Nathan Banning

What's this? Tell us more Phil - details please.. If you have the time, of course.

yeah that looks cool. I really need to start reading up on this, James Cameron was a f/x guy before Terminator and Aliens, then I can start up my own ghetto ILM in my place. Hey TSM! was that a double dare?! Nobody! Nobody dares me- especially on the internet- it's on! It's so fu**ing on -you don't know!

Thanks again David! Hey TSM, aNArchY means fu** THE RULES!! haha, put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Thanks Mom and Dad - I won't be using real guns,bullets or blanks (All you saved a fillmmakers life/career today). What about using model guns (besides the above mentioned) with digital gun fire. Does that even look real? Heard it doesn't. Actually, I'm not big on guns but there's going to be a couple of scenes with them and we'll be shooting in the early morning so I doubt anyone will be calling the fuzz. Mostly indoors stuff, like when Harrison Ford gets on the lift in Bladerunner and sean young makes a noise behind him and BAM! whips out his big gun with the little LED light on it (was that a real gun?). The story CAN be filmed no-budget because it's minimalist sci-fi (cronenberg) and there's only a few characters and locations. But since I'm not getting the rights to the story I can't get financing (I love making movies.. it's not about the money). Besides I'm an anarchist and paying for some dead author's book makes me ill. Back to the Models and Mattes!! Is there some kind of Website that deals with traditional FX? I found lots of CGI sites but it's all math and programs and it confused me !! (thanks David for the reading suggestions- I'll check those out.)

Not that I'm not going to use CGI - I am. But saparingly - like little salt and pepper. Just a highlight or tint here and there. Also I need guns (full auto M16's and Mp5's) that I can fire in public that don't cause too much hysteria. I wouldn't want people to get all upset or call the cops, on the other had I'm not going to have insurance,police or permission so you get the point. Thanks! Ps. Don't tell me it's illegal,dangerous or immoral 'cause I've heard it all before.

:) Hi. I'm a filmmaker up in Seattle and I'm about to start on a sci-fi neo-noir thriller feature that I plagerized from a novel and I'm thinking about using models and mattes and various other oldskool analogue effects whatever. I'm a big fan of BladeRunner,Alien(s) and Logans' run - HA! just kidding. Serious though I've often thought some of that old black magic looked better than the cartoony CGI of today. I'm looking for any kind of persons,groups,websites that still do that thing kind of thing. Also I'm no-budget. Thanks.

Hi. I'm an Owner of an Arriflex 16 BL with a Tobin TXM-9 sync drive. Lately It will not hold sync (sync light comes on), in fact, the motor runs wild (50+ fps) and nothing changes if I switch speeds. I contacted Tobin guy who said it was probably a cable problem. I'm thinking it could be the battery (it's a 10 yo) 12V belt. But would a faulty cable or battery cause cause this non-sync? Thanks.