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tech Bigfilms sfx packs for sale.

Aspiring Mogul said:
This company's promotions have been showing up on my Facebook feed, and the shots look really good. Does anyone know anything about it?
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I bought their entire catalogue. Lots of backgrounds and effects. It reminds me of Action
VFX (which I also have), but with a lot more elements. There is a tutorial on there that shows how to place a person (greenscreen background) into one of their environments. The guy shows how to use A.I. site that scans the background image and turns it into a 3D environment. Interesting times.

Here's the drive they sent me. If you buy the drive, you will get every library that they ever release.

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Of course, Nate North can do stuff beyond this with his eyes closed. 🙂
 
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Thanks, @Scoopicman. Members here are building their libraries of images and action shots, but I am building my library of words - I write bits and pieces, including paragraphs and essays on the various story lines. And I've been working with @directorik to put at least some scenes into film - with the paradigm shift underway, you never know what might happen.
 
Aspiring Mogul said:
Members here are building their libraries of images and action shots, but I am building my library of words - I write bits and pieces, including paragraphs and essays on the various story lines. And I've been working with @directorik to put at least some scenes into film
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That's good to hear. I have a file where I used to write ideas down, such as "A military man is helped by deceased members of his old squad." Of course, most of my ideas are more detailed than that. Honestly, I need to get back to filing new ideas, because I've had some recently, but haven't jotted them down. I can't tell you how many times that I've grabbed two or three seemingly unrelated ideas, and then worked them into the same story.

It's good to watch movies and read books. A lot of times, a basic concept is introduced, but not fully explored. I'll give you an example: In the original TOP GUN, Goose says to Maverick, "Every time we go up there, it's like you're flying with a ghost." Of course, the horror writer inside of me wants to expound on such a concept.

Also, point of view and style can change story dynamics. I just watched the Steven Soderbergh's PRESENCE. Instead of your typical ghost movie, everything you see is from the P.O.V. of the ghost. Not what I was expecting, so I really enjoyed it.

As I said, style (and structure) can change how a movie is perceived. Look at PULP FICTION's mosaic story structure. There are many ways to present an idea. I remember you posting about an interstellar war. How do you show that? Perhaps, the point of view comes from a few survivors in a pod. They encounter one or more characters from the battlezone, perhaps even a couple rivals. Or you could take the grandiose point of view and try to show all of the battles. You have to decide how big or how intimate and character based do you want it.

Limited budgets often lead to better decisions. When Bruce the shark broke down, in shooting JAWS, Spielberg saved the movie by using more P.O.V. shots, where John Williams' music and the audience's imagination made the experience way more powerful than actually seeing everything.

I will say this, having made many shorts and features, I know how to write economically. I have a writer buddy, that I frequently work with. He is not a filmmaker, so when he writes, he puts scenes in his stories that make them very hard to shoot. He is still wresting with the concept of how to write something with enough restraint that it is actually feasible to make it. Don't be the guy who doesn't consider financial reality. So many people think that a big studio is going to make their story, which is filled with explosions and hit songs. "Oh, I need licenses for those songs? I need more insurance and permits for stunts and pyro? I can't have that famous TV show, or artwork, in the background? Oops."

While A.I. can help, most of the content it currently creates is so derivative that it runs into copyright strikes. Use it minimally and targeted.
 
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@indietalk , tentative date is at the AFM in November, assuming current events allow for that. @Scoopicman you're a pantser like me, which means you write as you think - Stephen King and Margaret Atwood are like that, so you (and I) are in good company.

I discussed my writings with some writers who happen to be retired Marines, so I'm into Heartbreak Ridge/Gunny HIghway mode, and I've written some bits about him ...... wait for it ...... after the interstellar war. And yes, there is talking about that war.
 
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