Tips & Tricks

[Pacman000]

I don't know if we have a thread like this, but it could be interesting, so here it goes: this is a thread tor, as the title sayss, tips & tricks. Since this is the Pros & Novices sub-forum, the tips & tricks should be about film making.

If you know anything about film making, something that might help others, be it simple or complex, post it here. If you discover a good article or video about film making, something useful or enlightening, post it here.

Cool video about animation water in stop motion:

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[Pacman000]

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Note: He smooths out the epoxy with water. (From the comments.)

[Pacman000]

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A method for creating motion blur in stop motion when shooting/editing digitally.

[dean]

Best tip off hand: learn the keyboard shortcut keys. Time spent dragging the mouse to places is time you could be spending editing.

[Pacman000]

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Overview of the stop motion process.

[Pacman000]

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/here-is-the-ultimate-guide-to-distributing-a-short-film-online-162022.html

Marketing suggestions for short films.

I'm not sure I agree with their "release it everywhere" strategy; a lot of services ask for too many rights. ("We can use your video for any business related purpose," terms like that.)

[Pacman000]

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Been watching science experiment videos. Some of the techniques may make for interesting special FX.

WARNING: Fire is dangerous, & some states require someone with a pyrotechnic license to handle it.

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I think this one has instructions for making sugar glass.

[Pacman000]

http://www.microfilmmaker.com/tipstrick/index.html

Micro filmmaker Magazine has a nice Tips & Tricks section on their old site.

[Pacman000]

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How to make parallax backgrounds on a flip book.

[Pacman000]

http://hand-drawn-animation.blogspot.com/2014/08/inbetweening-for-traditional-hand-drawn.html?m=1

A collection of hand-drawn animation tutorials, for inbetweening & clean up.

[Pacman000]

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A Youtuber tried to make a feature film. He goes over reasons it failed.

Not Really any tricks, but a good tip at the end. (Be Nice!)

[Pacman000]

A bunch of YouTube vids. I'll link to them; embedded videos take up a ton of bandwidth.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpIreHxa_o4&t=114s

A guy gives a tour of a set he built in his garage, with set-construction pointers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNWpMMbo43s

Another tour of the set, with a few more decorations.



Two videos, one about making a cheap model city, another about videoing it:

Making it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuFBrVaeUAc

Videoing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyDvCzxcKhs

Turned out surprisingly well.



And here's one about making a model spaceship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NzxDsWfDY

[Pacman000]

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Tips on British & American accents.

[Pacman000]

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Rules for composing shots.

[Pacman000]

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20+ minute video on green screens. Watched part of it; has some good info on lighting.