -- hair it's cracking difficult for final touches -- blood -- coming out from under the toolbox which -- this nation felt dot com. And use it back CC's -- to work -- actors based want to toolbox starts hitting it. Allen isn't a must but adds a lot of realism and that's it. The great toolbox massacre."
" Our best Christmas is sponsoring its its perfect fit while the Rossum were awesome synergy. But we're creative guys I don't think outside the box. Not. We could say Squarespace is a great publishing sites were a lot portfolios or any other website. And that's easy unique to use in the -- underdog and -- professional looking website but we're filmmakers. Connect. We emotional connections when looking for from you guys is ideas just it didn't attack. Mikey Squarespace keeping things -- it's thinking thinking that -- with the Internet was created. No tent -- hit me with the jingle. Live on the Internet -- company's bonds bonds. Space copyright infringement no Josh is great speech that he in fact almost in Paris not at all actual attempt to get a Squarespace. Good -- commerce culture that he probably legal issues tip for rules first baseman talked about Squarespace pathological -- Josh is -- is -- surprise people next five minutes of your marketable dot you spend a little bit tenant goodness this horse race went after the Squarespace stays Squarespace. Pretzel that president give the Josh he turned on her mind you. But morbid tent yeah. Parents -- costs jobs in Squarespace until the second puppy. Now which is the pup tent. You know you could do and the beginning when it. You decode so -- you sign up and you'll receive ten."
" That often like to order."
" To the beginning of theories we've had a had a request after a position of mine that -- their program could you show some lighting thing. See the -- finally time to get into the best place to start frequently. Three point line it was basically you can get but it general principles can be found it pretty much every life. -- What are going to be now for the for all the lights and turn them on one -- one to explain what it was --"
" We do. Don't think again. -- frequent lighting segment."
" OK. Oh okay I just too don't they just don't go in a room and shooting a significant rise. --"
" These together."
" To -- laid off. I'll edit that part --"
" Whoa whoa -- About question. With your question ordering pizza. And creating an alliance. And if not meaning medium. And he's pro life and just to people. If that's. Three. --"
" For the -- a funny now is called healing it's the first -- setup and you me so -- you can see now at very high contrast would be shadows of the -- I think that's why we're gonna bring -- flight. -- Now we've filled in some of the shadows brought to be held back in the silently fix of course we can control the intensity about life and make it higher low contrast with more. But still I'm -- in the background and that's why we need to back. And here is the back."
" What's funny. Your forehead."
" Yeah not."
" Freaking me. Cut it and this is the back like -- sole purpose of the calf might inherent shoulders degree separation between you and your background so now we get all three like scaling. Nine you have a really didn't."
" What -- topping. I don't know whatever you guys wanna carry on into my keys and."
" dollars figures. But."
" Well I guess some other things you can do with a life is -- with the angle. Either raise the light up really high over your actor and then you can have some deep shadows and beyond what could be cool and shooting villains. Or bring him down really low for some other -- facts. And I guess that's. To try before going for yourself and McMaster set up to see what other kind of great results it."
" I know is when you found. Just on the -- You did good. -- think you could."
" If you're gonna -- you're gonna wanna go with Netflix they have over 9000 titles online including a whole lot of -- And with free shipping both ways and forty shipping centers for you get it overnight while hooked up. Out of excuses. Netflix plans started it was 499 and as a new member you go to free two week no risk trial just -- out netflix.com forward slash Phil Bryant and a friend. Don't forget the WWW."
" Speaking of any its if you look -- devices or just the fan of that Revision 3 has so that you're -- hasty nation is your guide to the best and and it's become. Posted by aids and TB expert Robert Harrington fanatic Patrick Norton it's mason will be bringing you inside scoop on all things. To check out every Tuesday revised three dot com forward slash its Phoenix. And that's it for this episode he's flexible film right up. You can head over to -- felt right FaceBook has become a fan always updating cool stuff there like behind the scenes and other acts just like outtakes. If you have an effective technique they like him so he can we get to me. Or email me it felt right at Revision 3 dot. Policy as an expert."
" I -- Yorker people that go."
" I don't know if enough mistakes at all. So it should be doing -- it."
Started discussion: July 15, 2009 @ 10:15pm GMT
Episode 8 - Smashing Heads and a Little Latin Lovin [Discussion]
Come see all the drama in Huevos vs Huevos, and then learn to crush a head and a little 3 point lighting.
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Loved the show. I really liked the three point lighting segment. Discussing the basics of filmmaking (of which I know next to nothing) is a good idea. I hope you guys cover more basics in the future.
Also, molestache -- hilarious.
Señor!!
Hilarious!! and I am from Puerto Rico, I can relate to the funny jab at the Spanish soap reference. Square commercial the best I have seen here... I actually laughed out loud, well...many parts of this episode made me crack up... bravo well done!!What I use is called "masking" not "matting".
The reason that we mask more than we green screen is because most people don't have access to a pro green screen, and though using green fabric is a good alternative, it is much more difficult to make convincing.
But even with a pro screen, you would need one of the higher end keying plug-ins to get a good key. With a small room like that, and the lighting that we used, using a green screen would have lead to much less convincing effects with spill from the screen and the lighting that we would have use to light the screen.
So really the easier method to use to get a realistic effect is masking. The only problem is that masking is a little more time consuming so it needs more patience. But if you want a good effect that will still look good even when going frame by frame, I would definitely mask.
I love that the guys shot a video for the opening even though they didn't need one, now that's commitment!
You used my favorite Squarspace advert again YAY! I love that one sooo much.
Good stuff on the lighting, I learned basic 3 point lighting for drama at school but it was for stage plays, it's great to see it done specifically for films plug you guys were really funny.
Is it just me or did it suddenly get really light at the end (just after the HD Nation plug)?
Anyway great episode, it just keeps getting awesomer (yes that is now a word, made specially for this show).