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Ellbobin Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 12/3/04 12:17am Subject: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	Its just that I seem to be the only one that just phones up my friends and says 'I've got an idea, you wanna make a film?' Thats how I make all mt films. No Script, only the props we already have, on location in or near our house's. So ever done it? -----signature----- http://www.popcorn-pro.tk \|\|\ ( : ) \|\|/ I want to, Tease the Tautaun...-Pinki the Hutt
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rogue_09 Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 12/3/04 12:23am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	I'm technically doing that sometime soon. I suppose it doesn't really count since it is preconceived, but once I actually work on my idea it'll all be on-set improv. -----signature----- I don't know why everyone is so negative. I actually have a pretty good feeling about this. Do you dare to push The Big Red Button? http://thebrb.com
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Jedi_Spiff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 12/3/04 3:07am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	I really want to do stuff like that to work on my editing and film-making skills... but I end up taking on big projects instead. Last year Fig gave me the illusion he was doing this - and not only were the improvements in his films obvious with time, but I suspect it was great practice. I actually admire him for that ( ). -Spiff -----signature----- "There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's a Canadian taxpayer." - RCAF Now a member of the unofficial Master Zap fanclub. PwNN: http://wbm.zenutech.com/WBFilm/SWPlanet.html
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WhisperingDeath Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 12/3/04 3:38am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	The ratio of pre-production work to production work is 9-1. -----signature----- http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org
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Covax Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 12/3/04 4:09am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	Naw, my old projects were tied into school projects/presentations. My current work is either helping other projects out or part of some competition. The only independat project I am currently working on I gave myself a nice fat year to lazyily prepare for. -----signature----- Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can do neither, critique. http://www.Key-Pixel.com
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FigChrystie Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 12/3/04 7:27am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	I really want to do stuff like that to work on my editing and film-making skills... but I end up taking on big projects instead. Last year Fig gave me the illusion he was doing this - and not only were the improvements in his films obvious with time, but I suspect it was great practice. I actually admire him for that ( ). -Spiff Spiff, that means a lot to me, man. Ell, from August 2003 to about May 2004 I made about six short films completely, or almost completely, on a whim, about next to nothing at all. Wipeout A minute and a half movie about a boy who takes a crap and THEN realizes there's no TP. Learned: First film ever. Losing the Game A five minute film about a guy who tries to get his N64 to work, and takes desperate and even more desperate actions to make it work, getting more and more frustrated with each failure. Learned: The use of repition of shot style or themes for humor. Editing to music, not getting music to fit the edit. The Letter There's about one person who didn't hate this movie, mostly because it was too vague, I think. Thusly, it's largely forgotten, but some may remember it. About a guy writing a letter in a very dramatic setup, intercut with shots of him practicing something that looks like martial arts. Edited to make you think he's writing home before going to war or something. Turns out, he was practicing his movements for putting the letter IN the mailbox, because the cars on his street drive too fast. He ends up getting hit by a car anyway. Learned: To make damn sure your viewer knows what he's watching. Heat of the Moment About two guys who get bored and make cardboard toy guns. Running around and playing with them, they get caught up in the heat of the moment and the guns become real in their hands, because they 'believe' what they're doing. Learned: Action editing, which I still need a lot of improvement on. Bloody Mary A ten minute film chock full of inside jokes to NP2k.com, made for the NP2k film festival. About two guys who try to contact Bloody Mary, the urban myth woman inside the mirror you can see when you repeat her name. Hilarity ensues. Learned: Writing, and marketing. I have shirts that have sold using a line from the movie, and I realzied that people are more likely to buy things that they can wear that AREN'T esoteric. Name of the game is this: no one cares about your movie, but if there's a memorable line, character, or event...they'll endorse it on their person. (The shirts say "The offer to bite me stands.") Buddy Chat My only serious, serious movie so far. About a guy having a buddy chat with two other people discussing the lead characters life, and as the film goes on we discover he's talking with two other mentalities of his psyche. Learned: ...I shouldn't make serious films. Also dramatic editing. And that the right compostion (as in music) can make or break a film. So, yeah. Experimentation is fun. Especially if you have some friends to do it with. -----signature----- Defunct.
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Andross Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 12/3/04 8:41am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	I did that a couple times. It was basically, "Hey, wanna make a video?" "Alright, I've got nothing to do for the afternoon." They were both easy two- or three-day more-or-less improv things on VHS. We made one called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Janitor (11 MB) It's dubbed poorly in German, instead of Mandarin, get it? And we made one called Channel Surfing on a Sunday Evening (9 MB). I apologize for the audio; it got condensed in editing, so I had to boost it. With my current fan film, it's been, "Hey, I'm making this fan film, wanna help?" Most of my friends don't want to get involved in a big project, so I've pretty much ended up doing it all myself, which is kinda frustrating when you're trying to do a good job, ya know? -----signature----- --------------------------------------------------------- Do not feed the actors.
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Ellbobin Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 12/3/04 9:33am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	I've only ever done one two day shoot! 404: Made in an evening. About a boy who cant get online to download fan films, so watches all his star wars DVDs and goes crazy watching the Holiday Special. Revenge.........of the hairy little nan boy!: Made in a day. About a man who loves ewoks, but when he steals a football from a 'hairy little nan boy' who is playing in his yard his ewok teddy gets stolen he goes insane and kills the boy. Kendo Quest: Filmed in a day. Just a fight in aback ally with kendo sticks and 'hand blasts' Earth Squad: Filmed in a day. An earth civil war, one team on each side fighting each other. The Matrix Entered/Re-Entered: Filmed in two days. A ship has just freed another mind, and he must be taken to see the Orical. But knowing he will be a big part of the war on zion agents are in the way. The Matrix Exited idea in the works. Hamster boy: Filmed in a day. About a boy who loves his hamsters Jimmy and Bobby. But when he thinks thne he must find him! -----signature----- http://www.popcorn-pro.tk \|\|\ ( : ) \|\|/ I want to, Tease the Tautaun...-Pinki the Hutt
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green-boy Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 12/3/04 10:31am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	Revenge.........of the hairy little nan boy!: Made in a day. About a man who loves ewoks, but when he steals a football from a 'hairy little nan boy' who is playing in his yard his ewok teddy gets stolen he goes insane and kills the boy. Wow... -----signature----- Boom baybee!
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DarthArjuna Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 12/3/04 11:19am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	Lemme think... I did a Christmas one last year of me opening a present, tearing it to shreds, and holding up a box of AE with light coming from behind it. That was 5 hours from concept to completion. Extra kudos for scaring my mom when she heard the distinct sound of tearing wrapping paper on Dec. 24 from the direction of the tree. -----signature----- Andrew Hookway http://www.freewebs.com/pressenterproductions What IS Meatball? 8=======}>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For Sith-Lord_James and Alana:
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jbird69 Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/3/04 11:21am Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film? - Date Edited: 12/3/04 11:22am (1 edits total) Edited By: jbird69
	I wish! Need tons of planning and a cast and crew. Also need time away from work. I hate the real world...I think the Dastoli brothers do that. They come out with a new film every month it seems like. -----signature----- Writer/Director/Producer/Editor - Stunod Pictures http://www.stunodpictures.com http://stunodpictures.blogspot.com - The Stunod Scoop - Stunod Pictures' Official Blog Staff member and Sky's Personal Assistant : Viewin' It
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VoijaRisa Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 12/3/04 7:19pm Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	The first film I did was done this way. My ex g/f was in town (we lived 1/2 way across the country) and got bored, so we decided to make stupid little film. Basic idea was that a Jedi has to build a snowman as part of her training but an evil Sith who doesn't like snowmen comes to destroy it. They fight and the Sith kills the snowman. The Jedi then throws snowballs at him and he runs away. The entire thing was filmed using a web cam and a laptop. I've since then lost the only copy I had. -----signature----- "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance." ~Terry Pratchett
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Funk-E Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 12/3/04 7:19pm Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	But..we could've named him Bob! Or Beowulf! //reeeaaaly obscure -----signature----- I'm so adjective, I verb nouns. RIP George Carlin!
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FigChrystie Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 12/3/04 7:28pm Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	Figrin-Dan_Man: The Original Endorser of Snow Wars -----signature----- Defunct.
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Sau-Den Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 12/3/04 7:37pm Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	The ratio of pre-production work to production work is 9-1. Speak for yourself! Movie Spoof 2 Pre-Production: 2 months Movie Spoof 2 Production: 18 months and counting! I actually have just called up people and made a movie one time. We finished it in an afternoon, but I didn't have the will to rotoscope a battle with six lightsabers. -----signature----- Creator of "The Movie Spoof" Trilogy "Pain is temporary, film is forever" "Sorry doesn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again." http://www.moviespoof2.cjb.net http://www.maximusfilms.cjb.net
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DMPjedi Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 12/3/04 8:42pm Subject: RE: Does anyone here just suddenly make a film?
	We'll do these type of films sometimes. It seems like the ones I do by myself turn out so much better than the ones with my friends...hm...something's not right... dot dot dot -----signature----- Nate Caauwe - VFX Supervisor, Movie Spoof 2 & 3 http://PixelCorps.com DMPjedi is not here right now, please leave a message with NateCaauwe after the beep. Beep.
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