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Horror is really drama, but drama about life gone horribly wrong. I think people don't give horror enough credit for having to be (on some level) believable. I would say focus on that; making stories about horrible situations and equally heinous consequences, and make them as believable as...

It's also worth noting that you could do all the leg work to track down the "right" track from an independent artist, and they might very well tell you "no", or charge a fee. This is what a "music supervisor" does, because just tracking down musicians and record companies (even if you have a...

Or, probably the better move if you really need a certain "sound" and have no other options, would be to buy a product like this: https://www.bigfishaudio.com/Son-of-Grindhouse It's basically a sample library. There are other "sample packs" that might fit what you're looking for better, the...

Um, yeah... Music isn't free to make. Someone automatically owns the music's "rights" the moment it's created, and 99% of the time, the rights holder(s) don't relinquish those unless they're paid. Knowing this, I'm always amazed at people's expectation of being able to find "rights free"...

Right on. I probably just recalled that wrong.

That link isn't working too well with my mobile device. Did they change it recently? I could've sworn that's what it was when I researched it recently. Is CA a different rate or something?

I think the ultra-low budget union rate is $120 a day, just FYI

Oh, I agree. I'd say most if not all times "real" wouldn't really suit a movie because, movies are at their heart theatrical, and not necessarily "re-enactments". Found footage might be an exception, so a movie like "End of Watch" actually does need a realistic fight scene, which it basically...

Yes, you are correct. To get that "shockwave effect" of the skin actually being hit, you'e got to make actual contact. Most times the impact is a lot softer than it appears, and the shot is shown in slow motion to help sell it.

My thing with fight scenes... is that they never look realistic. If you've seen a lot of "real" stuff happen as I have, there's just no way to really compare the two. Real fights are either so quick and violent that they're more shocking than entertaining (like the first in this compilation)...

Sound effects? Most of the "hits" look like open hand slaps that are being thrown lightly, or actually miss... tbh. But honestly, sound effects go a long way to make it seem real. The ones in slow motion... are in slow motion. Another thing to consider is that the actor receiving the hit...

Just added this one to YouTube; https://youtu.be/E2DBHICiDqo

That's a really cool soundtrack that I wasn't aware of. Thanks for posting!

This is 100% true, but it all really depends at what level you're working at. If you're not getting paid, and collaborating with other people in the same boat... you're (IME) just as likely to be working in a studio running REAPER, or any number of other DAWs, as you are Pro-Tools. In fact, in...

That looks like a nice app. I'd get it, but I'm already doing this with AATranslator, so no need for me. If I didn't have AAT, I'd definitely be looking at Vordio.

I should probably jump in and suggest REAPER as the (essentially free), do-it-all DAW solution. I was a poor-tools user until 2009, when I switched over to REAPER. Couldn't be happier with it. REAPER DAW

I forgot about Syriana. Great flick. Clooney's performance in that one was fantastically heavy. I feel that might have been the "geo political thriller" that, in some small way, primed the American audience for a film like "Sicario" to do as well as it did.

It's funny you say that. Adobe CC was actually cracked within 24 hours after it was launched. https://www.geek.com/apps/subscription-only-photoshop-cc-cracked-in-under-24-hours-1559562/

Spaghetti Westerns... what's not to love, right? For whatever odd reason , I recently got really into the soundtracks from these films. It's a pretty interesting genre of film music. Some random observations about it; Overwhelmingly, most of the best in this category is from composer Ennio...

Just finished the 9th song of a soundtrack for a non-existant spaghetti western. So far, it's great stuff.