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How To Clone Yourself

Bloddard — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:43:11 +0000

On the campaign video for his feature film “Man-child,” Ryan decided to clone himself and play two characters, or rather be himself and then play an evil version on himself. He labeled himself a dreamer and his evil counterpart, a dream crusher. On a blog post on his Nofilmschool.com, he detailed how he accomplished the trick, which was immensely helpful to me. It turned out to be very straight forward, but what caught my attention was that he mentioned that it was something we all knew how to do, at which point I thought that I had no clue how to accomplish the effect, and that it was in my best interest to learn it. It also put in perspective the content that he offers on his blog, because he offers insight on a lot of the technical aspects of film production. I suggest to those of you don’t already, to follow him very closely. For those of you who, like me, were in the dark about this particular effect, I have embedded it below. Enjoy!!!

How to Clone Yourself in a Handheld Shot (Kickstarter Video Tutorial) from Koo on Vimeo.

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Director Robert Rodriguez shares ways that you can make your own films!

Bloddard — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:25:01 +0000

During his interview with Yahoo.com’s Movie Talk, to promote his “Spy Kids” reboot, Spy Kids: All The Time In The World, director Robert Rodriguez offered some tips to make home movies.

1. “Write out your idea, or better yet, draw it out.” Think visually, make drawings with character’s lines as captions (Storyboards). Keep your first project simple, because you want to see it through to the end. You will know much more about film making once you do the whole thing.

2. Cast it with family and friends, film them with a video camera or a phone following your drawings. Try to tell a story visually, ideally it should work even with the sound off. You can use simple special effect tricks as he used in the movie, where he put peanut butter in the dog’s mouth to make it seem as though it was talking and then had someone off camera do the voice.

3. Edit it all together. Take out whatever does not work. If you took multiple shots, pick the best of all. Use simple editing tools found in your PC or Mac. These allow you to very simply put together your movie and add sound effects.

He finishes by saying that practice is very important. When you finish your film, watch it, critique it and try again. Gradually you will improve. (Watch the video after the jump)

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Metallica – The New Song

Bloddard — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:16:22 +0000

This is a glimpse at what Metallica‘s ninth album, tentatively due in the spring of 2008, might sound like. Personally I think this is an excellent song. They nicknamed it “The New Song” and debuted it in Berlin, Germany, on June 6, 2006. Sadly, according to Robert Trujillo, the song will not make it to the album. When asked whether the song would make it to the album he answered:

“I don’t think so…We can’t be sure, not until we sit down and listen to all the songs completed, to make sure that each and every one of them sounds perfect. But I can tell you that…[song] that you’ve heard won’t make it, at least not in that form.”

After having listened to St. Anger, it is refreshing to hear a great solo from Kirk Hammet.

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