Lee Maisel

All you have to do is turn OFF the auto GAIN by hitting the GAIN button located on the bottom left of the camera. Then the gain switch (H M L) set to L and you can change the strength of L to 0 in the menu.

WOW is Right!! Now, how was it done?

LOL!! True! The worst kept secret ever! Hey I live here in Abq too.

David, EXCELLENT WORK!! I loved that movie! BTW: Bonanza Creek is my Godfather's ranch, he passed away, and I'm sure you met Imogene Hughes, (his Wife) A very nice lady!

Hi Saul, Nuke City eh?? Los Alamos?

So, when I export to DVD it's better to NOT deinterlace? Thanks!

Well, after deinterlacing, and exporting to DVD it looks just fine. Just a quirk I guess. Scared the crap out of me!

Thanks! I'll try it! It probably is the Mac display. It does kindof look fine in FCP, but in Quicktime player it looks like crap. Another funny thing is, on static scenes, the clouds moving look like they are marching back one step, then forward!

This is Maddening. I spent the day capturing beautiful footage of some outdoor shots, and after importing them in FCP, they seem kind of jerky, with the squiggly lines. What are the optimal settings (camera) to use during the shots? And am I maybe doing something wrong in the import? I believe I have the camera set at 1080i and shutter of 60.

on 2001, the whole set rotated! It was huge! especially the one where he was jogging. that whole set was one big squirrel cage. Must be nice to have a budget.

Sorry to say, but the easiest way would be to have the actor be motionless the whole time, or moving very slowly. Another way you could do it is to composite the person in, and actually, it wouldnt be to hard, because since he's not moving, the masking wouldnt be bad! you would just have to make sure that nobody else occupies his space, maybe put a planter or something where he's supposed to stand to keep people walking around that spot.

Chris: Thanks for the tip on Celtx! AWESOME!!

I rent HMMWV's out for movies, but skedaddle is a bit too far for me, I will check with some of the people I know if you're still looking. A place to look is G503.org and mvpa.org you can see my hmmwv at http://dynasytes.com/hummer/hmmwv

I dunno, I thought that shark was Totally COnvincing! NOT!!! LOL!!!

That was EXCELLENT!!!! How'd ya do the throat cutting?

Correct: and it seems to last pretty long if you soak it good. The warmer it is, the more vapor there is.

If you put an insulator between the actor's back and their shirt, you can soak the back with compressed "air dusters" held upside-down. This, combined with their body heat will create quite a bit of vapor that looks like smoke coming off of them.

Thanks very much! That's what I was asking about!

How is it done? I'm referring to the effect where a photo is shown, and the camera seems to be dollying in various directions, and the person is in the foreground and the background of the photo seems like it's farther back? It seems that these were original photos, but how are they getting them to "pop out" ?

Agreed, not only Mic, but barn doors too! Otherwise, looks really good! did you use a lens adapter??

Nice! But a suggestion on the dolly shot at the beginning where the guy runs up. Have the dolly moving before the shot begins. and maybe a little faster, but at least begin the shot while the dolly is in motion, we could see it start up.

Thanks William, I agree. I thought the flashes were too bright, although, on the other hand, you want to go a little overboard on stuff like that, just like in movies where they guy gets shot and flies like 10 feet. in reality, he just falls down.

very short shot of drive-by shooting, please let me know what you think about sfx, sound, and overall. Thanks!

Well Done! Man that was pretty funny! Good work with the glidecam rig.