666 DIY Horror Filmmaking Tutorials. It’s that time of year again, so we thought it was time to update last years killer feature “Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream.” That’s right a sequel! This time we are narrowing the focus a bit and concentrating on the DIY (Do It Yourself) elements. Hopefully this will help you slash the budget without murdering your production values.
DIY: Blood, Bullets & Stunts DIY: Stage Effects/Green Screen DIY: Digital Effects After Effects Sony Vegas DIY: Make-Up/Costumes DIY: Static Props DIY: Motion Props DIY: Horror Sets DIY: Packaging Prop Shops & FX Supplies. Filmmaker shoots kung-fu vid on Samsung Galaxy S3 | Crave - CNET. The DIY Filmmaker's Toolkit. Rubens Tube 8 foot long AMAZING. iPhones to DSLRs: The State of D-I-Y Stop Motion Filmmaking. In high school, I spent a week's worth of video production classes toying with a ball of red Play-Doh and a small set of LEGO pieces. After every slight adjustment to the Play-Doh I snapped a digital photograph and made another adjustment.
The little red ball grew into a tomato, complete with a green leafy hairdo and a gaping mouth used to devour an innocent LEGO man in delightful stop motion. My first and only stop motion animation, an homage to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, was surprisingly easy to make even with the crappy equipment available in my public school a decade ago. These days, it's an absolute cake walk. Well, that's not completely true. Great stop motion still requires an incredible attention to detail and some serious skill, but simply owning an iPhone guarantees access to an HD camera and a library of cheap tools. In the CG-dominated animation business, animation techniques like claymation and stop motion animation retain a special appeal thanks to their physicality. Magazine - Tips & Tricks. Indy Mogul - DIY filmmaking. DIY special effects roundup. Diy special effects. Backyard FX - Filmmaking Special FX for Cheap.
Fireworks Projects - Make Your Own Fireworks & Pyrotechnics. How to Make Smoke & Smoke Bombs. Learn different ways to make smoke or fog, smoke bombs, colored smoke bombs, and how to perform chemistry demonstrations that produce smoke. Smoke Bomb Video TutorialSmoke bombs are the easiest and safest do-it-yourself firework project. You only need two inexpensive, non-toxic ingredients and it only takes minutes to make. Watch and learn how you can cook up a smoke bomb at home. Safe Smoke Bomb InstructionsA classic smoke bomb is easy to make and safe to use, but you can make the project even safer if you don't heat the ingredients. Here's what you do. Ultimate Colored Smoke BombMake a smoke bomb that billows clouds of brightly colored smoke. Smoke Bomb InstructionsYou can easily make a smoke bomb using inexpensive materials to produce safe smoke.
Atomized Glycol FogGlycols are used to produce smoke in most commercial smoke machines. Black Powder or GunpowderBlack powder is used as a propellant for bullets, as well as for fireworks and rocketry. DIY lightning special effects. How To Build A Fireball You Can Hold Video. How to make a newspaper smoke bomb. How to Make a Smoke Bomb! Pyromaniac DIY Flamethrower Gloves. Magazine - Tips & Tricks - Visual Effects: Make Your Own Smokebombs, Pg. 1. By Bob Lazar & United Nuclear By far, the most common smoke formula is the Potassium Nitrate/Sugar formula. It produces a white-gray smoke and is both easy, inexpensive & fun to make.
The percentage of Potassium Nitrate and Sugar in this composition vary somewhat depending on who you ask, but the 60/40 mix listed below is pretty common. A lump of this stuff the size of your thumb produced the smoke cloud on the right in under 2 seconds.