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  1. dlevanchuk

    Paying Actors

    Oh man, feels like I haven't been here in ages :) Ok, got something I need help to wrap my head around. I'm a freelance filmmaker, making short videos for companies. I have a set $ rate for my services and every time a company contacts me to make a video, I give them an estimate how much each...
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    Hiring actors and their rates.

    I ve ran into an issue where I was looking for an actor do some some commercial work (actually more like an instruction video). My producer told me we will pay whatever the actor will want us to. When I posted my audition notice and asked actors to submit me their rates, I got a blacklash of...
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    Princess Leia is a prison thug

    In anticipation of December 18th, we made a short filthy fan Star Wars video with a little twist haha There is an obscene amount of profanity being spewed out of Princess Leia, but if you like it, it would be awesome if you could share it among your friends and audience...
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    investment point questions

    I got myself confused on the whole "investor points" and need someone to untangle me!! Ok, so lets say, my total budget is $200,000 I have two investors who want to invest into my movie. Bill invests $10,000 (5% of the budget) Bob invests $190,000 (95% of the budget) 1. How many investment...
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    Head explosion VFX timelapse

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ-dSL6AEGU Did some head explosions for my new movie, and recorded my process.mlet me know if you have questions!
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    Time-lapse of my rough edit...

    For some reason I'm captivated by post production videos and watching how movies are assembled, so I made my own time-lapse of me putting a rough edit of my next short... Hope you find is as captivating as I do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkfFtnhI2fo
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    Stop talking about your DREAMS and work on your GOALS

    A short motivational blog I posted on my website, that I'd love to share with all of you, indie warriors! I'm a strong believer that your behavior depends on the choice of your words. Simple adjustments of words can really change your view on the world around you. "I wrote a book" is...
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    watch Another silly short movie

    Hey everyone! We finished yet another film competition last month and , even though we didn't win anything, I'm damn proud of the result! The competition was similar to the infamous 48 hour film project, only with its own required elements. Anyways, hope you enjoy it...
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    Kickstarter issue

    I'm dipping my filthy toes into the kickstarter craze, and put together my first project to be funded through a kickstarter. On my link tracker I can see that people go to our page, but they re not putting in a coin. Do you guys think you can scan through the page to see what's wrong with it...
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    creating monster sound audio effect

    I'm trying to create a sound of a monster creature by combining human yell and a seal, but can't figure out how to blend both together so it doesn't sound like a human trying to yell with a seal... (which would be interesting to watch :weird:) Waht would be your approach in creating creature...
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    H6, mk100 or r26

    Prep lacing my lost h4n and been jumping between h6,mk100 and R26 but can't really decide what to go with! My mic is mke 600.. Budget 600. I'm pretty sure that essentially all three are very very similar, only difference are bells and whistles (different number of xlrs, sizes of screens etc)...
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    Demo Reel tear down

    Hey everyone, I've been putting my first demo reel together and looking for some suggestions on what I should change and other things... http://vimeo.com/100163103 Or here is youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xXj3KOt3o Thank you everyone in advance! :)
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    Trick to visualize your characters

    If you re stuck trying to visualize your characters (like I always do), here is a little trick that helps me! . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO3GCuy-ByI
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    Our behind the scenes video

    Just a short video my friend made of us messing around with our short movie shoot of Tattoos & Zombies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuvTUSvqBeQ Ah, good times... PS. I'm the guy with a terrible accent and a camera ;)
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    watch "BadAss Erasers" Commercial

    I was playing around with after effects last night, and this came out of my sleepy head.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-lqC_LNq-Q
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    watch 5 stix of dynamite scene

    Got got a few friends last weekend and shot a few scenes from one of my new projects :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH3P0ImFYuc
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    object tracking in mocha

    I can't locate a good tutorial on object tracking, using mocha pro. :( Does anyone have any leads, or can help me out to figure it out?? I track two planes, and solve the camera (In mocha). But then I'm at lost.. how do I track an actual object? Mocha is a planar tracker, so how do people...
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    Everything has a story

    Met with the owner of this truck. She and her father used to haul hay on it when she was 12 years old. She said she loves this truck because both of them grew old at the same time. So just as a reminder to me and to the filmmakers that struggle to find a story.. Everything has a story. Don't...
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    Parodies

    I have a character who is a huge fan of Harry Potter and he dresses up as if he was a Hogwarts student. Would that be considered as a copyright infringement? This doesn't take place in HP universe and just gives references to the movies/books..
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    Presales and cast

    Here is what I'm trying to understand. When a small production company has a screenplay, one way to obtain finance is through pre sales. Presale depend of three things: Cast Key crew Screenplay In order to get any influential cast or crew, that would cost a coin. Where this initial coin would...
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